Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Thou who didst stoop below
Topic: Christ/The Ascension
Writer: <no first name given> Martinean's Collection
Composer:
Meter: 6s and 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 200
Page Number: 125, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThou, who didst stoop below
To drain the cup of wo,
And wear the form of frail mortality,
Thy blessed labors done,
Thy crown of vict'ry won,
Has passed from earth -- passed to thy home on high.
It was no path of flowers,
Through this dark world of ours,
Beloved of the Father! thou didst tread;
And shall we in dismay
Shrink from the narrow way,
When clouds and darkness are around it spread?
O thou who are our Life,
Be with us through the strife;
Thy own meek head with rudest storms was bowed!
Raise thou our eyes above
To see a Father's love
Beam, like the bow of promised, through the cloud.