Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that him inclined
To bleed and die for me!
2 Hark! how he groans, while nature shakes,
And earth’s strong pillars bend!
The temple’s vail asunder breaks,
The solid marbles rend.
3 ’Tis finished! now the ransom’s paid,
“Receive my soul!” he cries: