Scripture Verse

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29

Introduction

Words: Ar­thur T. Rus­sell, Psalms and Hymns (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: John Deigh­ton, 1851), num­ber 94.

Music: O Welt, sieh hier dein Le­ben, at­trib­ut­ed va­ri­ous­ly to C. Lu­ise Reic­hardt (1779–1826) or Hein­rich Friese, 1703 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Rus­sell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
C. Luise Reichardt (1779–1826)

Lyrics

O world, be­hold Him dy­ing
Who is thy life sup­ply­ing;
Behold! He dies for Thee:
He who in glo­ry reign­eth,
No scorn, no shame dis­dain­eth,
From end­less death my soul to free.

Now from my Sav­ior flow­eth
The blood His love be­stow­eth
On us, that we may live!
What grief His Spir­it rend­eth!
Whilst thus He con­des­cend­eth
His life for us His foes to give!

Of His own will He di­eth,
Who to His Fa­ther cri­eth,
O Fa­ther! mer­cy show:
Come, child­ren of trans­gress­ion;
To Je­sus make con­fess­ion;
Your all to His great love you owe.