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Celebration and Conventions of the Disciples of Christ
(1909)

 

The Convention Hymnal Title of Hymn 61: Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed by Isaac Watts

1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
    And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
    For such a worm as I?
 
  CHORUS--
Jesus died for you,
    Jesus died for me;
Yes, Jesus died for all mankind:
    Bless God, salvation's free.
 
2 Was it for crimes that I had done
    He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
    And love beyond degree!
 
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
    And shut his glories in,
When God's own Son was crucified
    For man the creature's sin.
 
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
    While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
    And melt mine eyes to tears.
 
5 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.
Isaac Watts

 

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