AT THE CROSS

Alas, and did my Savior

bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred
head
For such a worm as I?
 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!
Was it for sins that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
 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!
 Well might the sun in
darkness hide,
And shut His glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker,
died
For man, His creature’s sin.
 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!
 But drops of grief can ne’er
repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
’Tis all that I can do.
 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!
AT CALVARY
 Years I spent in vanity and
pride,
Caring not my Lord was
crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He
died on Calvary.
 Mercy there was great and
grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to
me,
There my burdened soul found
liberty–
At Calvary.
By God's Word at last my sin I
learned–
Then I trembled at the Law I'd
spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring
turned to Calvary.
 Mercy there was great and
grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to
me,
There my burdened soul found
liberty–
At Calvary.
 Now I've giv'n to Jesus
ev'rything,
Now I gladly own Him as my
King,
Now my raptured soul can
only sing of Calvary.
 Mercy there was great and
grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to
me,
There my burdened soul found
liberty–
At Calvary.
 O the love that drew
salvation's plan!
O the grace that brought it
down to man!
O the mighty gulf that God did
span at Calvary.
 Mercy there was great and
grace was free,
Pardon there was multiplied to
me,
There my burdened soul found
liberty–
At Calvary.