I Am Coming To The Cross

Words: William McDonald, 1870, Public Domain:

“The hymn was written in 1870 in the city of Brooklyn, New York, while I was pastor in that city. I had felt the need of a hymn to aid seekers of heart purity while at the altar. I had desired something, simple in expression, true to experience and ending in the full­ess of love. The tune composed by Mr. Fischer, with the first two lines of the chorus, I had seen, and was much pleased with their simplicityy. And as I was sitting in my study one day, the line of thought came rushing into my mind, and I began to write, and in a few minutes the hymn was on paper.” William McDonald, 1870 It was first sung at aNational Camp­meeting, June 22, 1870. The words were first published in The American Bapt­st Praise Book, 1871.

Music: William G. Fischer, 1870

1. I am coming to the cross;
I am poor, and weak, and blind;
I am counting all but dross;
I shall full salvation find. ◦ I am trusting, Lord, in Thee,
Blessed Lamb of Calvary;
Humbly at Thy cross I bow,
 Save me, Jesus, save me now. 2. Long my heart has sighed for Thee;
Long has evil dwelt within;
Jesus sweetly speaks to me,
“I will cleanse you from all sin. 3. Here I give my all to Thee—
Friends and time and earthly store,
Soul and body Thine to be—
Wholly Thine forevermore. 1. In the promises I trust;
Now I feel the blood applied;
I am prostrate in the dust;
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1. 我今來就主十架，
既軟弱而又貧、瞎；
世上事盡都空虛，
惟主恩是我所需。 ◦ 我今來投靠救主，
十架下謙卑俯伏，
求耶穌，神的羔羊，
拯救我脫離滅亡。 2. 我久慕救主恩典，
罪卻在我心掌權；
今聞主柔聲說道：
『你罪孽，我必除掉。』 3. 主已來充滿我心，
並將我一切更新；
祂寶血洗我罪愆，
祂救贖使我完全。 ◦ 感謝主，我已蒙恩，
罪得赦，喜樂滿心；
讚美主，我已得救，
眼明亮，願跟主走。 4. 我在此獻上所有：
靈、魂、體、親人、摯友，
智與力、財物、時間，
全歸主直到永遠。