Boasting in the Cross

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?

His dying crimson, like a robe,

Spreads o'er His body on the tree;

Then I am dead to all the globe,

And all the globe is dead to me.

146Were 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.

(Watts, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross")

Reflect and Discuss

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