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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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