Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Thou who didst stoop below
Topic: Christ/The Ascension
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Silas Vail
Meter: 6s and 10s
Tune: Be With Us Through the Strife
Hymn Number: 150
Page Number: 060, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThou who didst stoop below
To drain the cup of woe,
And wear the form of frail mortality,
Thy blessed labors done,
Thy crown of victory won,
Hast passed from earth--passed to thy home on high.
It was no path of flowers,
Through this dark world of ours,
Beloved of the Father! thou didst tread;
And shall we in dismay
Shrink from the narrow way,
When clouds and darkness are around it spread?
Oh thou who art of our Life,
Be with us through the strife;
Thy own meek head with rudest storms was bowed!
Raise thou our eyes above
To see a Father's love
Beam, like the bow of promise through the cloud.
E'en through the awful gloom
Which hovers o'er the tomb,
That light of love our guiding star shall be;
Our spirits shall not dread
The shadowy way to tread,
Friend, Guardian, Savior! which doth lead to thee.