Hymn
What Sin Hath Done
Hearts of stone, relent, relent!
Break, by Jesus' cross subdued;
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with a gore of blood;
Sinful soul, what has thou done?
Murdered God's eternal Son!
Yes, our sins have done the deed,
Drove the nails that fixed him there;
Crowned with thorns his sacred head,
Pierced him with a soldier's spear;
Made his soul a sacrifice;
For a sinful world he dies.
Will you let him die in vain?
Still to death pursue your Lord?
Open tear his wounds again,
Trample on his precious blood?
No! with all my sins I'll part:
Saviour, take my broken heart.
What Sin Hath Done — Text from The Voice of Praise, 1873. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/what-sin-hath-done
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote What Sin Hath Done?
The words of What Sin Hath Done were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1873. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Unspeakable Gift and Jesus, We Look to Thee.
Is What Sin Hath Done public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Voice of Praise, published in 1873. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of What Sin Hath Done?
What Sin Hath Done is in 7.7.7.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Safely Through Another Week, As With Gladness Men of Old and Go to Dark Gethsemane.