Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Night with ebon pinion
Topic: Christ's Sufferings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Jameson
Tune: Night With Ebon Pinion
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 045, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNight, with ebon pinion,
Brooded o'er the vale,
All around was silent,
Save the night-wind's wail,
When Christ, the man of sorrows,
In tears, and sweat, and blood,
Prostrate in the garden,
Raised his voice to God.
Smitten for offenses
Which were not his own,
He, for our transgressions,
Had to weep alone.
No friend with words to comfort,
Nor hand to help was there,
When the meek and lowly,
Humbly bowed in prayer.
Abba, Father, Father!
If indeed, it may,
Let this cup of anguish
Pass from me, I pray.
Yet, if it must be suffered
By me, thine only Son,
Abba, Father, Father,
Let thy will be done.