Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Night with ebon pinion
Topic: Christ/Death
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: J Powell
Meter: 6s 5s and 7s
Tune: Sorrows
Hymn Number: 550
Page Number: 194, 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,
Prostrate in the garden,
Rais'd 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 bow'd in pray'r.
Abba, Father, Father!
If indeed it may,
Let this cup of anguish
Pass from me, I pray.
Yet, if it must be suffer'd
By me, Thine only Son,
Abba, Father, Father,
Let Thy will be done.