When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Here are all five stanzas of the great Lenten hymn by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), the father of modern English hymnody. It is certainly one of my favorite Lenten hymns!  Most commonly sung to either the tune HAMBURG (Lutheran Service Book 425) or ROCKINGHAM OLD (LSB 426).  On a humorous note, once, after this hymn had been sung in the Church of Saint Edmund, London, Father Ignatius repeated to his congregation the last two lines of the hymn impressively—“Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.”  And he added: “Well, I am surprised to hear you sing that. Do you know that altogether you put only fifteen shillings in the collection bag this morning?”  [Not recommended pastoral practice!] https://www.cph.org/p-28135-when-i-survey-the-wondrous-cross-niedmann.aspx
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When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

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.

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?

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

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.