Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?

And did my Sovereign die?

Would He devote that sacred head

For sinners such as I ?

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.

Was it for crimes that I have done

He groaned upon the tree?

Amazing pity! Grace unkown!

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.