Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Jesus wept those tears are over
Topic: Christ/Sympathy
Writer: Edward Denny
Composer: James Challen
Meter: 8s and 7s peculiar
Tune: Challen
Hymn Number: 533
Page Number: 186, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS wept: those tears are over,
But his heart is still the same;
Kinsman, Friend, and Elder Brother,
Is his everlasting name.
Saviour, who can love like thee,
Gracious One of Bethany?
When the pangs of trial seize us,
When the waves of sorrow roll,
I will lay my head on Jesus-
Pillow of the troubled soul.
Truly, none can feel like thee,
Weeping One of Bethany.
Jesus wept, and still, in glory,
He can mark each mourner's tear-
Living to retrace the story
Of the hearts be solaced here.
Lord, when I am called to die,
Let me think of Bethany.
Jesus wept: that tear of sorrow
Is a legacy of love;
Yesterday, to-day, to-morrow,
He the same shall ever prove.
Thou art all in all to me,
Living One of Bethany.