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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Composer
Lowell Mason
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Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

Verse 2

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

Verse 3

See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Verse 4

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Cross

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Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 60, scan page 85 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/85). Credit as printed: Isaac Watts, 1707. Text author: Isaac Watts (1674–1748; dates from Wikidata Q537034, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1748): public domain.
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