My God! My God! And Can It Be (The English Hymnal No. 101)
71. My God! My God! and can it be/ That I should sin so lightly now,/ And think no more of evil thoughts/ Than of the wind that waves the bough?
2. I walk the earth with lightsome step,/ Smile at the sunshine, breathe the air,/ Do my own will, nor ever heed/ Gethsemane and thy long prayer.
3. Shall it be always thus, O Lord?/ Wilt thou not work this hour in me/ The grace thy Passion merited,/ Hatred of self, and love of thee!
4. Ever when tempted, make me see,/ Beneath the olives' moon-pierced shade,/ My God, alone, outstretched, and bruised,/ And bleeding on the earth he made;
5. And make me feel it was my sin,/ As though no other sins there were,/ That was to him who bears the world/ A load that he could scarcely bear./ Amen.
Words: Frederick William Faber. Melody probably by Melchior Vulpius. Video: Michael-Hubert Lamla.