Wednesday, January 21, 2009

When i Survey the Wondrous Cross.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.


Would you once again travel down the road to calvary, to that old rugged cross on which He died for you? Oh, would you not survey that cross once again and remember what He did?

Come back all ye who have lost your way,
Come back all ye who are defeated,
Come back all ye who are weary.

Come back and behold the very reason why He was nailed to that very cross.

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