THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY

“Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). Here they crucified Him.” John 19:17-18

Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895) Words: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, Hymns for Little Children, 1848.

Music: “Green Hill (Stebbins),” George Coles Stebbins, 1878 . Alternate tunes:

  • “Horsley,” William Horsley, 184 ,
  • “Meditation,” John Henry Gower, 1890
George Coles Stebbins (1846-1945)

 

There is a green hill far away,
Outside a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

Refrain

O dearly, dearly, has He loved,
And we must love Him, too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.

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.

Refrain

He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to heaven,
Saved by His precious blood.

Refrain

There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven and let us in.

Refrain

O dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him, too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.

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