Let me dwell on Golgotha

The words

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   Stanza 1. Let me dwell on Golgotha,Weep and love my life away!While I see him on the treeWeep and bleed, and die for me!

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   Stanza 2. That dear blood, for sinners spilt,Shows my sin in all its guilt:Ah, my soul, he bore thy load,Thou hast slain the Lamb of GOD.

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   Stanza 3. Hark! his dying words; “Forgive,Father, let the sinner live;Sinner, wipe thy tears away,I thy ransom freely pay.”

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   Stanza 4. While I hear this grace revealed,And obtain a pardon sealed;All my lost affections move,Wakened by the force of love.

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   Stanza 5. Farewell world, thy gold is dross,Now I see the bleeding cross;JESUS died to set me freeFrom the law, and sin, and thee!

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   Stanza 6. He has dearly bought my soulLORD, accept, and claim the whole!To thy will I all resign,Now, no more my own, but thine.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 56. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-56