Hymn History-Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

  • April 22, 2011
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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed Alas! and did my Savior bleed And did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred head For sinners such as I? At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 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! Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine— And bathed in its own blood— While the firm mark of wrath divine, His Soul in anguish stood. Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love beyond degree! Well might the sun in darkness hide And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker died, For man the creature’s sin. Thus might I hide my blushing face While His dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. But drops of grief can ne’er repay The debt of love I owe: Here, Lord, I give my self away ’Tis all that I can do. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) This is a classic Easter hymn that has stirred millions of hearts over the years. Written by the renown Isaac Watts who did not preach his first sermon until he was twenty-four-years-old, this hymn deeply describes the price Christ paid for sin. In the autumn of 1850, more than one hundred years after Watts wrote this hymn, it was played at a revival in New York City. A thirty-year-old blind woman heard the choir singing this simple song and it moved her so much that she gave her life to Christ that very night. That woman was none other than Fanny Crosby, who went on to become one of the greatest hymn writers of all times. Easter is about new life and best way to find new life is through Christ and the cross.


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