“Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for me!
Hark how He groans! while nature shakes,
And earth’s strong pillars bend:
The temple’s veil in sunder breaks;
The solid marbles bend.
‘Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid—
‘Receive my soul,’ He cries;