“Himself he cannot save.” Mat. 27. 42; Mk. 15. 31
T. Kelly S.M.
1
“Himself he cannot save.”
Insulting foe, ’tis true;
The words a gracious meaning have,
Though meant in scorn by you.
2
“Himself he cannot save.”
This is his highest praise.
Himself for others’ sake he gave,
And suffers in their place.
3
It were an easy part
For him the cross to fly;
But love to sinners fills his heart,
And makes him choose to die.
4
’Tis love the cause unfolds,
The deep mysterious cause,
Why he who all the world upholds,
Hangs upon yonder cross.
5
Let carnal Jews blaspheme,
And worldly wisdom mock;
The Saviour’s cross shall be my theme,
And Christ himself my Rock.
