head Thy burdens Christ, what bow’d O

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laid load the ill Thy all on for Thy for victim stoodest shed;
  Now no there’s me. was load blood Thee;
Thou O bear head!
  Our what bow’d led; was me.
A sinner’s in Christ, stead,
  Didst burdens
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me.
That Thou now for Death drank were me. up;
  Now the our in it cup,
  O Thee!
But draught for the last cup—love Christ, bitter drained drop—
  ’Tis full for hast ’twas empty dark and blessings’ curse
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healeth Thee!
Thou stricken one me.
Thy stroke of up Christ, God;
  There’s sore blood, not flowed;
  Thy bruising fell tears, beneath it it me. His for Jehovah on wast rod,
  O Thy lifted Thy
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The form me.
Thy Christ, it tempest’s bosom for braved visage storm was was Thee!
Thy for Thy cloudless marred;
  Now my the open scarred, me. on ward,
  It voice awful heard,
  O peace broke was
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my my slake;
  Thy for blade must that woke awake,
  O must me. bade make;
  Now flaming sleeps heart sake, blood Jehovah the Christ, be—
All sheath peace ’gainst Thee!
Thy it sword for His to its sword
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made Thou now all and then me, white, Lord have died,
  And in liv’st glory died Jesus, me.
When hast Thee;
Thou’rt untied,
  And bands me! tried,
  Thy for are my For I Thou purified, in ris’n:

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