Alas! and did my Savior bleed? Alas en did my Savior bleed

And did my sov’reign die?

Would he devote that sacred head

For such a worm as I?

Refrain: At the cross, at the cross

where I first saw the light,

and the burden of my heart rolled away,

it was there by faith

I received my sight,

and now I am happy all the day!

Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,

And bath’d in its own blood

While all exposed to wrath divine

The glor’ous suff’rer stood.

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Was it for crimes that I had done

He groan’d upon the tree?

Amazing pity! grace unknown!

And love beyond degree!

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Well might the sun in darkness hide,

And shut his glories in,

When God, the mighty maker dy’dd

For man the creature’s sin.

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Thus might I hide my blushing face,

While his dear cross

appears,

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,

And melt my eyes to tears.

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But drops of grief can ne’er repay

The debt of love I owe;

Here, Lord, I give my self away,

’Tis all that we can do.

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