Text: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | HAMBURG |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
1 When I survey the wondrous cross,
on which the Christ of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, then, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ, my God;
All the vain things that charm me most
I sacrifice them to Christ's blood.
3 From sacred head, from hands, and feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When I survey the wondrous cross |
Title: | When I Survey the Wondrous Cross |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707, alt.) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Consecration; Good Friday; Holy Week(11 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HAMBURG |
Composer: | Lowell Mason (1825) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | F Major |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |