Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: I saw the cross of Jesus
Topic: The Church/The Lord's Supper
Writer: F Whitfield
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 543
Page Number: 330, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI saw the cross of Jesus
When burden'd with my sin;
I sought the cross of Jesus
To give me peace within:
I brought my soul to Jesus;
He cleans'd it in his blood;
And in the cross of Jesus
I found my peace with God.
I love the cross of Jesus-
It tells me what I am;
A vile and guilty creature,
Saved only through the Lamb.
No righteousness, no merit,
No beauty can I plead;
Yet in the cross I glory,
My title there I read.
I clasp the cross of Jesus
In ev'ry trying hour,
My sure and certain refuge,
My never-failing tower.
In every fear and conflict,
I more than conqueror am;
Living I'm safe, or dying,
Through Christ the risen Lamb.
Sweet is the cross of Jesus!
There let my weary heart
Still rest in peace and safety
Till life itself depart.
And then in strains of glory
I'll sing thy wondrous power,
Where sin can never enter,
And death is known no more.