WHEN I SURVEY --

WHEN I SURVEY --

     In Galatians 6:14, we read -- "But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." 

     Many wonderful hymns have been written about the cross upon which Jesus died, but  this sublime and beautiful hymn by Isaac Watts (which gives us insights into the love and the sufferings of Christ for us) is considered by many to be the finest hymn in English church history. 

     May our hearts be stirred, and our devotion deepened, as we take time this week to focus often on the Wondrous Cross!

     "When I survey the wondrous Cross

On which the Prince of Glory died,

      My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

      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 His blood.

      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?

      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."