Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Night with ebon pinion
Topic: Christ/Sufferings and Death
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: J Powell
Meter: 6s 5s and 7
Tune: Sorrows
Hymn Number: 534
Page Number: 187, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNIGHT, with ebon pinion,
Brooded o'er the vale;
All around was silent,
Save the night-winds 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.