Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: 'Tis midnight and on Olive's brow
Topic: Christ/Sufferings
Writer: W Tappan
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Olive's Brow
Hymn Number: 260
Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics'TIS midnight; and on Olive's brow
The star is dimm'd that lately shone;
'Tis midnight; in the garden now
The suff'ring Saviour prays alone.
'Tis midnight; and from all remov'd
The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears;
E'en that disciple whom He lov'd
Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.
'Tis midnight; and for others' guilt
The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;
Yet He that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.
'Tis midnight; from the heav'nly plains
Is borne the song that angels know;
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.