Behold The Savior Of Mankind

Samuel Wesley

21 Verses Lamb Of God Death & Resurrection

Verse 1

Behold the Savior of mankind

Verse 2

Nailed to the shameful tree!

Verse 3

How vast the love that Him inclined

Verse 4

To bleed and die for thee

Verse 5

Though far unequal our low praise

Verse 6

To Thy vast sufferings prove,

Verse 7

O Lamb of God, thus all our days,

Verse 8

Thus will we grieve and love. Hark, how He groans, while nature shakes,

Verse 9

And earths strong pillars bend;

Verse 10

The temples veil in sunder breaks,

Verse 11

The solid marbles rend. Tis done! The precious ransoms paid,

Verse 12

Receive My soul, He cries!

Verse 13

See where He bows His sacred head!

Verse 14

He bows His head, and dies

Verse 15

But soon Hell break deaths envious chain,

Verse 16

And in full glory shine:

Verse 17

O Lamb of God! was ever pain,

Verse 18

Was ever love, like Thine? Thy loss our ruin did repair;

Verse 19

Death by death is slain;

Verse 20

Thou wilt at length exalt us where

Verse 21

Thou dost in glory reign.