God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8
Words & Music: Katherine A. M. Kelly (1869–1942) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Kelly (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Give me a sight, O Savior!
Of Thy wondrous love to me,
Of the love that brought Thee down to earth
To die on Calvary.
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O make me understand it!
Help me to take it in!
What it meant to Thee, the Holy One,
To bear away my sin.
Was it the nails, O Savior!
That bound Thee to the tree?
Nay, ’twas Thine everlasting love,
Thy love for me, for me.
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O wonder of all wonders!
That through Thy death for me
My open sins, my secret sins,
Can all forgiven be.
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Then melt my heart, O Savior!
Bend me, yea, break me down
Until I own Thee Conqueror,
And Lord and Sovereign crown.
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