HYMN 81
C. M.
Our sin the cause of Christ's death.
461 And now the scales have left mine eyes, Now I begin to see: Oh the cursed deeds my sins have done! What murd'rous things they be! | Were these the traitors, dearest Lord, That thy fair body tore? Monsters, that stained those heav'nly limbs With floods of purple gore! | Was it for crimes that I had done My dearest Lord was slain, When justice seized God's only Son, And put his soul to pain? | Forgive my guilt, O Prince of peace, I'll wound my God no more: Hence from my heart, ye sins, begone, For Jesus I adore. | Furnish me, Lord, with heav'nly arms From grace's magazine, And I'll proclaim eternal war With every darling sin. | |