Ancient and Modern ‎#175

175. A time to watch, a time to pray

1 A time to watch, a time to pray,
a day of wonders is today:
the saddest, yet the gladdest too,
that earth or heaven ever knew.

2 The saddest, for our Saviour bore
his death, that we might die no more:
the agony, the scourge, the fear,
the crown of thorns, the cross, the spear.

3 And yet the gladdest, for today
our load of sin was borne away:
and hopes of joy that never dies
hang on our Saviour's sacrifice.

4 O Saviour, how we bless your name!
Yours is the glory, ours the shame;
by all the pain your love endured
let all our many sins be cured.

Text Information

• First Line: A time to watch, a time to pray
• Author: John Mason Neale (1818-1866) (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 27:27-54
  ;
  1 Peter 2:24
  ;
  1 Peter 3:18
• Topic: Atonement; Church Year: Good Friday; Good Friday; Jesus: Name; Sin

Tune Information

• Name: BRESLAU
• Harmonizer (probable): William Henry Monk (1823-1889)
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major
• Source: German, 15th century, as adapted in As hymnodus sacer, Leipzig, 1625