LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| Transl/Adapt: | Martin Madan
| Dates: | 1709
| Bible Refs: | 1 Co 15:55
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 712
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 195
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MUSIC
| Name: | STORRS
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Writer(s): | Timothy Richard Matthews
| Dates: | 1883
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Alternate Tunes
| MERTHYR TYDFIL | 8 8 8 8 D (D.L.M.) | Joseph Parry | | SALEM (HARMONIA) | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Unknown | |
| 1. He dies! the Friend of sinners dies!
Lo! Salem’s daughters
weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling
shakes the ground.
2. Come, saints, and with
your tears bedew,
The Sufferer bruised,
beneath your load:
He poured out cries
and tears for you,
He shed for you his precious blood.
3. Here’s love and grief
beyond degree:
The Lord of Glory dies for men!
But lo! what sudden joys we see,
Jesus, the dead, revives again!
4. The rising God forsakes the tomb;
The tomb in vain forbids His rise;
Cherubic legions guard Him home,
And shout Him welcome to the skies.
5. Break off your fears,
ye saints, and tell
How high your
great Deliv’rer reigns;
Sing how He spoiled
the hosts of hell,
And led the monster
death in chains!
6. Say, “Live forever, wondrous King!
Born to redeem,
and strong to save;”
Then ask the monster,
“Where’s thy sting?”
And, “Where’s thy vict’ry,
boasting grave?”
7. *** alt verse
8. Come, saints, and drop
a tear or two
For Him who groaned
beneath your load:
He shed a thousand drops for you,
A thousand drops of richer blood.
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