Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Sinner turn thine eyes to Calvary
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Wakefield
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Calvary
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 106, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSinner turn thine eye to cal-va-ry,
And on th' accursed tree,
Bleeding, ag-o-niz-ing, dy-ing,
See the Saviour hangs for thee.
Hear his groans of bitter anguish,
See him raise his dying eyes
From the taunting throng around him,
To his Father in the skies
Hear him cry, when life is failing,
Why hast thou forgotten me?
While the Scribe and Priest are mocking
At his dying agony.
Hear, while down his checks are flowing
Streams of mingled tears and blood,
How he offers up petitions
For his murderers to God.
See him bow his head in sorrow,
See him draw his dying breath;
All to save a world of rebels
From the pains of endless death.
Look until thy heart is melted
By the love he thus makes known;
Own him now and he will own thee
At his father's glorious throne.