The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed

by Isaac Watts and Ralph Erskine Hudson(Hudson by Ralph Erskine Hudson)

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Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed

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Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

R. E. Hudson

1. Alas! and did my Saviour bleed,And did my Sovereign die?
   Would he devote that sacred head For such an one as I ?
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   ⁠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
   
2. Was it for crimes that I have done, He groaned up-on the tree?
   Amaz-ing pit - y, grace unknown, And love beyond degree !
   Refrain
   
3. But drops of grief can ne'er re-pay The debt of love I owe;
   Here, Lord, I give my-self away, Tis all that I can do!
   Refrain