When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Groups That Perform This Song

• The Gibbons Family

Associated Tunes

• Hamburg, by Lowell Mason, 1824
• Eucharist, by Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819 - 1858)
• Rockingham, by Edward Miller, 1790

Lyrics

• Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841

Hymn 249
L.M.
1. When I survey the wond'rous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride!

2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to thy blood.

3. See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down:
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4. Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small:
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.