Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#237

237. "Stricken, smitten, and afflicted"

1 "Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,"
See Him dying on the tree!
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, my soul, 'tis He, 'tis He!
Mark the Sacrifice appointed!
See who bears the awful load;
'Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of man, and Son of God.

2 Tell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
Was there ever grief like His?
Friends through fear His cause disowning,
Foes insulting His distress;
Many hands were raised to wound Him,
None would interpose to save;
But the deepest stroke that pierced Him
Was the stroke that Justice gave.

3 Here we have a firm foundation;
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the Rock of our salvation:
His the name of which we boast:
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded!
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on Him their hope have built.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: "Stricken, smitten, and afflicted"
• Author: Thomas Kelly (1804)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Atonement: Necessary; Christ: Foundation; Christ: Passion of; Christ: Our Sacrifice; Lent
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: AUTUMN
• Composer: François H. Barthélémon
• Meter: 8s, 7s D
• Notes: Now Public Domain.