Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I saw the cross of Jesus
Topic: Christ on the Cross
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Holbrook
Meter: 7s and 6s double
Tune: Montague
Hymn Number: 126
Page Number: 051, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI saw the cross of Jesus
When burdened 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 every 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.