The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8713

8713. 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 Savior 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 Savior’s sacrifice.

4 O Savior, 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
• Title: A Time To Watch, A Time To Pray
• Author: John M. Neale
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns for Children, 1842
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WITTENBERG
• Composer: E. S. K. (1893)
• Meter: LM
• Key: g minor
• Source: Augsburg Songs No. 2 (Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, 1893)
• Copyright: Public Domain