When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory dy’d,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Verse 2

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

Verse 3

See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Verse 4

His dying crimson like a robe
Spreads o’er his body on the tree;
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Verse 5

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.