PASSIONTIDE: GOOD FRIDAY
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Note.—Another tune to this hymn will be found in the Appendix.
O COME and mourn with me awhile;
See Mary calls us to her side;
O come and let us mourn with her:
Jesus, our Love, is crucified.
2 Have we no tears to shed for him,
While soldiers scoff and Jews deride?
Ah, look how patiently he hangs:
Jesus, our Love, is crucified.
3 * How fast his hands and feet are nailed;
His blessed tongue with thirst is tied;
His, failing eyes are blind with blood:
Jesus, our Love is crucified.
4 * His Mother cannot reach his face;
She stands in helplessness beside;
Her heart is martyred with her Son’s:
Jesus, our Love, is crucified.
5 Seven times he spoke, seven words of love;
And all three hours his silence cried
For mercy on the souls of men:
Jesus, our Love, is crucified.
6 O break, O break, hard heart of mine;
Thy weak self-love and guilty pride
His Pilate and his Judas were:
Jesus, Our Love, is crucified.
7 A broken heart, a fount of tears,
Ask, and they will not be denied;
A broken heart love's cradle is:
Jesus, our Love, is crucified.
8. O Love of God! O sin of Man!
In this dread act your strength is tried;
And victory remains with Love:
And he, our Love, is crucified.
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