8704 | The Cyber Hymnal#8705 | 8706 |
Text: | Was It For Sin? |
Author: | Anne Steele |
Tune: | ABBOTSFORD |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Was it for sin, for mortal guilt,
The Savior gave His vital blood?
For sin amazing anguish felt,
The wrath of an offended God?
2 When bleeding, groaning, on the tree,
He breathed such agonizing cries,
When nature suffered, Lord, with Thee,
And darkness clothed the mourning skies.
3 And shall I harbor in my breast
(O tremble, soul, at such a deed)
This dreadful foe, this fatal guest?
’Twas sin that made my Savior bleed.
4 ’Tis sin that would my ruin prove,
And sink me down to endless woe;
But O forbid it, heav’nly love,
And save me from the cursèd foe.
5 Ye sins, ye cruel sins, depart,
Your tyrant sway I cannot bear;
My rightful sovereign claims my heart,
And Christ alone shall govern here.
6 Come, glorious conqueror, gracious Lord,
Thy all-prevailing power employ;
O come, with Thy resistless word,
These hateful enemies destroy.
7 So guilty, weak, to Thee I fly,
My Lord, my Savior, and my friend,
On Thy almighty arm rely,
On Thy atoning blood depend.
8 All of my hope is fixed on Thee,
For Thou alone hast power divine;
O come, and conquer, Lord, for me,
And all the glory shall be Thine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Was it for sin, for mortal guilt |
Title: | Was It For Sin? |
Author: | Anne Steele |
Refrain First Line: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. 1 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Name: | ABBOTSFORD |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Source: | Catholische Geistliche Gesänge, Andernach, 1608 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
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