At the Cross (Canaan Melodies #35)

The great hymn writer Isaac Watts wrote this beautiful hymn about the cross, and RE Watson added a terrific chorus to give us one of the great Good Friday hymns.

LYRICS
1 Alas, and did my Savior bleed,
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I? 

Chorus:
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day! 

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

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut His glories in
When Christ, the mighty Maker died
For man the creature's sin. 

4 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
'Tis all that I can do!