Hymns

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Words: Isaac Watts · Music: Novello's Evening Service, 1822, Lowell Mason · 1707

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.

Words: Isaac Watts, 1707, rev. 1709 | Music: Novello's Evening Service, 1822; adapt., harm. Lowell Mason, 1825, rev. 1835

Psalm 116; Isaiah 53; Matthew 22; Mark 15; Romans 5; Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 1; Galatians 2; Galatians 6; Philippians 3; Hebrews 12

Holy Week · Humility · Jesus, Death of · Jesus, Suffering of · Submission to God