When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Hymn lyrics by Isaac Watts,
Music by Lowell Mason

Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss,

And poor 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 I am 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.