For love of me, He left a throne
And came in con­des­cen­sion low;
He sought me when I wan­dered lone
In my dark sin and grief and woe.

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O match­less grace, that He should deign,
For love of me,
To tread the way of bit­ter pain,
To Cal­va­ry.

For love of me, He took my name,
That He to me might Sav­ior be;
Endured the scorn, the grief, the shame,
And, sin­less, bore sin’s pe­nal­ty.

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For love of me, He went, thorn crowned,
To cru­el death up­on the tree;
By foe re­viled, by friend dis­owned,
And dy­ing, won the vic­to­ry.

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Exalted high, He now doth reign
Lord ov­er all, the Prince of Life;
Till He in pow­er shall come again
To ban­ish sin and end the strife.

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