Others He Saved

Others He saved

Him­self He could not save

So scoffed the priests

and up­ward rolled the wave

Of blas­phe­my against the dy­ing Lord

Until it broke up­on the throne of God.

Others He saved

Him­self He did not save

So sighed the mourn­ers round the Sav­ior’s grave;

Their grief em­bit­tered by the mys­te­ry

Why He

who La­za­rus raised

Him­self need die.

Others He saved

Him­self He would not save

There rests the truth

His life for us He gave:

O ru­ined heart! thy Sav­ior had to choose

If He should die

or thou sal­va­tion lose.