Make Me Understand

Give me a sight

O Sav­ior!

Of Thy won­drous love to me

Of the love that brought Thee down to earth

To die on Cal­va­ry.

O make me un­der­stand it!

Help me to take it in!

What it meant to Thee

the Ho­ly One

To bear away my sin.

Was it the nails

O Sav­ior!

That bound Thee to the tree?

Nay

’twas Thine ev­er­last­ing love

Thy love for me

for me.

O won­der of all won­ders!

That through Thy death for me

My op­en sins

my sec­ret sins

Can all for­giv­en be.

Then melt my heart

O Sav­ior!

Bend me

yea

break me down

Until I own Thee Con­quer­or

And Lord and So­ver­eign crown.