Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: As on the cross the Saviour hung (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1828

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: As on the cross the Saviour hung

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Meter: CM

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Hymn Number: Psalm 12

Page Number: 036, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

AS on the cross the Saviour hung,

And wept, and bled, and died,

He pour'd salvation on a wretch

That languish'd at his side.



His crimes with inward grief and shame,

The penitent confess'd:

Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ,

And thus his prayer address'd:



"Jesus, thou son and heir of heav'n-

Thou spotless Lamb of God,

I see thee bath'd in sweat and tears,

And welt'ring in thy blood.



Yet quickly from these scenes of woe,

In triumph the gloomy shades of death,

And shine above the skies.



Amid the glories of that world,

Lord Jesus, think on me;

And in the vict'ries of thy death,

Let me a sharer be."



His prayer the dying Jesus hears,

And instantly replies,

"To-day thy parting soul shall be

With me in Paradise."