Alas and Did My Savior Bleed

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?

Verse 2

Was it for crimes that I had done

He groaned upon the tree?

Amazing pity! grace unknown!

And love beyond degree!

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.

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.

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.