La cruz excelsa al contemplar

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La cruz excelsa al contemplar

Author: Isaac Watts; Translator: W. T. T. Millham
Tune: HAMBURG
Published in 18 hymnals

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	Thine the Glory - Organ Music for Lent a…

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	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

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	Hymns for the Church Year (Distinctive h…

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1 La cruz excelsa al contemplar
do Cristo allí por mí murió,
nada se puede comparar
con las riquezas de su amor.

2 No busco gloria ni honor
sino en la cruz de mi Señor,
las cosas que me agradan más
las doy con gozo por su amor.

3 Veo en su rostro, manos, pies,
las marcas vivas del dolor;
es imposible comprender
tal sufrimiento y tanto amor.

4 El mundo entero no será
dádiva digna de ofrecer.
Amor tan grande y sin igual
en cambio exige todo el ser.

Source: El Himnario Presbiteriano #145

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Translator: W. T. T. Millham

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First Line:	La cruz excelsa al contemplar
English Title:	When I survey the wondrous cross
Author:	Isaac Watts
Translator:	W. T. T. Millham
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	© W. T. T. Millham

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Tune

HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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