AMAZING LOVE WHO CAN IT BE PERFORMED BY ALTAR OF PRAISE CHORALE. <br /><br /><br />1<br />And can it be that I should gain<br />An int’rest in the Savior’s blood?<br />Died He for me, who caused His pain?<br />For me, who Him to death pursued?<br />Amazing love! how can it be<br />That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?<br />Amazing love! how can it be<br />That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?<br />2<br />’Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies!<br />Who can explore His strange design?<br />In vain the firstborn seraph tries<br />To sound the depths of love Divine!<br />’Tis mercy all! let earth adore,<br />Let angel minds inquire no more.<br />’Tis mercy all! let earth adore,<br />Let angel minds inquire no more.<br />3<br />He left His Father’s throne above,<br />So free, so infinite His grace;<br />Emptied Himself of all but love,<br />And bled for Adam’s helpless race:<br />’Tis mercy all, immense and free;<br />For, O my God, it found out me.<br />’Tis mercy all, immense and free;<br />For, O my God, it found out me.<br />4<br />Long my imprisoned spirit lay<br />Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;<br />Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,<br />I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;<br />My chains fell off, my heart was free,<br />I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.<br />My chains fell off, my heart was free,<br />I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.<br />5<br />No condemnation now I dread;<br />Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!<br />Alive in Him, my living Head,<br />And clothed in righteousness Divine,<br />Bold I approach the eternal throne,<br />And claim the crown, through Christ my own.<br />Bold I approach the eternal throne,<br />And claim the crown, through Christ my own.<br /><br />
