Adventist Pioneer Library

Godly sorrow arising from the sufferings of Christ

Alas! and did my Savior bleed?

  • p. 17
  • 6 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

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

2

Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,And bath'd in its own blood,While all exposed to wrath of men,The glorious Suff'rer stood!

3

Was it for crimes that I had done,He groaned upon the tree?Amazing pity! grace unknown!And love beyond degree!

4

Well might the sun in darkness hide,And shut his glories in,When Christ the glorious Savior died,For man, the creature's sin.

5

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

6

But drops of grief can ne'er repayThe debt of love I owe;Here, Lord, I give myself away;'Tis all that I can do.

About this hymn

As printed Words only: the print gives no music for this hymn. It is printed on p. 17, below stanzas 5–6 of "The Crucifixion" (p. 16), separated by a rule. Read from the 600 dpi scan; the Grok witness agrees except "groan'd" (Grok) for the printed "groaned" (stanza 3). The print sets a thin space before "?" and "!" (e.g. "bleed ?"); not reproduced.

Source
Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
Where
printed page 17
Checked
lyrics verified · 2026-10-08