The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#418

418. O come and mourn with me awhile

1 O come and mourn with me awhile;
come now unto the Saviour's side;
O come, together let us mourn:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

2 Have we no tears to shed for Him,
while soldiers scoff and foes deride?
Ah, look how patiently He hangs:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

3 Seven times He spoke, seven words of love;
and all three hours His silence cried
for mercy on the human race:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

4 O break, O break, hard heart of mine!
Your weak self-love and guilty pride
His Pilate and His Judas were:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

5 O love divine! O human sin!
In this dread act Your strength is tried;
and victory remains with love:
Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

Text Information

• First Line: O come and mourn with me awhile
• Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-1863
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004

Tune Information

• Name: ST CROSS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
• Meter: LM
• Key: d minor
• Source: Adapt: Compilers of Revised Church Hymnary, 1927