Christ My Song - 218
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing (James Allen/
Walter Shirley/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing.
1. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
which before the cross I spend;
life and health and peace possessing,
from the sinner’s dying Friend.
Here I’ll sit, for ever viewing
mercy’s streams in streams of blood;
precious drops, my soul bedewing,
plead and claim my peace with God. PDF - Midi
2. Truly blessed is this station,
low before his cross to lie;
while I see divine compassion
floating in his languid eye.
Here it is I find my heaven,
while upon the Lamb I gaze;
love I much? I’m much forgiven, –
I’m a miracle of grace.
3. Love and grief my heart dividing,
with my tears his feet I’ll bathe;
constant still, in faith abiding,
life deriving from his death.
May I still enjoy this feeling,
in all need to Jesus go;
prove his wounds each day more healing,
and himself most deeply know!
James Allen, altered by Walter Shirley, in: Schaff, Philip: Christ in Song, 1870, 154-155.