"Behold the Savior of Mankind"
                       by Samuel Wesley, Sr., 1662-1735
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
              (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.139



        1. Behold the Savior of mankind
        Nailed to the shameful tree!
        How vast the love that Him inclined
        To bleed and die for thee!
        
        2. Hark how He groans while nature shakes
        And earth's strong pillars bend!
        The Temple's veil in sunder breaks,
        The solid marbles rend.
        
        3. 'Tis done; the precious ransom's paid;
        "Receive my soul!" He cries.
        See where He bows His sacred head;
        He bows His head and dies.
        
        4. But soon He'll break death's envious chain
        And in full glory shine.
        0 Lamb of God, was ever pain,
        Was ever love, like Thine?

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        Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Hymn #176 
        Text: Luke 23:46
        Author: Samuel Wesley, Sr., c. 1709, cento
        Composer: Christopher Tye, 1553
        Tune: "Windsor"
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                         Rev. Robert E. Smith 
           Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary

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                        "Behold the Savior of Mankind"
                       by Samuel Wesley, Sr., 1662-1735
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
              (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.139



        1. Behold the Savior of mankind
        Nailed to the shameful tree!
        How vast the love that Him inclined
        To bleed and die for thee!
        
        2. Hark how He groans while nature shakes
        And earth's strong pillars bend!
        The Temple's veil in sunder breaks,
        The solid marbles rend.
        
        3. 'Tis done; the precious ransom's paid;
        "Receive my soul!" He cries.
        See where He bows His sacred head;
        He bows His head and dies.
        
        4. But soon He'll break death's envious chain
        And in full glory shine.
        0 Lamb of God, was ever pain,
        Was ever love, like Thine?

        _______________________________________________________
        Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_
        Hymn #176 
        Text: Luke 23:46
        Author: Samuel Wesley, Sr., c. 1709, cento
        Composer: Christopher Tye, 1553
        Tune: "Windsor"
        _________________________________________________________
          This text was converted to ascii format for Project
        Wittenberg by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain.
          You may freely distribute, copy or print this text.
            Please direct any comments or suggestions to: 
                         Rev. Robert E. Smith 
           Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary

                     E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu

         Surface Mail: 6600 N.Clinton St., Ft.Wayne,IN 46825 USA
          Phone: (219) 452-2148             Fax: (219) 452-2126
        __________________________________________________________