Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Now let our mournful songs record
Topic: The Last Scenes
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 28
Page Number: 059, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNOW let our mournful songs record
The sorrows of our dying Lord,
When he complain'd in tears and blood
As one forsaken by his God.
The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,
And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn
"He rescu'd others from the grave,
Now let him try himself to save.
"This is the man did once pretend
God was his Father and his friend;
If God the blessed lov'd him so,
Why does he fail to help him now?"
O! savage people! cruel priests!
How they stood round like raging beasts!
Like lions gaping to devour,
When God had left him in their power!
They wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till streams of blood each other meet;
By lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he died.
But God his Father heard his cry;
Rais'd from the dead he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.