The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3859

3859. Let Me Dwell on Golgotha

1. Let me dwell on Golgotha,
Weep and love my life away!
While I see Him on the tree
Weep and bleed, and die for me!

2. That dear blood, for sinners spilt,
Shows my sin in all its guilt:
Ah, my soul, He bore thy load,
Thou hast slain the Lamb of God.

3. Hark! His dying words; Forgive,
Father, let the sinner live;
Sinner, wipe thy tears away,
I thy ransom freely pay.

4. While I hear this grace revealed,
And obtain a pardon sealed;
All my lost affections move,
Wakened by the force of love.

5. Farewell world, thy gold is dross,
Now I see the bleeding cross;
Jesus died to set me free
From the law, and sin, and thee!

6. He has dearly bought my soul
Lord, accept, and claim the whole!
To Thy will I all resign,
Now, no more my own, but Thine.

Text Information

• First Line: Let me dwell on Golgotha
• Title: Let Me Dwell on Golgotha
• Author: John Newton (1779)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BALTIMORE, composer unknown, in the Sunday-School Hymnal (St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1912); DEATH, William H. Monk, 1823-1889

Tune Information

• Name: CALVARY (Monk)
• Composer: William Henry Monk (1875)
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 54312 21324 32155
• Key: d minor
• Source: Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1875
• Copyright: Public Domain