Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Alas and did my Saviour bleed
Topic: Christ's Sufferings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 139
Page Number: 140, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAlas! And did my Saviour bleed,
And did my sovereign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned 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 mighty Saviour died
For man, the creature's sin.
Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.
But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
'Tis all that I can do!