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The wounded Side of Jesus

Matthew Bridges

“The wounded Side of Jesus” as printed in A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853).

Matthew Bridges: Collected Lyrics Text 2 1853 · historical text
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This text comes from A First Series of Hymns and Songs, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

There is an everlasting home

Where contrite souls may hide,

Where death and danger dare not come—

The Saviour's side!

It was a cleft of matchless love

Open'd when he had died,

When mercy hail'd in worlds above—

That wounded side.

Verse 2

Hail! Rock of ages, pierc'd for me,

The grave of all my pride,

Hope, peace, and heav'n are all in thee,

Thy shelt'ring side.

Thence issued forth a double flood,

The sin-atoning tide,

In streams of water and of blood,

From that dear side.

Verse 3

Hail, only living Fount of bliss,

In joy and sorrow tried,

No refuge for the heart like this,

Thou spear-pierc'd side!

Hail, thou the golden gate of heaven!

The entrance for the bride,

From whence the crown of life is giv'n,

Sweet Jesu's side!

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Written by Matthew Bridges

Words by Matthew Bridges. Historical text published in A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853), “The wounded Side of Jesus”

Every text in this 1853 collection is by Henry Formby (1816-1884), who died more than 140 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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