The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal ‎#169

169. What Grace, O Lord, and Beauty Shone

1 What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
Around Thy steps below!
What patient love was seen in all
Thy life and death of woe!

2 For, ever on Thy burdened heart
A weight of sorrow hung;
Yet no ungentle, murmuring word
Escaped Thy silent tongue.

3 Thy foes might hate, despise, revile,
Thy friends unfaithful prove;
Unwearied in forgiveness still,
Thy heart could only love.

4 O give us hearts to love like Thee!
Like Thee, O Lord, to grieve
Far more for others’ sins than all
The wrongs that we receive.

5 One with Thyself, may every eye
In us, Thy brethren, see
The gentleness and grace that spring
From union, Lord, with Thee.

AMEN.

Text Information

• First Line: What grace, O Lord, and beauty shone
• Title: What Grace, O Lord, and Beauty Shone
• Author: Edward Denny, 1796-1889
• Meter: C M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Topic: Christ's Passion

Tune Information

• Name: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT
• Meter: C M
• Key: D Major
• Source: Old English carol, 15th century