ELHB Hymn 211
Behold the Savior of mankind
Samuel Wesley (1709)
Hymn Text
211. Behold the Savior of mankind
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1 Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for Thee!
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for Thee!
2 Hark, how He groans! while nature shakes,
And earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
And earth's strong pillars bend!
The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
3 'Tis done; the precious ransom's paid;
"Receive my soul!" He cries:
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head and dies.
"Receive my soul!" He cries:
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head and dies.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #211