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When I survey the wondrous cross Crucifixion to the world by the cross of Christ, Gal. 6. 14

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 7, under Galatians 6:14.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 7

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 5 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

2,206 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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STANZA I

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of Glory dy'd,

My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Galatians 6:14. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. GALATIANS 6:14 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ GALATIANS 6

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. STANZA II

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “Prepared for the Lord's Supper”, holds these hymns in this order: 48 hymns. This is number 7. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 7 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN When I survey the wondrous cross

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 1 passage in 1 book. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Psalms 1

PSALM 34:2

2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (0)

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