A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #266
Display Title: When Jesus wept First Line: When Jesus wept, the falling tear Tune Title: [When Jesus wept] Date: 1992 Subject: Passion and Death |
A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #266

When Jesus wept, the falling tear
in mercy flowed beyond all bound.
When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear
seized all the guilty world around.
Source: Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #194
Perez Morton (November 13, 1751 - October 14, 1837) was a lawyer and revolutionary patriot in Boston, Massachusetts.
Morton was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1751, and raised in Boston. His father, Joseph Morton, worked as a tavern-keeper at the White Horse Tavern. Perez attended the Boston Latin School starting around 1760, and Harvard College, graduating in 1771. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1774.
He participated in the Committee of Safety, and the Committee of Correspondence; he was also a Mason, serving as Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1789-1790. In 1775-1776, he was Deputy Secretary of the Council of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. On April 8, 1776, Morton spoke at the memorial se… Go to person page >| First Line: | When Jesus wept, the falling tear |
| Title: | When Jesus Wept, the Falling Tear |
| Author: | Perez Morton (1770) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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