HE lovèd me, and gave Himself for me; Amazing love, amazing sacrifice! I’ll take my harp down from the willow tree, And bid its notes in praise of Jesus rise.
He lovèd me, and gave Himself for me; And surely I myself to Him will give; None, Jesus, will I ever love like Thee, And to Thy glory only will I live.
And when I stand ’mid yonder shining throng, And on fair Canaan’s coast my Saviour see, I’ll add my chorus to the swelling song: ‘He lovèd me, and gave Himself for me.’
Fergus Ferguson, 1824-97