Would Jesus Have the Sinner Die?
"Father, forgive them, they know not what they do." - Luke 23:34
VERSE 1
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
Sinners, He prays for you and me
Forgive, them, Father, oh forgive
They know not that by Me they live
They know not that by Me they live.
VERSE 2
Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb
Thee-by Thy painful agony
Thy blood-like sweat, Thy grief and shame
Thy cross and passion on the tree
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.
VERSE 3
Oh let me kiss Thy pierced feet
And bathe and wash them with my tears
The story of Thy love repeat
In every drooping sinner's ears
In every drooping sinner's ears
That all may hear the quick'ning sound
Since, I e'en I, have mercy found
Since, I e'en I, have mercy found.
VERSE 4
Oh let Thy love my heart constrain
Thy love for ev'ry sinner free
That ev'ry fallen soul of man
May taste the grace that found out me
May taste the grace that found out me
That all mankind with me may prove
Thy sovereign everlasting love
Thy sovereign everlasting love.