hour! O solemn hour alone O

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