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Text:There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author:Cecil F. Alexander
Tune:GREEN HILL
Composer:George C. Stebbins

45. There Is a Green Hill Far Away

1 There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

Refrain:
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.

2 We may not know, we cannot tell
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there. [Refrain]

3 He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to heaven,
Saved by His precious blood. [Refrain]

4 There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin,
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven and let us in. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There is a green hill far away
Title: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author: Cecil F. Alexander
Refrain First Line: Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved
Language: English
Publication Date: 1976
Topic: Christ: Suffering; God: The Son
Tune Information
Name: GREEN HILL
Composer: George C. Stebbins
Key: E♭ Major



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