Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#357

357. Behold the Savior of Mankind

1. Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!

2. Hark, how he groans! while nature shakes,
And Earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.

3. 'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid;
Receive my soul, he cries;
See where he bows his sacred head!
He bows his head and dies.

4. But soon he'll break death's envious chain
And in full glory shine;
O Lamb of God, was ever pain,
Was ever love like thine!

Text Information

• First Line: Behold the Savior of mankind
• Title: Behold the Savior of Mankind
• Author: Samuel Wesley (1737)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 10:11-14
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 28
• Notes: Text by Anglican priest Samuel Wesley Sr., father of John and Charles, from A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1737).

Tune Information

• Name: BURFORD
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Incipit: 11234 5432
• Key: e minor or modal
• Source: John Chetham's Book of Psalmody, 1718; Arr. The English Hymnal, 1906
• Notes: Tune BURFORD from John Chetham’s Book of Psalmody (1717/8), arr. as in The English Hymnal (1906).