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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis song is a testimony to how you can humility and simplicity to create beautiful lyrics. Whenever you\u2019re writing\u2014whether a story, an essay, or a poem\u2014always keep in mind two things. #1. Who God is, and #2. Who you are. When you keep these thoughts in view, your words will echo this humble attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The post is a bit short today, but I hope you will enjoy the song. Here<\/a> is the HUDSON tune for \u201cAt the Cross,\u201d and here<\/a> is the MARTYRDOM tune for \u201cAlas! And Did My Savior Bleed\u201d. The lyrics are below for you to follow along as you listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alas! and did my Savior bleed, At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the Light Was it for crimes that I have done, Well might the sun in darkness hide, Thus might I hide my blushing face But drops of grief can ne’er repay Comment below if you have a Hymn of the Month suggestion!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The hymn, \u201cAt the Cross\u201d was written by Isaac Watts in, and a refrain and tune were added in 1885 by Ralph Hudson. The words are also used in the hymn \u201cAlas! And Did My Savior Bleed,\u201d though without the chorus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[79,29,38,42,41],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hymn-case-studies","tag-at-the-cross","tag-christian-writing","tag-hymn-of-the-month","tag-poems","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianwriter.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}At the Cross<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Verse 1:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
And did my Sovereign die!
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?<\/p>\n\n\n\nChorus:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
And the burden of my heart rolled away.
It was there, by faith, I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVerse 2:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!<\/p>\n\n\n\nVerse 3:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
And shut its glories in,
When Christ, the mighty maker, died
For man the creature’s sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVerse 4:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine eyes to tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVerse 5:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
The debt of love I owe.
Here, Lord, I give myself away;
‘Tis all that I can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n