Behold the Saviour of Mankind AVON—Hugh Wilson Behold the Saviour of Mankind 1 Behold the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree! How vast the love that him inclined To bleed and die for thee! 2 Hark, how he groans! while nature shakes, And earth’s strong pillars bend; The temple’s veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 3 ’Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid, “Receive my soul,” he cries! See where he bows his sacred head! He bows his head, and dies! 4 But soon he’ll break