Words: , Ol­ney Hymns (Lon­don: W. Ol­iv­er, 1779).

Music: Cal­va­ry (Monk), , in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1875. Al­ter­nate tunes:

  • Baltimore, com­pos­er un­known, in the Sun­day-School Hymn­al (St. Louis, Mis­sou­ri: Con­cord­ia Pub­lish­ing House, 1912)
  • Death, (1823-1889)

Let me dwell on Golgotha,
Weep and love my life away!
While I see Him on the tree
Weep and bleed, and die for me!

That dear blood, for sinners spilt,
Shows my sin in all its guilt:
Ah, my soul, He bore thy load,
Thou hast slain the Lamb of God.

Hark! His dying words; “Forgive,
Father, let the sinner live;
Sinner, wipe thy tears away,
I thy ransom freely pay.”

While I hear this grace revealed,
And obtain a pardon sealed;
All my lost affections move,
Wakened by the force of love.

Farewell world, thy gold is dross,
Now I see the bleeding cross;
Jesus died to set me free
From the law, and sin, and thee!

He has dearly bought my soul
Lord, accept, and claim the whole!
To Thy will I all resign,
Now, no more my own, but Thine.