Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Saw ye my Saviour
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune: Atonement
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 236, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSaw ye my Saviour? Saw ye my Saviour?
Saw ye my Saviour and God?
Oh, he died on Calvary,
To atone for you and me,
And to purchase our pardon with blood.
He was extednded, He was extended,
Painfully nail'd to the cross:
There he bow'd his head and died,
There my Lord was crucified,
To atone for a world that was lost.
Jesus hung bleeding, Jesus hung bleeding
Three dreadful hours in pain;
And the solid rocks were rent,
Through creation's vast extent,
When the Jews crucified the Lamb.
Darkness prevail'd darkness prevail'd,
Darkness prevail'd o'er the land.
And the sun refused to shine
When his Majesty divine
Was derided, insulted, and slain.
When it was finish'd, when it was finish'd,
And the atonement was made,
He was taken by the great
And embalm'd in spices sweet,
And was in a new sepulchre laid.
Hail, mighty Saviour! Hail mighty Saviour,
Prince, and Author of Peace!
Oh, he burst the bars of death,
And, triumphant from the earth,
He ascended to mansions of bliss.
There interceding, there interceding,
Pleading that sinners may live,
Crying, "Father, I have died,
Oh behold my hands and side,
To redeem them - I pray thee, forgive."
"I will forgive them - I will forgive them,
When they repent and believe:
Let them now return to thee,
And be reconciled to me,
And salvation they all shall receive."