Verse 1

BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree! How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for thee!

Verse 2

Hark, how He groans! while nature shakes, And earth's strong pillars bend; The temple's veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend.

Verse 3

'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid; Receive My soul! He cries: See where He bows His sacred head! He bows His head, and dies!

Verse 4

But soon He'll break death's envious chain, And in full glory shine: O Lamb of God, was ever pain, Was ever love, like Thine?

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