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169 | Laudes Domini#170 | 171 |
Text: | "Man of Sorrows" |
Author: | George S. Dwight |
Tune: | CRUX CHRISTI |
Composer: | A. H. Mann |
1 O Jesus, "Man of Sorrows,"
Sole Son of God, the King!
What language shall I borrow
Thy boundless love to sing?
No mortal words can measure
The burdens thou didst take,
Accepting pain as pleasure,
All for my sinful sake.
2 By thine own kin neglected
By trusted ones denied
By bitter foes rejected,
Thorn-crowned, and crucified
Earth's hatred and affliction
In patience thou didst bear,
Returning benediction
For cross and nail and spear.
3 Had ever love such proving!
Was ever love so priced!
Ah, what is all my loving
Compared with thine, O Christ!
'Tis scarcely worth the gaining
This paltry heart of mine;
And yet for its obtaining
Thou paid'st a price divine.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Jesus, "Man of Sorrows" |
Title: | "Man of Sorrows" |
Author: | George S. Dwight |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Sufferings and Death; Christ: Crucifixion of; Christ: Love of(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CRUX CHRISTI |
Composer: | A. H. Mann |
Meter: | 7s, 6s. D. |
Key: | G Major or modal |