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Were You There
Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 216 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-44 First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord Lyrics:
1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
3 Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
4 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
5 Werer you there when they rolled the stone away?
Were you there when they rolled the stone away?
Oh, Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,
Were you there when they rolled the stone away?
Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: African-American spiritual
Were You There
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 695 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 Lyrics: 1 There is a green hill far away
outside a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified
who died to save us all.
2 We may not know, we cannot tell
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.
3 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heav'n and let us in.
4 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming power,
and try his works to do.
Topics: Jesus Christ Passion and Cross Used With Tune: HORSLEY
There Is a Green Hill Far Away
At Calvary
Author: William R. Newell Meter: 9.9.9.4 with refrain Appears in 165 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: Years I spent in vanity and pride Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great, and grace was free Lyrics: 1 Years I spent in vanity and pride,
caring not my Lord was crucified,
knowing not it was for me he died on Calvary.
[Refrain:]
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
pardon there was multiplied to me;
there my burdened soul found liberty at Calvary.
2 By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;
then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,
till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary. (Refrain)
3 Now I’ve given to Jesus everything;
now I gladly own him as my King;
now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary. (Refrain)
Topics: Grace of Christ; Mercy; Pardon; Saving Work of Christ; Witness Used With Tune: CALVARY
At Calvary
Lord of the Dance
Author: Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 52 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-46 First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning
when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon
and the stars, and the sun,
and I came down from heaven
and I danced on the earth--
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be:
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe
and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance
and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
for James and John --
they came with me
and the Dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath
when I cured the lame,
the holy people
said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me high,
and they left me there
on a Cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday
and the sky turned black --
it’s hard to dance
with the devil on your back.
They buried my body
and they thought I’d gone --
but I am the Dance
and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down
and I leapt up high --
I am the life
that’ll never, never die.
I’ll live in you
if you’ll live in me,
I am the Lord
of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christ Incarnate Public Ministry; Dance; Jesus Life and Ministry Used With Tune: LORD OF THE DANCE
Lord of the Dance
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,995 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:1-49 Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
save in the cross of Christ, my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down;
did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all. Topics: Discipleship; Holy Week (Good Friday); Praise of God; Sunday of the Passion Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 504 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-46 Used With Tune: GETHSEMANE
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Praise to the Holiest in the height
Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 170 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:26-48 Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
2 O loving wisdom of our God!
when all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight
and to the rescue came.
3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail.
4 O generous love! that he who smote
in Man, for man, the foe,
the double agony in Man
for man should undergo;
4 And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
5 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise, --
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: GERONTIUS
Praise to the Holiest in the height
My Song Is Love Unknown
Author: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624-1683 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 127 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23 Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown,
My Savior’s love to me;
Love to the loveless shown,
That they might lovely be.
O who am I, that for my sake
My Lord should take frail flesh and die?
2 He came from his blest throne
Salvation to bestow;
But men made strange, and none
The longed-for Christ would know.
But, oh, my Friend, my Friend indeed,
Who at my need His life did spend!
3 Sometimes they strew His way,
And His sweet praises sing;
Resounding all the way
Hosannas to their King:
Then “Crucify!” is all their breath,
And for His death they thirst and cry.
4 Why, what hath my Lord done?
What makes this rage and spite?
He mad the lame to run,
He gave the blind their sight.
Sweet injuries! is all their breath,
Themselves displease and 'gainst him rise.
5 They rise, and needs will have
My dear Lord made away;
A murderer they saved,
The Prince of life they slay,
Yet cheerful He to suff'ring goes,
That He His foes from thence might free.
Topics: Sunday of the Passion; Lent Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN
My Song Is Love Unknown
Lead Me to Calvary
Author: Jennie E. Hussey Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 126 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: King of my life, I crown Thee now Refrain First Line: Lest I forget Gethsemane Lyrics: 1. King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.
Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
2. Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept.
Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
3. Let me like Mary, thro' the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb,
Lead me to Calvary.
Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
4. May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me.
Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
Used With Tune: DUNCANNON
Lead Me to Calvary
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 64 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them from angels in the air:
the light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today;
of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth, of sunny days of joy,
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath, and of the sinless Boy:
for now the flowers of Nazareth in every heart may grow;
now spreads the fame of his dear name on all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea and bade the waves be still:
for though, like waves on Galilee, dark seas of trouble roll,
when faith has heard the Master’s word, falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary, its glory and dismay;
of him who hung upon the tree, and took our sins away:
for he who died on Calvary is risen from the grave,
and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored, is mighty now to save.
Topics: Biblical Places Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee; Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Sinlessness; Jesus Christ Suffering Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
We Have a Gospel to Proclaim
Author: Edward Joseph Burns (b. 1938) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:1-49 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Public Ministry; Creed; Gospel Call Used With Tune: WALTON (FULDA)
We Have a Gospel to Proclaim
Shadows Lengthen into Night
Author: Mary Louise Bringle Appears in 4 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:26-46 First Line: Sharing Paschal bread and wine Topics: Church Year Maundy Thursday; Daily Prayer Night; Jesus Christ Lamb Used With Tune: TENEBRAE
Shadows Lengthen into Night
"I will remember thee"
Author: James Montgomery Appears in 549 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: According to thy gracious word Lyrics: 1 According to thy gracious word,
In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.
2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be;
Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
3 Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?
4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice!
I must remember thee:--
5 Remember thee, and all thy pains
And all thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
Will I remember thee.
6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And mind and memory flee,
When thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Then, Lord, remember me!
Topics: Calvary; Church Ordinances of; Communion of Saints At Lord's Table Used With Tune: DEDHAM
"I will remember thee"
The Old Rugged Cross
Author: George Bennard, 1873-1958 Meter: Irregular Appears in 343 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-43 First Line: On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross Refrain First Line: So I'll cherish the old rugged cross Lyrics: 1 On a hill far away
stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross,
where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.
2 O that old rugged cross,
so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me;
for the dear Lamb of God
left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary. [Refrain]
3 In the old rugged cross,
stained with blood so divine,
a wondrous beauty I see;
for 'twas on that old cross
Jesus suffered and died
to pardon and sanctify me. [Refrain]
4 To the old rugged cross
I will ever be true,
its shame and reproach gladly bear;
then he'll call me some day
to my home far away,
where his glory forever I'll share. [Refrain] Used With Tune: OLD RUGGED CROSS
The Old Rugged Cross
One Day
Author: J. Wilbur Chapman Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 169 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: One day when heaven was filled with his praises Refrain First Line: Living, he loved me; dying he saved me Lyrics: 1 One day when heaven was filled with his praises,
one day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,
dwelt among us, my example is he!
[Refrain:]
Living, he loved me; dying, he saved me;
buried, he carried my sins far away;
rising, he justified freely forever:
one day he’s coming—-O glorious day!
2 One day they led him up Calvary’s mountain,
one day they nailed him to die on the tree;
suffering anguish, despised and rejected,
bearing our sins, my Redeemer is he! (Refrain)
3 One day they left him alone in the garden,
one day he rested, from suffering free;
angels came down o’er his tomb to keep vigil;
hope of the hopeless, my Savior is he! (Refrain)
4 One day the grave could conceal him no longer,
one day the stone rolled away from the door;
then he arose, over death he had conquered,
now is ascended, my Lord evermore! (Refrain)
5 One day the trumpet will sound for his coming,
one day the skies with his glories will shine;
wonderful day, my belovèd ones bringing;
glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine! (Refrain)
Topics: Jesus Christ Birth; Jesus Christ Earthly Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Example; Testimony Used With Tune: CHAPMAN
One Day
Blessed Redeemer
Author: Avis B. Christiansen Appears in 57 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:12-46 First Line: Up Calvary's mountain one dreadful morn Refrain First Line: Blessed Redeemer! precious Redeemer! Topics: Atonement; Forgiveness; Jesus Christ His Love; Jesus Christ Our Love; Jesus Christ Suffering and Death Used With Tune: REDEEMER
Blessed Redeemer
Calvary, Calvary
Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 28 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:1-49 First Line: Everytime I think about Jesus Lyrics: Refrain:
Calvary, Calvary,
Calvary, Calvary,
Calvary, Calvary,
surely he died on Calvary.
1 Every time I think about Jesus,
every time I think about Jesus,
every time I think about Jesus,
surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain]
2 Don't you hear the hammering?
Don't you hear the hammering?
Don't you hear the hammering?
Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain]
3 Don’t you hear him calling his Father?
Don’t you hear him calling his Father?
Don’t you hear him calling his Father?
Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain]
4 Don’t you hear him say, “It is finished!”
Don’t you hear him say, “It is finished!”
Don’t you hear him say, “It is finished!”
Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain]
5 Jesus died for my salvation,
Jesus died for my salvation,
Jesus died for my salvation,
surely he died on Calvary.[Refrain]
6 Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Sinner, do you love my Jesus?
Surely he died on Calvary. [Refrain] Topics: Evangelism; Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: CALVARY Text Sources: African-American spiritual
Calvary, Calvary
Oh, to See the Dawn
Author: Keith Getty; Stuart Townend Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Luke 22:66-71, 23:1-46 First Line: Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day Refrain First Line: This the power of the cross Topics: Church Year Good Friday; Church Year Easter/Season of Easter; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Death; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Son of God Used With Tune: OH, TO SEE THE DAWN
Oh, to See the Dawn
This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping
Author: Peter Abelard (1079-1142); Richard Lyman Sturch (b. 1936) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Luke 22, 23:1-48 Lyrics: 1 This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping,
when powers of darkness overcome the day,
the night the faithful mourn the weight of evil
whereby our sins the Son of Man betray.
2 This night the traitor, wolf within the sheepfold,
betrays himself into his victim's will;
the Lamb of God for sacrifice preparing,
sin brings about the cure for sin's own ill.
3 This night Christ institutes his holy supper,
blest food and drink for heart and soul and mind;
this night injustice joins its hand to treason's,
and buys the ransom-price of humankind.
4 This night the Lord by slaves shall be arrested,
he who destroys our slavery to sin;
accused of crime, to criminals be given,
that judgement on the righteous Judge begin.
5 O make us sharers, Saviour, of your Passion,
that we may share your glory that shall be;
let us pass through these three dark nights of sorrow
to Easter's laughter and its liberty. Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Maundy Thursday Used With Tune: INTERCESSOR
This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping
O Calvary
Author: Barney E. Warren Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 First Line: O blessed Lamb of God so dear! Refrain First Line: O Calvary, dark Calvary Lyrics: 1 O blessed Lamb of God so dear!
For Thou hast come my heart to cheer;
Thy blood alone hath made me free,
That cleansing stream from Calvary.
Refrain:
O Calvary, dark Calvary,
There Jesus bore the cross for me;
O Calvary, dark Calvary,
Hark! hear Him groan for you and me.
2 Thou suffering One! Thy blood was shed,
A crown of thorns was on Thy head;
Oh, Thou didst bear such pain for me,
Upon the cross of Calvary. [Refrain]
3 My gracious Lord, I will adore,
Through love He did my soul restore;
I heard Him gently calling me,
In melting tones from Calvary. [Refrain]
4 That crimson stream flows from Thy side,
O fountain great, so deep and wide;
My sins are gone, it reaches me,
That precious blood of Calvary. [Refrain] Topics: Blood Used With Tune: [O blessed Lamb of God so dear!] Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Calvary); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (125); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (145)
O Calvary
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2,301 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23 Lyrics: 1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed,
and did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I?
2 Was it for sins that I have done
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
and love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide
and shut its glories in
when Christ, the mighty Maker, died
for his own creatures' sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
while his dear cross appears,
dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
and melt mine eyes to tears.
Topics: Cross of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Atonement; Cross of Christ; Suffering of Christ Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM
Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed
Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story
Author: Francis Harold Rowley, 1854-1952 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 286 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:1-49 First Line: I will sing the wondrous story Topics: Jesus Christ: Prophet, Priest and King Used With Tune: CALON LÂN
Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story
Our Lord is crucified
Author: Rev. Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) Appears in 216 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23 First Line: O come and mourn with me awhile Topics: Christ Passion; Cross At the Cross; Penitential; Sinners Exhorted Used With Tune: ST. CROSS
Our Lord is crucified
The Lord's Supper: For a parting blessing
Appears in 199 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: Lamb of God, whose dying love Topics: Institutions of the Gospel The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: DYING LOVE
The Lord's Supper: For a parting blessing
O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Author: Benjamin Webb (1819-1885) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 139 hymnals Scripture: Luke 22:47-71, 23:1-48 Lyrics: 1 O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Surpassing thought and fantasy
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.
2 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
3 For us he prayed, for us he taught,
for us the lost with love he sought,
by words, and signs, and actions, he
brought health and hope to set us free.
4 For us to wicked men betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
5 For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign,
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
6 To him whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through his Son,
to God the Father, glory be
both now and through eternity. Topics: Christian Year Lent; Creed Used With Tune: EISENACH (LEIPZIG) Text Sources: Latin, 15th century
O Love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Who Is He in Yonder Stall?
Author: Benjamin R. Hanby Meter: 7.7 with refrain Appears in 138 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 First Line: Who is He in yonder stall Refrain First Line: 'Tis the Lord, O wondrous story Lyrics: 1 Who is He in yonder stall,
At whose feet the shepherds fall?
Refrain:
'Tis the Lord, O wondrous story!
'Tis the Lord the King of glory;
At His feet we humbly fall,
Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all.
2 Lo, at midnight who is He
Prays in dark Gethsemane? [Refrain]
3 Who is He in Calvary's throes
Asks for blessings on His foes? [Refrain]
4 Who is He that from the grave
Comes to heal and help and save? [Refrain]
5 Who is He that from yon throne
Rules the world of light alone? [Refrain]
Amen. Topics: Jesus Christ Life Used With Tune: WHO IS HE
Who Is He in Yonder Stall?
At the Cross Her Station Keeping (Stabat Mater Dolorosa)
Author: Jacapone da Todi, 1230-1306; Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Meter: 8.8.7 Appears in 133 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:13-46 Lyrics: 1 At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus to the last.
2 Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,
All his bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword has passed.
3 O how sad and sore distressed,
Was that Mother highly blest
Of the sole begotten One!
4 Christ above in torment hangs,
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying, glorious Son.
5 Is there one who would not weep,
Whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?
6 Can the human heart refrain
From partaking in her pain,
In that Mother's pain untold?
7 Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender Child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
8 For the sins of his own nation
Saw him hang in desolation
Till his spirit forth he sent.
9 O thou Mother! Font of love,
Touch my spirit from above,
Make my heart with thine accord.
10 Make me feel as thou hast felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ, my Lord.
11 Holy Mother, pierce me through,
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.
12 Let me share with thee his pain,
Who for all my sins was slain,
Who for me in torment died.
13 Let me mingle tears with thee,
Mourning him who mourned for me,
All the days that I may live.
14 By the cross with thee to stay;
There with thee to weep and pray,
All I ask of thee to give.
15 Virgin of all Virgins best!
Listen to my fond request:
Let me share thy grief divine.
LATIN -
1 Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa,
Dum pendebat Filius.
2 Cujus animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem,
Pertransivit gladius.
3 O quam tristis et afflicta
Fuit illa benedicta,
Mater Unigeniti!
4 Quae maerebat et dolebat,
Pia Mater, dum videbat
Nati poenas inclyti.
5 Quis non posset contristari,
Piam Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?
6 Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?
7 Pro peccatis suae gentis
vidit Iesum in tormentis,
et flagellis subditum.
8 Vidit suum dulcem Natum
Moriendo desolatum,
Dum emisit spiritum.
9 Eia Mater, fons amoris,
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac, ut tecum lugeam.
10 Fac ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum,
ut sibi complaceam.
11 Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifixi fige plagas
Cordi meo valide.
12 Tui Nati vulnerati,
Tam dignati pro me pati,
Poenas mecum divide.
13 Fac me vere tecum flere,
Crucifixo condolere,
Donec ego vixero.
14 Juxta crucem tecum stare,
Ac me tibi sociare
In planctu desidero.
15 Virgo virginum praeclara,
Mihi jam non sis amara:
Fac me tecum plangere. Topics: Cross; Mary; Devotions The Way of the Cross; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year Palm Sunday of teh Passion of the Lord; The Liturgical Year Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday); The Liturgical Year The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) Used With Tune: STABAT MATER
At the Cross Her Station Keeping (Stabat Mater Dolorosa)
O Dearest Lord, Thy Sacred Head
Author: Henry Ernest Hardy (1869-1946) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Scripture: Luke 22:14-71; 23 Lyrics: 1 O dearest Lord, thy sacred head
with thorns was pierced for me:
O pour thy blessing on my head,
that I may think for thee.
2 O dearest Lord, thy sacred hands
with nails were pierced for me:
O shed thy blessing on my hands,
that they may work for thee.
3 O dearest Lord, thy sacred feet
with nails were pierced for me:
O pour thy blessing on my feet,
that they may follow thee.
4 O dearest Lord, thy sacred heart
with spear was pierced for me:
O pour thy blessings on my heart,
that I may live for thee. Topics: Adoration; Holy Week (Good Friday) Used With Tune: DUNFERMLINE
O Dearest Lord, Thy Sacred Head
O sacred head, sore wounded
Author: Paulus Gerhard (1607-1676) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 23 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:26-49 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head, sore wounded,
defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head, surrounded
with mocking crown of thorn;
what sorrow mars thy grandeur?
Can death thy bloom deflower?
O countenance whose splendor
the hosts of heav'n adore!
2 Thy beauty, long-desired,
hath vanished from our sight;
thy power is all expired,
and quenched the light of light.
Ah me! for whom thou diest,
hide not so far thy grace,
show me, O Love most highest,
the brightness of thy face.
3 In thy most bitter passion
my heart to share doth cry,
with thee for my salvation
upon the cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus moved
to stand thy cross beneath,
to mourn thee, well-beloved,
yet thank thee for thy death.
4 What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine for ever!
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never,
outlive my love for thee.
5 My days are few, O fail not,
with thine immortal power,
to hold me that I quail not
in death's most fearful hour;
that I may fight befriended,
and see in my last strife
to me thine arms extended
upon the cross of life. Topics: Hymns and Spiritual Songs Lent, Holy Week, and Easter Used With Tune: REDDING
O sacred head, sore wounded
O tag, so schwarz und trübe
Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 Topics: Passionslieder Jesus und Kreuze
O tag, so schwarz und trübe
Jesus is Lord! Creation's voice proclaims it
Author: David Mansell, b. 1936 Meter: Irregular Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 Topics: Ascension; Epiphany II Year C; Ascension Day; Easter VII Year C; Proper 24 Year B; Christ the King Year C Used With Tune: JESUS IS LORD
Jesus is Lord! Creation's voice proclaims it
A Purple Robe, a Crown of Thorn
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:26-44 Lyrics: 1 A purple robe, a crown of thorn,
a reed in His right hand;
before the soldiers’ spite and scorn
I see my Savior stand.
He bears between the Roman guard
the weight of all our woe;
a stumbling figure, bowed and scarred
I see my Savior go.
2 He hangs, by whom the world was made,
beneath the darkened sky;
the everlasting ransom paid,
I see my Savior die.
He shares on high his Father’s throne,
who once in mercy came;
for all His love to sinners shown
I sing my Savior’s name.
Topics: Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Suffering Used With Tune: A PURPLE ROBE
A Purple Robe, a Crown of Thorn
Lord Christ, We Praise Your Sacrifice
Author: Alan Gaunt, 1935- Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:32-43 Topics: Easter (season); Jesus Christ Used With Tune: MEYRICK PARK
Lord Christ, We Praise Your Sacrifice
All You Who Pass This Way
Author: Taize Community Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:28-46 First Line: Is any sorrow like the sorrow that afflicts me? Refrain First Line: All you who pass this way, look and see Used With Tune: [Is any sorrow like the sorrow that afflicsts me] Text Sources: Passion Gospels
All You Who Pass This Way
Stations of the Cross
Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b.1945 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23 First Line: Kneeling in the garden grass Refrain First Line: Not my will but yours be done Topics: Lenten Season; Good Friday; Stations of the Cross Sacraments; Commitment; Journey, Pilgrimage; Judgment; Lament; Obedience; Paschal Mystery; Sickness; Struggle; Suffering Used With Tune: RULAND
Stations of the Cross
¿Presenciaste la muerte del Señor?
Author: Federico J. Pagura; Lois Kroehler Meter: Irregular Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:26-49 Refrain First Line: Oh, a veces, al pensarlo tiemblo Topics: Viernes Santo; Viernes Santo; Good Friday Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: Espiritual áfrico-americano
¿Presenciaste la muerte del Señor?
Open are the gifts of God
Author: William Hubert Vanstone (1923-1999) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:32-47 Topics: Life in Christ Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Christian Year Good Friday; God Love of; Love for others Used With Tune: SONG 13
Open are the gifts of God
Teach us, O loving heart of Christ
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:32-48 Lyrics: 1 Teach us, O loving heart of Christ,
what only love can say:
'Father, forgive' and still forgive
the blindness of our way.
2 Torn is the world you came to save,
it bleeds from hands and side:
slow is your Church to bear the scars
of suffering love that died.
3 We have not found your way of peace,
though lack of peace is death:
we have not fed with word or bread
the hungry of the earth.
4 Christ in whose hands were thrust the nails,
who yet for us could pray:
forgive the things we have not done,
the words we do not say. Topics: Our Response to Christ In Penitence; Food and Hunger; Forgiveness; Justice and Peace; Suffering Used With Tune: KHANDALLAH
Teach us, O loving heart of Christ
Ye wretched sons of men draw near
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23 Lyrics: 1 Ye wretched sons of men draw near,
The cries and groans of Jesus hear;
Come see the blessed lamb of God,
There shedding of his precious Blood,
2 Behold him wounded scourg'd & bruis'd
Mock'd, and slander'd, and abus'd;
O hear his cries upon the tree:
Why hath my God forsaken me!
3 His pain, his anguish, and distress,
No heart can feel, no tongue express;
When all the powers of Hell broke in,
And Christ bore all the weight of sin.
4 When Jesus to the Cross was nail'd,
The Sun was all in darkness vail'd;
The Rocks were rent when Jesus cried!
The earth was shaken when he died.
5 The heavens their black curtains drew,
Such mournful scenes they could not view;
It was too much for human eye,
To see the King of Glory die.
6 How dark and awful was the day,
When Jesus died to take away;
Our curse and punishment and pain,
For which he died and rose again. Topics: Good Friday
Ye wretched sons of men draw near
All is ready for the Feast!
Author: Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:32-44 Lyrics: 1 All is ready for the Feast!
Every Jew is wondering how
God will liberate them now.
2 Pilate, fearful of revolt
he, at all costs, must avert,
puts the Legion on alert.
3 Listen! Galilean crowds
hail the Man from Nazareth,
Jesus, riding to his death.
4 What authority he wields!
With a whip of cords he clears
temple courts of profiteers!
5 Watched by priests and pharisees,
all he says and all he does
fans the hatred of his foes.
6 Now he gathers those he loves
in a room where bread and wine
turn to sacrament and sign.
7 In that dark betrayal night,
moved by hope, or fear or greed,
Judas sets about his deed.
8 Jesus in the olive grove,
waiting for a traitor's kiss,
rises free from bitterness.
9 As he wakes his comrades up
torches flicker in the glen,
shadows turn to marching men.
10 In that dawn of blows and lies
Church and State conspire to kill,
hang three rebels on a hill.
11 Innocent and guilty drown
in a flood of blood and sweat,
how much darker can it get?
12 How much darker must it be
for a God to see and care
that men perish in despair?
13 It is God himself who dies!
God in man shall set us free,
God as Man - and only he.
14 Let him claim us as his own,
we will serve as best we can
such a God and such a Man!
Final verse:
15 What does our salvation cost?
Jesus, we shall never know
all you gave and all we owe. Topics: Christ Incarnate Passion and Death; Christian Year Holy Week Used With Tune: HEILIGER GEIST
All is ready for the Feast!
The Rough Wooden Cross
Author: F. E. R.; C. S. M. Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33 First Line: On a rough wooden cross at the top of a hill Refrain First Line: O the rough wooden cross, the anguish and loss Used With Tune: [On a rough wooden cross at the top of a hill]
The Rough Wooden Cross
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
Author: Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,900 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:1-49 Topics: Forgiveness; Trust Used With Tune: REDHEAD NO. 76 (PETRA)
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
O sacred head sore wounded
Author: Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76; Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153; James Waddell Alexander, 1804-59 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 724 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:32-34 Lyrics: 1 O sacred head sore wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down;
O kingly head surrounded
with thorns your only crown;
death's shadows rise before you,
the glow of life decays;
yet hosts of heaven adore you
and tremble as they gaze.
2 What language shall I borrow
to praise you, heavenly friend,
for this your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Such agony and dying!
Such love to sinners free!
O Christ, all grace supplying,
turn now your face on me.
3 In this your bitter Passion,
good Shepherd, think of me,
look on me with compassion,
unworthy though I be:
beneath your cross abiding
for ever would I rest,
in your dear love confiding,
and with your presence blessed.
4 Lord, be my consolation,
my shield when death is near;
remind me of your Passion,
be with me when I fear.
My eyes shall then behold you,
upon your cross shall dwell,
my heart by faith enfold you;
and who dies thus, dies well.
Topics: Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Cross; Passion Sunday Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE
O sacred head sore wounded
The Son of Man lifted up
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 643 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-34 First Line: He dies! the friend of sinners dies! Lyrics: 1 He dies! the friend of sinners dies!
Lo Salem’s daughters weep around!
A solemn darkness veils the skies!
A sudden trembling shakes the ground!
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two,
For Him who groan'd beneath your load!
He shed a thousand drops for you!
A thousand drops of richer blood!
2 Here’s love and grief beyond degree,
The Lord of Glory dies for men!
But lo! what sudden joys we see!
Jesus the dead revives again!
The rising God forsakes the tomb!
In tomb in vain forbids his rise!
Cherubic legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies!
3 Break off your tears, ye Saints! and tell
How high your great deliv'rer reigns!
Sing how He spoil'd the hosts of hell,
And led the monster death in chains:
Say, “live for ever, wond'rous King!"
Born to redeem, and strong to save!
Then ask the monster— "Where’s thy sting?
And were’s thy vict’ry boasting grave?"
Topics: The Death of Jesus, who Died for All; Who tasted Death for Every Man Text Sources: Whitfield's Coll.
The Son of Man lifted up
Hail, O Once Despised Jesus
Author: John Bakewell Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 625 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-49 First Line: Hail, O once despised Jesus! Lyrics: 1 Hail, O once despised Jesus!
Hail, O Galilean King!
You have suffered to release us,
Hope, salvation, joy to bring.
Hail, O agonizing Savior,
bearer of our sin and shame;
by your merits we find favor;
life is given through your name.
2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed,
all our sins on you were laid;
by almighty love anointed,
you have full atonement made.
All your people are forgiven
through the virtue of your blood;
opened is the gate of heaven;
we are reconciled to God.
3 Jesus! Heav'nly hosts adore you,
seated at your Father's side.
Crucified this world once saw you;
now in glory you abide.
There for sinners you are pleading,
And our place you now prepare,
ever for us interceding,
till in glory we appear.
4 Worship, honor, pow'r and blessing
you are worthy to receive;
loudest praises without ceasing,
right it is for us to give.
Help, O bright angelic spirits,
all your noblest anthems raise,
help us sing our Savior's merits,
help to chant Immanuel's praise. Topics: Lent; Christ--Adoration and praise; Christ--Atonement; Christ--Intercessor; Christ--Lamb of God; Christ--Substitute, our; Christian year--Lent Used With Tune: CASSEL
Hail, O Once Despised Jesus
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 522 hymnals Scripture: Luke 23:33-49 Lyrics: 1 Beneath the cross of Jesus
I long to take my stand;
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land,
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and burdens of the day.
2 Upon the cross of Jesus,
my eye by faith can see
the very dying form of one
who suffered there for me.
And from my contrite heart, with tears,
two wonders I confess:
the wonder of his glorious love
and my unworthiness.
3 The shadow of your cross, Lord,
be my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine
than the sunshine of your face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all, your cross. Topics: Lent; Christian year--Lent; Humility Used With Tune: ST. CHRISTOPHER
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
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