And Can It Be PDF
And Can It Be PDF
And Can It Be PDF
God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom. 5:8
1. And can it be that I should gain An in - t’rest in the Sav - ior’s blood?
2. ’Tis mys - t’ry all: th’ Im - mor - tal dies: Who can ex - plore His strange de - sign?
3. He left His Fa - ther’s throne a - bove— So free, so in - fi - nite His grace—
4. Long my im - pris - oned spir - it lay, Fast bound in sin and na - ture’s night;
5. No con - dem - na - tion now I dread; Je - sus, and all in Him, is mine;
Died He for me, who caused His pain— For me, who Him to death pur - sued?
In vain the first - born ser - aph tries To sound the depths of love di - vine.
Emp - tied Him - self of all but love, And bled for Ad - am’s help - less race:
Thine eye dif - fused a quick -’ning ray— I woke, the dun - geon flamed with light;
A - live in Him, my liv - ing Head, And clothed in right - eous - ness di - vine,
A - maz - ing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
’Tis mer - cy all! Let earth a - dore, Let an - gel minds in - quire no more.
’Tis mer - cy all, im - mense and free, For, O my God, it found out me!
My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and fol - lowed Thee.
Bold I ap -proach th’ e - ter nal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Refrain
A - maz - ing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
A - maz - ing love! How can it be, That Thou, my God,
WORDS: Charles Wesley, pub.1738. MUSIC: “Sagina”; Thomas Campbell, pub.1825. Public Domain.