Lo, He is dead! The suffering Christ is dead

Lo, He is dead! The suffering Christ is dead

Translator: John Brownlie
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Lo, He is dead! The suffering Christ is dead;
Closed are His eyes, and bowèd is His head.

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Dead, too, in shame! Upon a Cross! and see,
Thorns crown His brow, in cruel mockery.

O night, and woe! The sun and stars are gone;
Dark is the world, and hope, despairing, flown.

Art Thou not Christ? The Christ of God, art Thou?
How then this death? This awful silence, how?

O sin, and death, and victory of the grave!
Canst Thou, in death, O Christ, Thy people save?

Weep in the night, O mortals at the grave;
Dead is the Christ, and dead He cannot save.

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Translator: John Brownlie

John Brownlie - Translator of Greek hymns Brownlie attended the University of Glasgow and the Free Church College. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1884, and in 1885 became Assistant Minister of Trinity Free Church in Portpatrick, Wigtonshire; he succeeded the the senior pastor there upon the latter's death in 1890. He joined the local School Board in 1888, and became a governor of Stranraer High School in 1897, and Chairman of the governors in 1901. Glasgow University awarded him an honorary DD degree in 1908 for his work in hymnology. His works include: Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church Hymnary, 1899 Hymns of Our Pilgrimage, 1889 Zionward, Hymns of the Pilgrim Life, 1890 Pilgrim Songs, 1892… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lo, He is dead! The suffering Christ is dead
Translator: John Brownlie
Meter: 10.10
Language: English
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