Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: For me O did my Saviour bleed
Topic: Exhortatory Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 178
Page Number: 270, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFOR me, O did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sov'reign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I!
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groan'd upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond degree.
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the Lord, was crucified,
For man, the rebel's sin.
Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
But tears of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
'Tis all that I can do.