Was It for Me? (Coull)

Was it for me

the nails

the spear

The cru­el thorns

the mock­ing jeer

That rug­ged cross

’twixt earth and sky—

Was it for me He came to die?

He loved me so! He loved me so!

Dark Cal­va­ry He chose to know

To van­quish sin and death and woe;

’Twas all be­cause He loved me so.

Was it for me

that op­ened tomb

Dispelling fear and death and gloom?

So vast a truth pro­claims to me

That I through Him can vic­tor be.

Yes

all for me—the cross

the grave

A ris­en Lord with pow­er to save!

My joy­ful heart is filled with praise

As songs of hap­pi­ness I raise.