Christ — Sufferings and Death

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed

No. 322
Metre C. M.
Tune REMEMBER ME.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music Asa Hull.
Key F major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?And did my Sovereign die?Would he devote that sacred headFor such a worm as I?

Cho.—Help me, dear Saviour, thee to own,And ever faithful be;And when thou sittest on thy throne,O Lord, remember me.

Was it for crimes that I have doneHe groaned upon the tree?Amazing pity! grace unknown!And love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide,And shut his glories in,When Christ the Lord was crucifiedFor man, the creature's sin.

Thus might I hide my blushing face,While his dear cross appears,Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,And melt mine eyes to tears.

But drops of grief can ne'er repayThe debt of love I owe;Here, Lord, I give myself away;'T is all that I can do.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.»; hymn number «322» (large), tune name «REMEMBER ME. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ASA HULL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); printed vertically in the left margin, reading upward, «Copyrighted 1867» (beside system 2) «by Asa Hull.» (beside system 1). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «A-»; «Sovereign» is printed as one unbroken word under two notes. The chorus is printed in italics UNDER the bass staff, one line per system, headed «CHO.—» (capital C and small capitals, then a dash), and is sung to the same music on the repeat (the whole tune is enclosed in repeat signs); under the chorus line of system 1, at the right, in italics: «Chorus may be omitted unless desired.» Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «80, 7, 179.» in italics (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 80, 7 or 179), followed by «Isaac Watts.» in italics. The chorus is printed once; it is not repeated after stanzas 2–5. The print sets a thin space before «!», «?» and «;» («A - las !», «bleed ?», «die ?», «I ?», «owe ;», «away ;»); it is closed up here. «'T is» (apostrophe, T, space, «is») and «ne'er» as printed, apostrophes written straight. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.