At The Cross - Hymn - Lyrics
"At the Cross”
Lyrics by Isaac Watts, 1707
Music and refrain by Ralph F. Hudson, 1885
Arrangement and Recording ©2023 Timothy Buege (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.
Performed on a 1906 Mason & Hamlin AA
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Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For sinners such as I!
Was it for crimes that I have 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 Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.
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!
Refrain:
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light
And the burden of my heart rolled away
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!