Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Behold the Savior of mankind
Topic: Christ's Crucifixion
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Solon Wilder
Meter: CM
Tune: Bradbury
Hymn Number: 123
Page Number: 050, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBehold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that him inclined
To bleed and die for me!
Hark! how he groans, while nature shakes,
And earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's vail asunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
'T is finished! now the ransom's paid,
"Receive my soul!" he cries:
See--how he bows his sacred head!
He bows his head and dies!
But soon from death he'll rise again,
And in full glory shine;
O Lamb of God! was ever pain--
Was ever love like thine?