In the Lord's atoning grief

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1 In the Lord’s atoning grief
be our rest and sweet relief;
store we deep in heart’s recess
all the shame and bitterness.

2 Thorns, and cross, and nails, and lance,
wounds, our treasure that enhance,
vinegar, and gall, and reed,
and the pang His soul that freed,

3 May these all our spirits sate,
and with love inebriate;
in our souls plant virtue’s root,
and mature its glorious fruit.

4 Crucified! We thee adore,
thee with all our hearts implore;
us with saintly bands unite
in the realms of heavenly light.

5 Christ, by coward hands betrayed,
Christ, for us a Captive made,
Christ, upon the bitter tree
slain for man, be praise to thee.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #156

Translator: Frederick Oakeley

Frederic Oakeley graduated M.A. at Oxford, and took Orders in the Church of England. He became Prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, preacher at Whitehall, and incumbent of Margaret Chapel, London. He was active in the "Oxford Movement," and in 1845, called attention to his views for the purpose of seeing if he could continue to hold an Oxford degree, with so great a change in his opinions. The question was tried, and he was perpetually suspended unless he retracted. He then resigned his positions in the Church of England, and entered the Church of Rome, in which he became a Priest, and Canon of the diocese of Westminster. His publications are numerous, and some of them have considerable value. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchi… Go to person page >

Author: St. Cardinal Bonaventure

Bonaventura, Saint and Cardinal, commonly called "Doctor Seraphicus," was born of pious and well-to-do parents at Bagnera, in Tuscany, 1221. His father's name was John, of Fidenza, and he was baptized in his father's name of John. It is said that his mother, when her boy of four years old was "sick unto death," made a vow that, if he recovered, he should become a member of the Order of St. Francis, and that, his recovery taking place immediately thereupon, she exclaimed, "O Bonaventura!" (“O what good luck") the name adopted by the son when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1242. He was sent by his Order as a student to the University of Paris probably in or about A.D. 1242, and became a Professor of Theology there in 1245. In 1256, at… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In the Lord's atoning grief
Original Language: Latin
Translator: Frederick Oakeley
Author: St. Cardinal Bonaventure
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Book of Common Praise #d247

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CPWI Hymnal #156

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #158

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #82a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #82b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #158

The Book of Common Praise #d257

The Book of Common Praise #133

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The Book of Common Praise #134

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The Cyber Hymnal #2866

A Church of England Hymn Book #160

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #105

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #116

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #105

Hymns Ancient and Modern #96

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