The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#302

302. How beauteous were the marks divine

1 How beauteous were the marks divine
That in thy meekness used to shine,
That lit thy path, O Son of God!
The lonely path thy feet have trod.

2 Oh, who like thee, so calm, so mild,
So patient, pure, and undefiled?
Oh, who like thee did ever go
So sinless through a world of woe?

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

4 A suffering life by thee was led;
Thou hadst not where to lay thy head;
And since, O Lord, 'twas all for me,
Shall I not gladly follow thee?

5 And death, that 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.

6 O wondrous Lord, my soul would be
Still more and more conformed to thee,
And learn of thee, the lowly One,
And like thee, all my journey run.

Text Information

• First Line: How beauteous were the marks divine
• Author: A. Cleveland Coxe
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Christ: Life and Character
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #168, 223, or 542.