Today is a reverent day in Christian tradition. Maundy Thursday is the observed day of the “Last Supper” before Good Friday of the crucifixion. It’s typically a day of reflection. So in honor of that and while this could also fit for Good Friday I find these lyrics to be the most plaintive and meaningful for this day.
The hymn, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", was written by Isaac Watts, and published in Hymns and Spiritual Songs in 1707. It is significant for being an innovative departure from the early English hymn style of only using paraphrased biblical texts.
1. When I survey the wond'rous Cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,
My richest Gain I count but Loss,
And pour Contempt on all my Pride.
2. 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.
3. 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?
[4. His dying Crimson, like a Robe,
Spreads o'er his Body on the Tree;
Then am I dead to all the Globe,
And all the Globe is dead to me.]
(Typically omitted in printed versions, a practice that began with George Whitefield in 1757)
5. 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.
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
Words: Isaac Watts, 1707
Music: Lowell Mason, 1824 (Hamburg)
Arr: Shane Sparks, 2020
Am (C)/Dm (F)/ Cm (Eb)/G/Bb
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