When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author: Isaac Watts
Composer: Gregorian chant; Lowell Mason
Languages (6)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Dutch: Als ik het wond’re kruis aanschouw
- English: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
- French: Lorsque je vois la croix sacrée
- German: Schau’ ich zu jenem Kreuze hin
- Portuguese: Quando relembro a triste cruz
- Spanish: Cuando la cruz contemplo yo
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1707 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Watts, 1707.
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Sacred Hymns (Nauvoo Hymnal) (1841), no. 249.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. When I survey the wondrous crossOn which the Prince of Glory died,My richest gain I count but lossAnd pour contempt on all my pride.
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.
3. See, from His head, His hands, His feet,Sorrow and love flow mingled down.Did e’er such love and sorrow meetOr thorns compose so rich a crown?
4. Were the whole realm of nature mine,That were an off’ring far too small.Love so amazing, so divine,Demands my soul, my life, my all.