There is a green hill far away
From HymnsWithoutWords
Music
- Tune: Horsley
- Meter: CM
- Style: Classical
- Composer: William Horsley (1774 - 1858)
- Lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818 - 1895)
- Church Year: Lent
- Music and Lyrics Copyright Public Domain.
- Performance Copyright © 2008 Richard M S Irwin. Certain rights reserved.
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Performances
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Horsley.mp3
Length: 2:14 Verses: 5
Album: Hymns Without Words
Artist: Copyright Richard M S Irwin. Certain Rights Reserved
Lyrics
There is a green hill far away,
Outwith a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
We may not know, we cannot tell,
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
He died that we might be forgiv’n,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to Heav’n,
Saved by His precious blood.
There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven and let us in.
O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him, too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.
