Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: From Calvary a cry was heard
Topic: Christ/Cross
Writer: J Cunningham
Composer: J Rink
Meter: LM
Tune: Overberg
Hymn Number: 230
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFROM Calvary a cry was heard--
A bitter and heart-rending cry:
My Saviour! every mournful word
Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony.
A horror of great darkness fell
On Thee, thou spotless, holy One!
And all the swarming hosts of hell
Conspir'd to tempt God's only Son.
The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace,
These Thou couldst bear, nor once repine;
But when Jehovah veil'd his face,
Unutterable pangs were Thine.
Lord! on Thy cross I fix mine eye;
If e'er I lose its strong control,
O let that dying, piercing cry,
Melt and reclaim my wand'ring soul!