ALAS! AND DID MY SAVIOR BLEED?
(AT THE CROSS)

Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
Ralph E. Hudson wrote the refrain in 1885.

Music: "Martyrdom," Hugh Wilson, 1800
Arranged by Ralph E. Hudson, 1885

Alas! and did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
(Refrain)

Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine,
And bathed in its own blood
While all exposed to wrath divine
The glorious Sufferer stood

Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker died
For man the creature's sin

Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness
And melt my eyes to tears

But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe
Here, Lord, I give my self away
'Tis all that I can do.

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