Would Je­sus have the sin­ner die?
Why hangs He then on yon­der tree?
What means that strange ex­pir­ing cry?
(Sin­ners, He prays for you and me)
Forgive them, Fa­ther, O for­give,
They know not that by Me they live,
They know not that by Me they live!

Jesus des­cend­ed from above,
Our loss of Ed­en to re­trieve,
Great God of uni­ver­sal love,
If all the world through Thee may live,
In us a quick­en­ing Spi­rit be,
And wit­ness Thou hast died for me,
And wit­ness Thou hast died for me!

Thou lov­ing, all-aton­ing Lamb,
Thee—by Thy pain­ful ago­ny,
Thy bloody sweat, Thy grief and shame,
Thy cross and pass­ion on the tree,
Thy pre­cious death and life—I pray,
Take all, take all my sins away,
Take all, take all my sins away!

O let me kiss Thy bleed­ing feet,
And bathe and wash them with my tears!
The story of Thy love re­peat
In every droop­ing sin­ner’s ears,
That all may hear the quick­en­ing sound,
Since I, ev­en I, have mer­cy found,
Since I, ev­en I, have mer­cy found.

O let Thy love my heart con­strain!
Thy love for ev­ery si­nner free,
That ev­ery fall­en soul of man
May taste the grace that found out me;
That all man­kind with me may prove
Thy so­ve­reign ev­er­last­ing love,
Thy so­ve­reign ev­er­last­ing love.