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A HYMN FOR TODAY – O Christ, Eternal Son of God

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

O Christ, eternal Son of God,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
We worship while Your head is bowed
In agony and pain.

None tread with You the holy place;
You suffer there alone;
Yours is the perfect sacrifice
Which only can atone.

O great High Priest, Your glory robes
Are hid where none can see,
And human sorrows, Son of Man,
Have cloaked Your deity.

The cross is sharp, but of Your woes
This is the lighter part;
It is our sin that pierces You
And breaks Your sacred heart.

Who love You most will seek Your cross
And there will long abide;
Now make that cross our only hope,
O Jesus, crucified.

CM – William C. Dix, 1864

Tune: YORK – Hart’s Psalms of David, 1615

#226, Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

A HYMN FOR TODAY – Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!
His the scepter, His the throne.
Alleluia! His the triumph,
His the victory alone.
Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood.
Jesus out of every nation
Has redeemed us by His blood.

Alleluia! Not as orphans
Are we left in sorrow now.
Alleluia! He is near us;
Faith believes, nor questions how.
Though the cloud from sight received Him
When the forty days were o’er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise:
“I am with you evermore”?

Alleluia! King eternal,
Thee the Lord of lords we own.
Alleluia! Born of Mary,
Earth Thy footstool, heav’n Thy throne.
Thou within the veil hast entered,
Robed in flesh our great High Priest;
Thou on earth both priest and victim
In the sacrificial feast.

Alleluia! Bread of heaven,
Thou on earth our food and stay.
Alleluia! Here the sinful
Flee to Thee from day to day.
Intercessor, Friend of sinners,
Earth’s Redeemer, plead for me,
Where the songs of all the sinless
Sweep across the crystal sea.

8.7.8.7.D  – William C. Dix, 1867

Tune: HYFRYDOL – Rowland H. Prichard, 1831

#99 in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012

A HYMN FOR TODAY – O Christ, Eternal Son of God

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A HYMN FOR TODAY

O Christ, eternal Son of God,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
We worship while Your head is bowed
In agony and pain.

None tread with You the holy place;
You suffer there alone;
Yours is the perfect sacrifice
Which only can atone.

O great High Priest, Your glory robes
Are hid where none can see,
And human sorrows, Son of Man,
Have cloaked Your deity.

The cross is sharp, but of Your woes
This is the lighter part;
It is our sin that pierces You
And breaks Your sacred heart.

Who love You most will seek Your cross
And there will long abide;
Now make that cross our only hope,
O Jesus, crucified.

CM – William C. Dix, 1864

Tune: YORK – Hart’s Psalms of David, 1615

#226, Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, 2012