Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Night with ebon pinion
Topic: Christ/Sufferings
Writer: L Jameson
Composer:
Meter: 6s and 5s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 163
Page Number: 101, 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,
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.