There Is a Green Hill

Words: Cecil Frances Alexander · Music: John H. Gower · 1848

Verse 1
There is a green hill far away,
without a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.

Verse 2
We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.

Verse 3
He died that we might be forgiv'n;
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heav'n,
saved by his precious blood.

Verse 4
There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heav'n, and let us in.

Verse 5
Oh, dearly, dearly has he loved!
And we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.

Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 | Music: John H. Gower, 1891

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