Vers 1
Alas! and did my Savior bleed?
And did my sov’reign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!

Vers 2
Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,
And bath’d in its own blood
While all exposed to wrath divine
The glor’ous suff’rer stood.

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!

Vers 3
Was it for crimes that I had done
He groan’d upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!

Vers 4
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God, the mighty maker dy’dd
For man the creature’s sin.

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!

Vers 5
Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!

Vers 6
But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Here, Lord, I give my self away,
‘Tis all that we can do.

Refrain
At the cross, at the cross
where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away,
it was there by faith I received my sight,
and now I am happy all the day!