Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: The Son of man they did betray
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: Song 139
Page Number: 210, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Son of man they did betray;
He was condemn'd and led away,
Think, O my soul, on that dread day,
Look on Mount Calvary;
Behold him lamb-like led along,
Surrounded by a wicked throng,
Accus'd by ev'ry lying tongue.
And then the Lamb of God they hung
Upon the shameful tree.
'Twas thus the glorious sufferer stood,
With hands and feet nail'd to the wood;
From every wound a stream of blood
Came flowing down amain;
His bitter groans all nature shook,
And at his voice the rocks were broke,
The sleeping saints their graves forsook,
While spiteful Jews around him mock'd,
And laughed at his pain.
Now hung between the earth and skies,
Behold! in agony he dies;
O sinners hear his mournful cries,
Come see his tort'ring pain.
The morning sun withdrew his light,
Blush'd, and refus'd to view the sight,
The azure cloth'd in robes of night,
All nature mourn'd and stood affright,
When Christ the Lord was slain.
All glory be to God on high,
Who reigns enthron'd above the sky;
Who sent his Son to bleed and die,
Glory to him be given;
While heav'n above his praise resounds,
O Zion sing-his grace abounds;
I hope to shout eternal rounds,
In flaming love that know no bounds,
When glorifi'd in heaven.