There was ne­ver a prince so royal,
So worthy of deathless fame;
There was ne­ver a friend so loyal,
Such an ocean of love in a name!
There were ne­ver such springs of sweetness,
Such streams of ineffable bliss,
Such powers of holy meetness
As welled in that heart of His.

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O grace of God, so boundless!
O love of Christ, so true!
Has sin your soul so blinded,
That Je­sus is nothing to you?

Ever busy His hands with kindness,
His lips overflowed with grace,
While His feet were impelled to mercy,
Love immortal illumined His face.
And yet ne­ver a fiend did fathom
Such depth of derision and shame,
And ne­ver the vilest traitor
Did bear such a bur­den of blame.

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There were ne­ver such floods of sorrow,
Such grief as the Sav­ior braved,
As were brimming His cup on Cal­va­ry,
When He drained it that we might be saved.
O, was ever a heart so hardened,
And can such ingratitude be,
That one for whom Je­sus suffered
Will say, It is nothing to me?

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