1025    C.M.     John Newton
“They shall look on him whom they pierced.” John 19. 37.

1 In evil long I took delight,
  Unawed by shame or fear,
  Till a new object struck my sight,
  And stopped my wild career.

2 I saw One hanging on a tree,
  In agonies and blood,
  Who fixed his languid eyes on me,
  As near his cross I stood.

3 Sure never till my latest breath
  Can I forget that look;
  It seemed to charge me with his death,
  Though not a word he spoke.

4 My conscience felt and owned the guilt,
  And plunged me in despair;
  I saw my sins his blood had spilt,
  And helped to nail him there.

5 A second look he gave, which said,
  “I freely all forgive;
  This blood is for thy ransom paid;
  I die that thou may’st live.”