Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree
Topic: Christ/Crucifixion
Writer: John Newton
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Manoah
Hymn Number: 322
Page Number: 115, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI SAW One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood,
Who fix'd His languid eyes on me,
As near the cross I stood.
Sure, never, till my latest breath,
Can I forget that look;
It seem'd to charge me with His death,
Though not a word He spoke.
My conscience felt and own'd the guilt,
And plung'd me in despair;
I saw my sins His blood had spilt,
And help'd to nail Him there.
Alas! I knew not what I did;
But now my tears are vain.
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain.
A second look He gave that said,
"I freely all forgive:
This blood is for thy ransom paid;
I die that thou may'st live."
Thus while His death my sin displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too.