{"id":490,"date":"2016-06-04T08:34:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2016-06-04T08:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:34:59","slug":"and-can-it-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/and-can-it-be\/","title":{"rendered":"And Can It Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amazing<\/a><\/p>\n

And can it be that I should gain
\nAn int\u2019rest in the Savior\u2019s blood?
\nDied He for me, who caused His pain?
\nFor me, who Him to death pursued?
\nAmazing love! How can it be
\nThat Thou my God shouldst die for me?<\/p>\n

\u2018Tis mystery all, the Immortal dies:
\nWho can explore this strange design?
\nIn vain the first born seraph tries
\nTo sound the depths of love divine.
\n\u2018Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
\nLet angel minds inquire no more.<\/p>\n

He left His Father\u2019s throne above.
\nSo free, so infinite His grace;
\nEmptied Himself of all but love,
\nAnd bled for Adam\u2019s helpless race.
\n\u2018Tis mercy all! Immense and free!
\nFor O my God it found out me.<\/p>\n

Long my imprisoned spirit lay
\nFast bound in sin and nature\u2019s night;
\nThine eye diffused a quick\u2019ning ray,
\nI woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
\nMy chains fell off, my heart was free;
\nI rose, went forth and followed Thee.<\/p>\n

No condemnation now I dread;
\nJesus and all in Him is mine!
\nAlive in Him, my living Head,
\nAnd clothed in righteousness divine,
\nBold I approach the eternal throne,
\nAnd claim the crown through Christ my own.<\/p>\n

Words by Charles Wesley (1707\u20131788)<\/p>\n

Download a transcription of this hymn for classical guitar<\/a> (PDF sheet music) to the tune SAGINA.<\/p>\n

More hymn tunes for classical guitar<\/a>
\nMore music for classical guitar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And can it be that I should gain An int\u2019rest in the Savior\u2019s blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be That Thou my God shouldst die for me? \u2018Tis mystery all, the Immortal dies: Who can explore this strange design? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[74,21,22],"tags":[50,76,15,75,98],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitar","category-hymn","category-music-for-worship","tag-church-music","tag-classical-guitar","tag-gospel","tag-guitar","tag-hymn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lLgO-7U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpulsmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}