Monday, June 23, 2014

"The Debt of Love I Owe"


Click here: Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed? - YouTube

This old hymn has been hanging onto my heart these past few days:
 
1.    Alas! and did my Savior bleed, 
    and did my Sovereign die!
    Would he devote that sacred head 
    for sinners such as I? 

2.  Was it for crimes that I have done, 
    he groaned upon the tree? 
    Amazing pity! Grace unknown! 
    And love beyond degree! 

3.  Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
    and shut its glories in, 
    when God, the mighty maker, died 
    for his own creature's sin. 

4.  Thus might I hide my blushing face 
    while his dear cross appears; 
    dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
    and melt mine eyes to tears. 

5.  But drops of tears can ne'er repay 
    the debt of love I owe. 
    Here, Lord, I give myself away; 
    'tis all that I can do. 

Grateful

2 comments:

Martin LaBar said...

A great song, all five verses of it.

i am Grateful... Kerry i am. said...

Yes, indeed.