When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Words and music by Isaac Watts · 1707

Key of Eb · 72 BPM · 4/4 · Grace,Confession · Galatians 6:14

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

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o'er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Verse 5

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.

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