And Jesus bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. John 19:30.
To lay evermore hold on Christ crucified, and rest continually upon his meritorious death, with a true faith, is the one thing needful for a Christian, which is the sum and substance, nay, the very marrow of the Old and New Testament, and above all things, gives the greatest strength.
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed?
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown I
And love beyond degree.
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God, 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 never repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I call myself away,
’Tis all that I can do.