Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Near the cross our station taking
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: C Converse
Meter: 8s and 7s peculiar
Tune: Fenelon
Hymn Number: 397
Page Number: 144, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNear the cross our station taking,
Earthly cares and joys forsaking,
Meet it is for us to mourn:
'T was for us he came from heaven,
'T was for us his heart was riven;
All his griefs for us were borne.
When no eye its pity gave us,
When there was no arm to save us,
He his love and power displayed:
By his stripes our help and healing,
By his death our life revealing,
He for us the ransom paid.