[Music]
As on the cross the Savior hung, and wept and bled and died,
He pour'd salvation on a wretch that languish'd at his side;
That languish'd at his side,
That languish'd at his side,
He pour'd salvation on a wretch that languish'd at his side.
His crimes, with inward grief and shame, the penitent confess'd;
Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ and thus his prayer address'd:
"Jesus, thou son and heir of heaven! Thou spotless lamb of God!
I see thee bathed in sweat and tears and welt'ring in thy blood.
"Yet quickly from those scenes of wo, in triumph thou shalt rise,
Burst through the gloomy shades of death and shine above the skies.
"Amid the glories of that world, dear Savior, think on me,
And in the vict'ries of thy death let me a sharer be."
His prayer the dying Jesus hears and instantly replies:
"Today thy parting soul shall be with me in paradise."
The tune is found also UH 89, SOC 249, HOC 93, OSH 44. It is
reminiscent of 'Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard', Sharp, i., 166;
'Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor', Sharp, i., 118; and 'O Land of Rest'
in this collection.
No. 36
SALUTATION or GOOD MORNING BROTHER PILGRIM, GOS 298