"Why weepest thou?"

No more at Mary wonder

Author: Augustus Toplady
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I no more at Mary wonder
Dropping tears upon the grave,
Earnest asking all around her,
“Where is he that died to save?”

2 Dying love her heart attracted.
Soon she felt its rising power,
He who Mary thus affected,
Bids his mourners weep no more.

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #741

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

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First Line: No more at Mary wonder
Title: "Why weepest thou?"
Author: Augustus Toplady
Meter: 8.7
Language: English

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