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Text: | Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed? |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | MARTYRDOM |
Adapter: | Robert Smith |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson |
1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?
2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
and love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
and shut its glories in,
when Christ, the mighty Maker, died
for his own creature's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.
5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
the debt of love I owe;
here, Lord, I give myself away;
'tis all that I can do.
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First Line: | Alas! and did my Savior bleed |
Title: | Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed? |
Author: | Isaac Watts (1707, alt.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1990 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Grace of Christ; Grief; Jesus Christ: Suffering(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MARTYRDOM |
Composer: | Hugh Wilson (c. 1800) |
Adapter: | Robert Smith (1825) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | G Major |
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