Throned Upon the Awful Tree

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1 Throned upon the awful tree,
King of grief, I watch with Thee;
darkness veils Thine anguished face,
none its lines of woe can trace,
none can tell what pangs unknown
hold Thee silent and alone.

2 Silent through those three dread hours,
wrestling with the evil pow'rs,
left alone with human sin,
gloom around Thee and within,
till th'appointed time is nigh,
till the Lamb of God may die.

3 Hark that cry that peals aloud
upward through the whelming cloud!
Thou, the Father’s only Son,
Thou, His own Anointed One.
Thou dost ask Him- can it be?
“Why hast Thou forsaken Me?”

4 Lord, should fear and anguish roll
darkly o’er my sinful soul,
Thou, who once wast thus bereft
that Thine own might ne’er be left-
teach me by that bitter cry
in the gloom to know Thee nigh.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #265

Author: John Ellerton

John Ellerton (b. London, England, 1826; d. Torquay, Devonshire, England, 1893) Educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man and at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1851. He served six parishes, spending the longest time in Crewe Green (1860-1872), a church of steelworkers and farmers. Ellerton wrote and translated about eighty hymns, many of which are still sung today. He helped to compile Church Hymns and wrote its handbook, Notes and Illustrations to Church Hymns (1882). Some of his other hymn texts were published in The London Mission Hymn Book (1884). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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ARFON (Minor)

ARFON is originally a six-phrase Welsh folk tune in minor tonality entitled 'Tros y Garreg." Named for a district on the mainland of northern Wales opposite Mon and Anglesey, the tune was published in Edward Jones's Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784). In the later nineteenth century ARFON was associa…

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REDHEAD NO. 76

REDHEAD 76 is named for its composer, who published it as number 76 in his influential Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (1853) as a setting for the hymn text "Rock of Ages." It has been associated with Psalm 51 since the 1912 Psalter, where the tune was named AJALON. The tune is also known as P…

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MADRID (Spanish)


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A Church of England Hymn Book #164

American Church and Church School Hymnal #d324

Book of Common Praise #d592

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #123

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #105

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #105

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d557

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #133

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Church Hymns #152

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #104

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CPWI Hymnal #161

Gloria in Excelsis #d694

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #139a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #139b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #90a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #90b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #139a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #139b

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #167

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #118

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #133

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #119

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Hymns to the Living God #153

Immanuel Hymnal #d505

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In Excelsis #275

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In Excelsis #a275

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Manual for the chapel of Girard College #219

Pilgrim Hymnal #174

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #265

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #161

Songs of praise #141

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Sursum Corda #201a

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Sursum Corda #201b

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The Bach Chorale Book #27

The Book of Common Praise #d612

The Book of Common Praise #146a

The Book of Common Praise #146b

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The Book of Common Praise #147

The Book of Praise #191

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #125

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The Church Hymnary #62

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The Cyber Hymnal #6712

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The English Hymnal #116

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The English Hymnal #116

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #457

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The Hymnal #217b

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The Hymnal #219

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The Hymnal #215

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The Hymnal #219

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #92

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #92

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The Hymnbook #197

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The Lutheran Hymnal #174

The Mennonite Hymnal #162

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #189

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #149

The Plymouth Hymnal #d548

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #99

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The Riverdale Hymn Book #121

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The Scottish Hymnal #42

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The Worshipbook #605

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Trinity Hymnal #183

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Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #250

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Trinity Psalter Hymnal #345

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Victorian Hymns #157

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