Scripture Verse

Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:22

Introduction

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Amelia M. Hull (1812–1884)

Words: Ame­lia M. Hull, cir­ca 1832, writ­ten the night she came to Christ af­ter hear­ing a lo­cal ev­an­gel­ist. Pub­lished in Plea­sant Hymns for Boys and Girls, by Hen­ry Will­iam Sol­tau (Lon­don: Mor­gan & Scott, 1860), num­ber 24.

Music: Ed­ward G. Tay­lor, 1860 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Tay­lor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Hull,

Lyrics

There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One,
There is life at this mo­ment for thee;
Then look, sin­ner, look unto Him, and be saved,
Unto Him who was nailed to the tree.

Refrain

Look! look! look and live!
There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One,
There is life at this mo­ment for thee.

Oh, why was He there as the bear­er of sin,
If on Je­sus thy guilt was not laid?
Oh, why from His side flowed the sin-cleans­ing blood,
If His dy­ing thy debt has not paid?

Refrain

It is not thy tears of re­pent­ance or pray­ers,
But the blood, that atones for the soul;
On Him, then, who shed it, thou may­est at once
Thy weight of ini­qui­ties roll.

Refrain

His ang­uish of soul on the cross hast thou seen?
His cry of dis­tress hast thou heard?
Then why, if the ter­rors of wrath He en­dured,
Should par­don to thee be de­ferred?

Refrain

Then doubt not thy wel­come, since God has de­clared
There re­main­eth no more to be done;
That once in the end of the world He ap­peared,
And com­plet­ed the work He be­gun.

Refrain

Then take with re­joic­ing from Je­sus at once
The life ev­er­last­ing He gives;
And know with as­sur­ance thou ne­ver canst die,
Since Je­sus, thy right­eous­ness, lives.

Refrain

There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One,
There is life at this mo­ment for thee;
Then look, sin­ner, look un­to Him, and be saved
And know thy­self spot­less as He.

Refrain