From The Cross

From the cross uplifted high

Where the Saviour deigns to die,

What melodious sounds I hear,

Bursting on my ravished ear:

“Love's redeeming work is done,

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

“Sprinkled now with blood the throne;

Why beneath thy burdens groan?

On My piercèd body laid,

Justice owns the ransom paid:

Bow the knee, and kiss the Son,

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

“Spread for thee, the festal board

See with richest dainties stored;

To thy Father's bosom pressed,

Yet again a child confessed,

Never from His house to roam,

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

“Soon the days of life shall end;

Lo, I come, your Saviour, Friend,

Safe your spirits to convey

To the realms of endless day:

Up to My eternal home,

Come and welcome, sinner, come.”

~Words: Thomas Haweis & Music: Dmitri Bortniansky