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Text:'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow
Author:William B. Tappan
Tune:OLIVE'S BROW
Composer:William B. Bradbury

241. 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow

1 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow
The star is dimmed that lately shown:
'Tis midnight; in the garden now
The suffering Saviour prays alone.

2 'Tis midnight; and from all removed,
Immanuel wrestles lone, with fears;
E'en the disciple that He loved
Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.

3 'Tis midnight; and, for others' guilt,
The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;
Yet He that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.

4 'Tis midnight; and from ether-plains
Is borne the song that angels know:
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow
Author: William B. Tappan (1822)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Christ: Loneliness of; Christ: Passion of; Gethsemane (1 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: OLIVE'S BROW
Composer: William B. Bradbury
Meter: L. M.
Notes: Public Domain.



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