Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross
Topic: Christ/Sufferings and Death
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hamburg
Hymn Number: 133
Page Number: 050, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My riches gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that is should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my Lord;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
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?
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.