Was it for me, the nails, the spear,
The cru­el thorns, the mock­ing jeer,
That rug­ged cross, ’twixt earth and sky—
Was it for me He came to die?

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He loved me so! He loved me so!
Dark Cal­va­ry He chose to know,
To van­quish sin and death and woe;
’Twas all be­cause He loved me so.

Was it for me, that op­ened tomb,
Dispelling fear and death and gloom?
So vast a truth pro­claims to me
That I through Him can vic­tor be.

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Yes, all for me—the cross, the grave,
A ris­en Lord with pow­er to save!
My joy­ful heart is filled with praise
As songs of hap­pi­ness I raise.

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