O TEACH ME WHAT IT MEANETH
1. O teach me what
it meaneth:
That Cross uplifted
high,
With One, the Man of
Sorrows,
Condemned to bleed
and die.
O teach me what it
cost Thee
To make a sinner
whole;
And teach me,
Savior, teach me
The value of a
soul.
2. O teach me what
it meaneth:
That sacred crimson
tide,
The blood and water
flowing
From Thine own
wounded side.
Teach me that if
none other
had sinned, but I
alone,
Yet still, Thy
blood, O Jesus,
Thine only, must
atone.
3. O teach me what
it meaneth:
Thy love beyond
compare,
The love that
reacheth deeper
Than depths of
self-despair!
Yea, teach me, till
there gloweth
In this cold heart
of mine
Some feeble, pale
reflection
Of that pure love
of Thine.
4. O teach me what
it meaneth,
For I am full of
sin;
And grace alone can
reach me,
And love alone can
win.
O teach me, for I
need Thee,
I have no hope
beside,
The chief of all
the sinners
For whom the Savior
died.
5. O infinite
Redeemer,
I bring no other
plea;
Because Thou dost
invite me
I cast myself on
Thee.
Because Thou dost
accept me
I love and I adore;
Because Thy love
constraineth,
I'll praise Thee
evermore.
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