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Alas, and did my Savior bleed?

by Isaac Watts (1674–1748) · refrain by Ralph E. Hudson (1843–1901)

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 163.

Verse 1

Alas, and did my Savior bleed? And did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred head For someone such as I?

Refrain

At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light, And the burden of my heart rolled away; It was there by faith I received my sight, And now I am happy all the day.

Verse 2

Was it for crimes that I have done, He suffered on the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!

Verse 3

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.

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