Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: O sacred head now wounded
Topic: Christ on the Cross
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Holbrook
Meter: 7s and 6s double
Tune: Montague
Hymn Number: 125
Page Number: 051, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO sacred head, now wounded,
With grief and shame weighed down--
O sacred brow, surrounded
With thorns, thine only crown:
Once on a throne of glory,
Adorned with light divine,
Now all despised and gory,
I joy to call thee mine.
On me, as thou art dying,
Oh turn they pitying eye!
To thee for mercy crying,
Before thy cross I lie.
Thine, thine the bitter passion;
Thy pain is all for me;
Mine, mine the deep transgression;
My sins are all on thee.
What language can I borrow
To praise thee, heav'nly Friend,
For all this dying sorrow,
Of all my woes the end?
Oh, can I leave thee ever?
Then do not thou leave me;
Lord, let me never, never
Outlive my love to thee.
Be near when I am dying;
Then close beside me stand;
Let me, while faint and sighing,
Lean calmly on thy hand:
These eyes, new faith receiving,
Form thee shall never more,
For he who dies believing,
Dies safely--in thy love.