“Father, forgive (the Savior said) They know not what they do:” His heart was moved when thus he prayed For me, my friends, and you. | He saw, that as the Jews abused And crucified his flesh; So he, by us, would be refused, And crucified afresh. | Through love of sin, we long were prone To act as Satan bid; But now, with grief and shame we own, We knew not what we did. | We knew not the desert of sin, Nor whom we thus defied; Nor where our guilty souls had been, If JESUS had not died. | We knew not what a law we broke, How holy, just and pure! Nor what a God we durst provoke, But thought ourselves secure. | But Jesus all our guilt foresaw, And shed his precious blood To satisfy the holy law, And make our peace with GOD. | My sin, dear Savior, made thee bleed, Yet didst thou pray for me! I knew not what I did, indeed, When ignorant of thee. | |