Behold the Saviour of mankind <br />Nailed to the shameful tree! <br />How vast the love that him inclined <br />To bleed and die for thee! <br /> <br />Hark, how he groans! while nature shakes, <br />And earth's strong pillars bend; <br />The temple's veil in sunder breaks, <br />The solid marbles rend. <br /> <br />'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid, <br />"Receive my soul," he cries! <br />See where he bows his sacred head! <br />He bows his head, and dies! <br /> <br />But soon he'll break death's envious chain, <br />And in full glory shine: <br />O Lamb of God! was ever pain, <br />Was ever love, like thine?<br /><br />John Wesley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-xxii-behold-the-saviour-of-mankind/
