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ALAS, and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote his sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
He groan'd upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond degree.

3 Well might the sun in darkness
And shut his glories in, [hide
When the almighty Maker died,
An offering for my sin.

4 Thus might I hide my blushing
While Jesus' cross appears; [face,
Dissolve, my heart, in thankfulness,
And melt, my eyes, in tears.

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WHEN I by faith my Saviour see Expiring on the cross for me, Satan and sin no more can move, For I am fill'd with Jesus' love. 2 His thorns and nails pierce thro' my heart,

In every groan I bear a part; [eyes; I view his wounds with streaming But see, he bows his head and dies.

3 Come, sinners, view the Lamb of
God,
[blood,
Wounded, and dead, and bath'd in
Behold his side, and venture near,
The well of endless life is here.

4 Here I forget my cares and pains;
I drink, yet still my thirst remains;
Only the fountain-head above
Can satisfy the thirst of love.

Lord, more and more thy love re

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BEHOLD the loving Son of God
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Stretch'd out upon the tree;
Behold him shed his precious blood
And die for you and me.

2 Why is his body rack'd with pains, And wrung with keenest smart? Why flows the blood from all his veins,

Why torn with grief his heart?

3 All righteousness did he fulfil,
No sin did ever know;
He never thought nor acted ill;
Why was he wounded so?

4 Alas, we own with conscious While we behold his cross, [shame, Our sins have slain the guiltless He suffer'd all for us. [Lamb, 5 But hence our confidence begins; That thus, by bearing all our sins, For we may boldly say,

He took them all away.

6 Our God is fully reconcil'd,
His justice satisfied;
Each sinner may become his child,
Since Jesus bled and died.

7 Come then, ye needy sinners,
If ye accept, he'll give;
[come;
O suffer him to lead you home;
Whoever will, may live.

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GO forth in spirit, go

To Calvary's holy mount;

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Because on that the Lamb was slain; 'Twas there my Lord was crucified, "Twas there my Saviour for me died. 2 The stony heart dissolves in tears When to our view the cross appears;

See there thy friend between two Christ's dying love, when truly felt,

thieves,

Suffering on thy account.

2 Fall at his cross's foot,

And say, "My God and Lord, Here let me dwell, and view those wounds,

Which life for me procur'd." 3 Fix on that face thine eye: Why dost thou backward shrink? What a base rebel thou hast been To Christ, thou now dost think. 4 Fear not; for this is he

Who always loves us first, And with white robes of righteousDelights to deck the worst. [ness 5 Or art thou at a loss

What thou to him shalt say?
Be but sincere, and all thy case
Just as it is display.

6 His blood thy cause will plead,
Thy plaintive cry he'll hear,
Look with an eye of pity down,
And grant thee all thy prayer.

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The vilest, hardest heart doth melt.
3 Here will I stay, and gaze awhile
Upon the friend of sinners vile;
Abas'd I view what I have done
To God's eternal, gracious Son.
4 Here I behold, as in a glass,
God's glory, with unveiled face;
And by beholding, I shall be
Made like to him who loved me.
5 Here is an ensign on a hill,
Come hither, sinners, look your fill;
To look aside is pain and loss;
I glory only in the cross.

6 Here doth the Lord of life proclaim
To all the world his saving name;
Repenting souls, in him believe;
Ye wounded, look on him and live.
7 No flaming sword doth guard the
place,
[grace:
The cross of Christ proclaims free
All pilgrims who would heaven win,
By Jesus' cross must enter in.

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LET me dwell on Golgotha,
Weep and love my life away,
While I see him on the tree,
Weep, and bleed, and die for me.

2 That dear blood, for sinners spilt,
Shows my sin in all its guilt;
An, my soul, he bore thy load;
Thou hast slain the Lamb of God.

3 Hark, his dying word: "Forgive,
Father, let the sinner live:
Sinner, wipe thy tears away,
I thy ransom freely pay."

4 While I hear this grace reveal'd,
And obtain my pardon seal'd,
All my soft affections move,
Waken'd by the force of love.

5 Farewell world, thy gold is dross,
Now I see the blood-stain'd cross:
Jesus died to set me free
From the law, and sin, and thee.

6 He has dearly bought my soul: Lord, accept and claim the whole; To thy will I all resign,

Now no more my own, but thine.

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583. my Saviour's cross, [foes: Where he in blood expired for his With deepest reverence humbly I adore [rows bore. My dying Lord, who all my sor2 I, sinful worm, with awe before [tery view:

I KNEEL in spirit at

him bow,

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BEHOLD, my soul, the Lamb of God,

Baptiz'd with tears, and sweat, and blood,

Spent, comfortless, forsaken: While I the deep unfathom'd mys-While to the world the sun denies See, how he bows his head and dies, Poor man must highly valu'd be [was paid. For whom so great a ransom-price

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3 This blessed truth I firmly will maintain, [slain: That my Creator for my sins was May this constrain me gladly to obey [sins away. And love the Lord who took my

His light, and rocks are shaken: My dear Redeemer, let thy death Subdue my heart, confirm my faith: Teach me thy dying love to know, And in return with love to glow: Thy love divine My heart incline, Lord, to be thine Till I in death my soul resign. E

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"TIS finish'd now, Salvation's finish'd now; Redeemed sinners, bow, Adore, and wonder,

That earth and heaven's Founder Now sinks in death. ::

2 Look up and see,

By faith look up and see,
His heart was pierc'd for thee;
The Rock of ages,

Whose stream thy thirst assuages,
Was rent for thee. ::

3 The precious flood
Of water and of blood,
Of sin-atoning blood,
Now freely floweth

On him, who Jesus knoweth
As Lord and God. :||:

4 We are redeem'd,
Redeem'd to endless bliss,
Our souls rejoice at this;
With hearts enlarged
We see our debt discharged,
Our ransom paid. :||:

5 O sing again,
Sing still in higher strain
Unto the Lamb once slain;
Bring for salvation

Praise, thanks, and adoration,
Hallelujah. :||:

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THERE is a fountain fill'd with blood,

Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood,

Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dying thief rejoic'd to see
That fountain in his day;
And there have I, as vile as he,
Wash'd all my sins away.

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Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.

4 Then in a nobler, sweeter song
I'll sing thy power to save,
When this poor, lisping, stammering
Lies silent in the grave. [tongue

5 Lord, I believe thou hast pre-
Unworthy tho' I be, [par'd,
For me a blood-bought, free reward,
A golden harp for me.

6 "Tis strung, and tun'd for endless years,

And form'd, by power divine, To sound in God the Father's ears No other name but thine.

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ALL hail, thou Lamb of God,
Bearing sin's pond'rous load:
Thanks for thy agony,
Thy bloody sweat for me,

Thy suffering willingly:
All hail, 'midst pain and scorn,
Derided, crown'd with thorn,
And by the scourges torn:
All hail in purple clad:

Sinners, sinners,
Ah, behold the man:

Sinners, sinners,
Ah, behold the man.

2 Bearing the cross's weight
Thou mountest Calvary's height:
I weeping follow thee;
For all is done for me,

For me, thine enemy:
All hail, as in my stead,
Thou, a sin-offering made,

In torments bow'st thy head:
Thanks for thy pierced side:
Sinners, sinners,

All ye who pass by,
Hearken, hearken,
Mark his dying cry.

He bows his head and dies:
3 ""Tis finish'd," Jesus cries,
The veil is rent in twain,
Burst is the captive's chain,

Man is restor❜d again:
All hail, in death though pale,
Victorious Lamb, all hail;

Then did thine arm prevail:

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GO to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the tempter's power,
Your Redeemer's conflict see,
Watch with him one bitter hour;
Turn not from his griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment-hall,
View the Lord of life arraign'd;
O, the wormwood and the gall:

O, the pangs his soul sustain'd:
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary's mournful mountain
There, adoring at his feet, [climb;
Mark that miracle of time,

God's own sacrifice complete: "It is finish'd," hear him cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die. 4 Early hasten to the tomb, Where they laid his breathless All is solitude and gloom;

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Who hath taken him away? Christ is ris'n,-He meets our eyes; Saviour, teach us so to rise.

UNTO Jesus' cross I'm now retiring,

There my Saviour's pierced feet, (Dying love a grateful sense inspiring,)

Bath'd in tears, I humbly greet: Might I never lose this blest sensation,

But in spirit fix my happy station On those heights so dear to me, Golgotha, Gethsemane. Might thy dying love, dear suffering Saviour,

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Which subdu'd my stubborn heart, Me constrain, and rule my whole behaviour,

Till I from this world depart: Thus my mortal body I shall nourish, And as thine with holy reverence Earnestly intent to bear [cherish, More of thy blest image here. With a mind from earthly cares

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divested,

Let me dwell, by day and night, Where the body of my Saviour rested:

Here I find supreme delight; Here 'tis good for me with pardon'd Mary

Thus in blessed fellowship

At his sepulchre in faith to tarry:

With my Lord I wake and sleep.

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