Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Symbol of shame on thee my Lord
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s
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Hymn Number: 9
Page Number: 288, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSymbol of shame! On thee, my Lord,
The mark of hellish malice hung,
While keen reproaches, bitter taunts,
Were hurled by Jew and Roman tongue;
Yes, there he bore the shame for me,
While fiends and angels wondering stood,
To see the meek and Sinless One
Raised high on the accursed wood.
Symbol of suffering! As he hung
Tears flowed from his beseeching eyes;
And 'mid his agonies arose
To heaven his mild entreating cries:
His hands, his feet, his wounded brow,
Poured freely forth the crimson tide;
Yet by these sorrows we are healed -
We live for he was crucified.
Symbol of hope! A starless night
Seemed round our hapless race to close,
To fold us in its gloomy pall,
When, joy to man, the Cross arose!
It rose, and in the human heart
Hope sprang to chase that fearful gloom,
And by its sweet and cheering light
Dispel the darkness of the tomb.
Symbol of love! God's love to man
Was never known, till raised on high,
The world, upon the Roman cross,
Saw God's own well beloved die!
O may that love constrain our hearts
To count all earthly things but dross -
To lay all other boasts aside,
And glory only in the Cross!
Praise you the Lord; hallelujah!
Praise you the Lord; hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Praise you the Lord!