Laudes Domini ‎#369

369. "Holy, harmless"

1 How beauteous were the marks divine,
That in thy meekness used to shine,
That lit thy lonely pathway, trod
In wondrous love, O Son of God!

2 Oh, who like thee, so calm, so bright,
So pure, so made to live in light?
Oh, who like thee did ever go
So patient through a world of woe?

3 Oh, who like thee so humbly bore
The scorn, the scoffs of men before?
So meek, forgiving, godlike, high,
So glorious in humility?

4 Even death, which sets the prisoner free,
Was pang, and scoff, and scorn to thee;
Yet love through all thy torture glowed,
And mercy with thy life-blood flowed.

5 Oh, in thy light be mine to go,
Illuming all my way of woe!
And give me ever on the road
To trace thy footsteps, Son of God.

Text Information

• First Line: How beauteous were the marks divine
• Title: "Holy, harmless"
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1884
• Topic: Christ: Character of; Christ: Example of; Christ: Life on earth; Conformity to Christ; Example: of Christians; Peacemakers
• Notes: Public Domain

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