At The Cross

By: Isaac Watts

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:14, Isaiah 53:5

Tempo: Medium

Direction

Horizontal - Human to Human/Self

Type

Exhortation

Sub-Type

Communion
God's Love

Keywords

Cross
Faithful
Happy
Heart
Light
Saviour
Sovereign

Season

Easter
Ordinary

Style

Hymn

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Alas! And did my Savior bleed
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

[Chorus]
At the cross, at the cross
Where I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!

[Verse 2]
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker died,
For man the creature’s sin.

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
Thus might I hide my blushing face
While His dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
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.

[Chorus]