How can I look on Cal­va­ry’s cross
And see my Sav­ior there,
With out­stretched arms the world to save,
My sins Him­self to bear?
How con­tem­plate and yet with­stand
Such love as He has shown
Who died to draw the sin­ner near
And claim him for His own?

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O love of God, that brought me there,
O love so deep, so true,
Come fill my long­ing heart with light
And rap­ture, thro’ and thro’.

How can I think of all He bore—
The shame, the thorns, the pain,
And un­re­pent­ant go my way
To pierce His heart again?
Forsaken in His dark­est hour
By all, ex­cept His God,
Shall I de­ny my bless­èd Lord,
Who died to lift the rod?

Refrain

No, no! I can­not trai­tor be
To Je­sus, King of Love,
Tho’ sin­ner steeped in guilt I am,
His mer­cy I will prove;
His blood on Cal­v’ry’s cross was shed,
To save e’en such as me;
O Je­sus, now ac­cept my all,
And draw me close to Thee.

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