304 Redemption’s Story in a Hymn
Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848.
There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all. | We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains He had to bear; But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there. | He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good, That we might go at last to heaven, Saved by His precious blood. | There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin; He only could unlock the gate Of heaven, and let us in. | O dearly, dearly has He loved, And we must love Him too, And trust in His redeeming blood, And try His works to do. | |