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149. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

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1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the death of Christ, my God:
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

3 See, from his head, his hands, his 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.

1 Quand je me tourne vers le croix
où Christ expire su le bois
mon coeur blessé rempli du deuil,
prend en dégoût mon fol orgueil.

2 Qui donc pourrait calmer ce coeur
hormis la crois de mon Sauveur?
Tous mes plaisirs, mes vains désirs,
je veux, ô Christ, te les offrir.

3 Oh vois, des mains, de son côté,
du front d'épines couronné,
douleur, angoisse, amour mêlés,
descendre pour nous racheter.

4 Si je t'offrais le monde entier
ce don serait pris es pitié.
Amour si grand, si pur, si doux
veut âme, corps, mon coeur, mon tout!

Text Information

• First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross (Quand je me tourne vers la croix)
• Title: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Translator (into French): Pauline Martin (1951, rev.)
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Christian Year: Holy Week; Calling and Response; Choruses and Refrains; Commitment; Consecration; Conversion; God: Love; Humility; Jesus Christ: Atonement; Jesus Christ: Blood; Jesus Christ: Love of; Jesus Christ: Passion; Love; Ministry; Penitence; Redemption; Sacrifice; Suffering; Victory; Epiphany 4: Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year A; Good Friday: Year A; Proper 6: Year A; Lent 2: Year B; Lent 3: Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year B; Good Friday: Year B; Proper 9: Year B; Proper 19: Year B; Proper 27: Year B; Lent 5: Year C; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year C; Good Friday: Year C; Proper 18: Year C; Proper 19: Year C; Monday in Holy Week: Year ABC; Good Friday: Year ABC

Tune Information

• Name: COMMUNION (ROCKINGHAM)
• Adapter: Edward Miller (1790)
• Harmonizer: Samuel Webbe
• Composer (descant): John Wilson
• Meter: 8 8 8 8
• Key: D Major
• Source: Second supplement to Psalmody in Miniature ca. 1780
• Copyright: Descant copyright © Hope Publishing Company.