Hymn Of The Week: Amazing Love (And Can It Be)

No, this isn't the Billy James Foote version that you sang around the campfire, but a classic written by Charles Wesley in 1739 and music given by Thomas Campbell in 1835. The band Red Letter has this version for you to enjoy

And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior's blood!
Died he for me? who caused his pain!
For me? who him to death pursued?

He left his Father's throne above
(so free, so infinite his grace!),
emptied himself of all but love,
and bled for Adam's helpless race.
Refrain

Long my imprisoned sprit lay,
fast bound in sin and nature's night;
thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;

No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in him, is mine;
alive in him, my living Head,
and clothed in righteousness divine,

Refrain:
Amazing Love! How can it be
That Thou, my God,
Shouldst die for me.