O suffering Friend of human kind

O suffering Friend of human kind

Author: Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
Tune: FEDERAL STREET
Published in 31 hymnals

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O suffering Friend of human kind!
How, as the fatal hour drew near,
Came thronging on thy holy mind
The images of grief and fear.

Gethsemane’s sad midnight scene,
The faithless friends, the exulting foes,
The thorny crown, the insult keen,
The scourge, the cross, before thee rose.

Did not thy spirit shrink dismayed,
As the dark vision o’er it came;
And though in sinless strength arrayed,
Turn, shuddering, from the death of shame?

Onward, like thee, through scorn and dread,
May we our Father’s call obey,
Steadfast thy path of duty tread,
And rise, through death, to endless day.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #129

Author: Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch

Bulfinch, Stephen Greenleaf, D.D. This Unitarian minister was born at Boston, June 18, 1809, and removed to Washington in 1818, his father being the architect of the Capitol. He graduated at Columbian College and the Cambridge Theological School. In 1831 lie was ordained at Charleston, S.C., as assistant to Dr. Gilman. Subsequently he was pastor at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Washington, 1838; Nashua, New Hampshire, 1845; Dorchester, Mass., 1852; and "East Cambridge, Mass., 1865. He died at the last place, Oct. 12, 1870. His works include:— (1) Contemplations of the Saviour; A Series of Extracts from the Gospel History, with Reflections and Original and Selected Hymns. Boston, Carter and Hendee, 1832. This has been reprinted in England. (… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O suffering Friend of human kind
Author: Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

0 suffering friend of human kind. Passiontide. The hymn in 4 stanzas of 4 lines appended to Sect. xxxv. on "Peter's confession of Christ," in the Contem¬plations, &c, p. 109. It ranks next in popularity to ”Hail to the Sabbath day."

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #235

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #129

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The Psalmody #203

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #273

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Hymns of Worship #181

Songs of the Unity #d148

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a273

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Hymns of the Spirit #646

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #129

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The Christian Hymn Book #157

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #397

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #308

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Songs for the Sanctuary #308

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #308

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Songs for the Sanctuary #308

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #308

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #257

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Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith #244

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Songs for the Sanctuary #308

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d535

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #186

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The Christian hymnal #222

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #393

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #186

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Good-Will Songs #69

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Hymns of the Church Universal #107

The Christian Hymnist #d401

Jubilate Deo #307

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d321

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Heart and Voice #224

Heart and Voice #d192

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