By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M.
      1 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind
      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.

      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!

      4 But soon he'll break death's envious chain,
      And in full glory shine:
      O Lamb of God! was ever pain,
      Was ever love, like thine?