At the Cross (IW)

𝄞: C 🕑: 4/4 ⌛: 76 CCLI: 29499 url 🖉 Isaac Watts, Ralph E. Hudson © 1707, 18xx Public Domain

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Alas and did my Savior bleed and did my Sov'reign die?

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Would He devote that sacred head for sinners such as I!

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At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light

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And the burden of my heart rolled away

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It was there by faith I received my sight

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And now I am happy all the day

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Was it for crimes that I have done He groaned up-on the tree?

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Amazing pity grace unknown and love beyond degree!

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Well might the sun in darkness hide and shut His glories in,

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When Christ the mighty Maker died for man the creature's sin

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Thus might I hide my blushing face while Calvary's cross ap-pears

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Dissolve my heart in thankfulness and melt mine eyes to tears

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But drops of grief can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe:

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Here, Lord, I give myself away 'tis all that I can do!