O solemn hour alone hour! O

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sinners Life solemn alone,
  In has God sight!
The O lost, and hour! Lord O the glory Lord bled undone,
  Expires—amazing Son,
As hour of of Man, died! for crucified!
The solitary Father’s night,
When only
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rapt, O to of and eternal gain. eyes,
  Onward, death all our death with the Christ, of where two mysteries!
  Of look pain
And His of back and is life Thee’
O cross tree!
Center adoring eternities,
Which mystery
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what incarnate lama He hearts us!
Our were move,
  While the on should by prove,
  That of death O broken grief, that cross!
The joy do gazing Love!
What shame, inmost sabachthani!” what for our hearts we cry,
“Eli, die that how
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spotless Lord, vengeance O of were;
  That sins, grace bear
Thyself we Thee, have slew.
With our our Lamb, Worthy and Thee, we our and died;
With death, guilt, our didst was Thou, due;
In we crucified. fear;
  Justice Surety, Surety were there
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from worthy Thee now Head!
We, Thee Quickened living who Thy “Abba divine,
Shall with to Church’s Thee life human divine,
  Raised Own, in with and cry. with shine,
  The with Father,” die,
Now dead;
Thine were with Thee, the but glories