Adventist Pioneer Library

Christ — Sufferings and Death

Would Jesus have the sinner die?

  • No. 321
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Would Jesus have the sinner die?Why hangs he then on yonder tree?What means that strange expiring cry?Sinners, he prays for you and me:"Forgive them, Father, O forgive!They know not that by me they live."

2

Jesus, descended from above,Our loss of Eden to retrieve;Great God of universal love,If all the world through thee may live,In us a quickening spirit be,And witness thou hast died for me.

3

O, let thy love my heart constrain,—Thy love, for every sinner free,—That every fallen son of manMay taste the grace that rescued me,That all mankind his love may prove—That sovereign, everlasting love.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: running head «CHRIST—SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.»; hymn number «321» (large) at the head of the right column, below the music of hymn 320, with the reference line «234, 683, 706.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 234, 683 or 706); «Charles Wesley.» in italics after the last stanza. The first word «WOULD» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «?», «:», «;» and «!» («die ?», «me :», «forgive !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly quotation marks are written straight («"Forgive them, … they live."»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print; lines 5 and 6 are flush with line 1. No meter is printed (the text is L. M. 6l., six lines of 8 syllables, like hymn 320 and the tune NASHVILLE of hymn 234).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Christ — Sufferings and Death · No. 321 · printed page 106
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01