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“Thy Will, Not Mine, Be Done.”

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: "Father divine!" the Saviour cried Lyrics: “Father divine!” the Saviour cried, While horrors pressed on every side, And prostrate on the ground he lay, “Remove this bitter cup away. “But if these pangs must still be borne, Or helpless man be left forlorn, I bow my soul before thy throne, And say,—Thy will, not mine, be done!” Thus our submissive souls would bow, And, taught by Jesus, lie as low; Our hearts, and not our lips alone, Would say,—Thy will, not ours, be done!

The Agony in the Garden

Author: Mrs. Hemans Appears in 52 hymnals First Line: He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed Lyrics: He knelt; the Saviour knelt and prayed, When but his Father’s eye Looked, through the lonely garden’s shade, On that dread agony; He poured in prayer his suppliant breath, Bowed down with sorrow unto death. The sun went down in fearful hour; The heavens might well grow dim, When this mortality had power Thus to o’ershadow him; That he who came to save might know The very depths of human woe. He knew them all,—the doubt, the strife, The faint, perplexing dread; The mists that hang o’er parting life All darkened round his head; And the Deliverer knelt to pray; Yet passed it not, that cup, away. It passed not, though the stormy wave Had sunk beneath his tread; It passed not, though to him the grave Had yielded up its dead; But there was sent him, from on high, A gift of strength, for man to die. And was his mortal hour beset With anguish and dismay? How may we meet our conflict yet In the dark, narrow way? How, but through him that path who trod? Save, or we perish, Son of God!

Bearing the Cross

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Burden of shame and woe! Lyrics: Burden of shame and woe! How does the heart o’erflow At thought of him the bitter cross who bore! But we have each our own, To others oft unknown, Which we must bear till life shall be no more. And shall we fear to tread The path where Jesus led, The pure and holy one, for man who died? Or shall we shrink from shame, Endured for Jesus’ name, Our glorious Lord, once spurned and crucified? Then, ’mid the woes that wait On this our mortal state, Patience shall cheer affliction, toil, and loss, And though the tempter’s art Assail the struggling heart, Still, Saviour! in thy name we bear the cross.

The Crucifixion

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: In the Saviour's hour of death Lyrics: In the Saviour’s hour of death, Bound upon the cross of fear, While his quick and struggling breath Spoke the fatal moment near, While his proud, triumphant foes Mocked the sufferings that he bore, Then his loving spirit rose More sublime than e’er before. He has taught us to forgive, By his words in days gone by; He has taught us how to live; Can he teach us how to die? Listen! as the cross they raise, One brief prayer ascends to heaven; For his murderers he prays,— Father, may they be forgiven!

Stabat Mater

Author: W. J. Fox Meter: Irregular Appears in 24 hymnals First Line: Jews were wrought to cruel madness Lyrics: Jews were wrought to cruel madness, Christians fled in fear and sadness, Mary stood the cross beside. At its foot her foot she planted, By the dreadful scene undaunted, Till the gentle sufferer died. Poets oft have sung her story; Painters decked her brow with glory; Priests her name have deified; But no worship, song, or glory, Touches like that simple story,— “Mary stood the cross beside.” And when under fierce oppression Goodness suffers like transgression, Christ again is crucified. But if love be there, true-hearted, By no grief or terror parted, Mary stands the cross beside.

“It Is Finished.”

Author: Bulfinch Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: It is finished! glorious word Lyrics: It is finished! glorious word From thy lips, our suffering Lord! Words of high, triumphant might, Ere thy spirit takes its flight. It is finished! all is o’er; Pain and scorn oppress no more. Now, no more foreboding dread Shades the path thy feet must tread; No more fear, lest in thine hour Pain should patience overpower; On the perfect sacrifice Not a stain of weakness lies. Champion! lay thine armor by; ’Tis thine hour of victory! All thy toils are now o’erpast; Thou hast found thy rest at last; All hath faithfully been done, And the world’s salvation won.

Easter Hymn

Author: H. Ware Meter: Irregular Appears in 162 hymnals First Line: Lift your glad voices in triumph on high Lyrics: Lift your glad voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die. Vain were the terrors that gathered around him, And short the dominion of death and the grave; He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him, Resplendent in glory, to live and to save. Loud was the chorus of angels on high,— “The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.” Glory to God, in full anthems of joy; The being he gave us death cannot destroy. Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow, If tears were our birthright, and death were our end; But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow, And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend. Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high, For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.

“Let There Be Light.”

Author: Anonymous Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: On earth was darkness spread Lyrics: On earth was darkness spread, One boundless night; “Let there be light,” God said,— And there was light! There hung a deeper gloom O’er quick and dead, But Jesus burst the tomb, And darkness fled. God by His word arrayed Darkness with light; God by His Son displayed Day without night. For thee, O man, arose Creation’s ray; For thee, too, brighter glows Salvation’s day. The beams first poured on earth For mortals shone; The light of later birth Immortals own.

“In Remembrance of Me.”

Author: Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 548 hymnals First Line: According to thy gracious word Lyrics: According to thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my dying Lord, I will remember thee. Thy body, broken for my sake, My bread from heaven shall be; Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. Gethsemane can I forget? Or there thy conflict see, Thine agony and bloody sweat, And not remember thee? When to the cross I turn mine eyes, And rest on Calvary, O Lamb of God, my sacrifice! I must remember thee;— Remember thee, and all thy pains, And all thy love to me; Yea, while a breath, a pulse, remains, Will I remember thee.

Watching with Jesus

Author: Whittier Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O Thou, who in the garden's shade Lyrics: O Thou, who in the garden’s shade Didst wake thy weary ones again, Who slumbered at that fearful hour, Forgetful of thy pain,— Bend o’er us now, as over them, And set our sleep-bound spirits free, Nor leave us slumbering in the watch Our souls should keep with thee!