Text: | Blessed Redeemer |
Author: | Avis B. Christiansen, 1895- |
Tune: | [Up Calv'ry's mountain, one dreadful morn] |
Composer: | Harry Dixon Loes, 1892-1965 |
1 Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn,
Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn;
Facing for sinners death on the cross,
That He might save them from endless loss.
Chorus:
Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer!
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree;
Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading—
Blind and unheeding— dying for me!
2 "Father, forgive them!" thus did He pray,
E'en while His lifeblood flowed fast away;
Praying for sinners while such woe—
No one but Jesus ever loved so. [Chorus]
3 O how I love Him, Savior and Friend!
How can my praises ever find end!
Thru years unnumbered on heaven's shore,
My tongue shall praise Him forevermore. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Up Calv'ry's mountain, one dreadful morn |
Title: | Blessed Redeemer |
Author: | Avis B. Christiansen, 1895- |
Refrain First Line: | Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer! |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1970 |
Topic: | Blood of Christ; Cleansing and Forgiveness; Passion and Cross |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Up Calv'ry's mountain, one dreadful morn] |
Composer: | Harry Dixon Loes, 1892-1965 |
Key: | D Major |