Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Alas and did my Saviour bleed
Topic: Christ's Sufferings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 191
Page Number: 170, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAlas! and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sov'reign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groan'd upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree.
Well might the sum in darkenss hide,
And shut his glories in;
When Christ the mighty Saviour did
For man the creature's sin.
Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.
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!