When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Isaac Watts
When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
Isaac Watts
BPM
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[Verse 1]
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When I survey the wondrous cross
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On which the Prince of glory di ed,
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My richest gain I count but loss ,
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And pour contempt on all my pride.
[Verse 2]
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Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
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Save in the death of Christ my God!
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All the vain things that charm me most,
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I sacrifice them to His blood.
[Verse 3]
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See from His head, His hands, His feet,
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Sorrow and love flow mingled down !
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Did e’er such love and sorrow meet ,
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Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
[Verse 4]
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His dying crimson, like a robe,
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Spreads o’er His body on the tree ;
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Then I am dead to all the globe,
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And all the globe is dead to me.
[Verse 5]
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Were the whole realm of nature mine,
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That were an offering far too small;
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Love so amazing, so divine ,
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Demands my soul, my life, my all.
[Verse 6]
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To Christ, who won for sinners grace
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By bitter grief and anguish sore ,
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Be praise from all the ransomed race
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Fore ver and forevermore.