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212 | Glory to God#213 | 214 |
Text: | In the Cross of Christ I Glory |
Author: | John Bowring |
Tune: | RATHBUN |
Composer: | Ithamar Conkey |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o’er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.
2 When the woes of life o’ertake me,
hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
never shall the cross forsake me;
lo, it glows with peace and joy.
3 When the sun of bliss is beaming
light and love upon my way,
from the cross the radiance streaming
adds more luster to the day.
4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
by the cross are sanctified;
peace is there that knows no measure,
joys that through all time abide.
5 In the cross of Christ I glory,
towering o’er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story
gathers round its head sublime.
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First Line: | In the cross of Christ I glory |
Title: | In the Cross of Christ I Glory |
Author: | John Bowring (1825) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Assurance; Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RATHBUN |
Composer: | Ithamar Conkey (1849) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Like Isaac Watts’s “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (nos. 223, 224), this hymn is a reflection on Galatians 6:14, but this text is more abstract and devotes no attention to the person hanging on the cross. The tune is named for a soloist in the composer’s Connecticut choir.
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