Hymns Based on 1 Peter 2:24

Above the Hills of Time is Thomas Tiplady's hymn of the cross as the enduring disclosure of God's saving love.

“Ah, Holy Jesus” is a Passion hymn that brings the worshiper from contemplation of Christ’s innocence to confession of personal sin, wonder at his self-giving love, and grateful devotion.

“Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed” is Isaac Watts's 1707 Passion hymn of astonishment, repentance, gratitude, and self-offering before the cross of Christ.

At the Cross is the gospel-song form of an Isaac Watts Passion hymn first published in 1707.

Behold the Savior of Mankind is a compact meditation on Christ's crucifixion.

“Blessed Redeemer” is a gospel hymn centered on the crucifixion of Jesus and the redemptive meaning Christians confess in his death.

How Beauteous Were The Marks Divine is a contemplative hymn on the beauty of Christ's humility, meekness, suffering, and holy love.

How Great Thou Art leads worshipers through a widening vision of God’s greatness.

I Stand Amazed in the Presence, also widely known as My Savior’s Love, is an American gospel song centered on wonder at the saving love of Christ.

“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross” is a gospel hymn that makes the cross of Christ the continuing center of Christian faith rather than only an event to be remembered at particular seasons.

“O Love, How Deep” is an English translation and adaptation of a fifteenth-century Latin Christological hymn traditionally associated with the opening words “O amor quam ecstaticus.

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded is one of the most profound and moving hymns of the Christian Passion tradition.

Of Jesus' Love That Sought Me, more widely known from its refrain as Sweeter As The Years Go By, is a gospel song of grateful testimony.

Out of My Bondage, Sorrow and Night, widely known as Jesus, I Come, is a hymn of invitation, repentance, and surrender.

Room at the Cross for You is a gospel invitation song centered on the saving work of Christ at Calvary.

“Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” is a corporate prayer to Christ that joins the tenderness of shepherd imagery with the stronger language of redemption, confession, grace, and discipleship.

“The Old Rugged Cross” is an American gospel hymn centered on the paradox of the cross: an instrument of Roman execution and public disgrace becomes, for Christians, the place where the saving love of Christ is contemplated and confessed.

There Is a Green Hill Far Away is a simple but profound Passion hymn that teaches the meaning of the cross in language suitable for children and adults alike.