Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs ‎#I.XLVIII

I.XLVIII. We now with Gladness tell

1 We now with Gladness tell,
What Proof our God hath giv'n,
That we with him shall ever dwell
Above the highest Heav'n.

2 That our Creator's Love,
Essentially, to Man;
His Dealings with us fully prove,
Thro' all the Christian Plan.

3 Such was his Love to us,
He freely gave his Son
To suffer Death upon the Cross,
And, bleeding, there atone.

4 For us he made him Sin,
Then pierc'd him to the Heart;
This to destroy, the Spear went in,
For this he bare his Smart.

5 Beneath the pond'rous Load
His sinking Spirit fell,
From Heav'n, his high and blest Abode,
To the Confines of Hell.

6 His Soul with Anguish rent,
His Head with Trouble bow'd;
He gave his unknown Sorrows vent,
And, roaring, cry'd aloud.

7 His Sighs, and Tears, and Groans,
His inward Torments speak;
His Struggles hard, with piteous Moans,
'Till all his Heart-strings break.

8 His loud and piercing Cry,
Effect of Pain and Fear,
Did, as the choicest Melody,
Salute the Father's Ear.

9 Not Songs of Morning-Stars,
Nor Angels highest Praise,
Could so delight his holy Ears,
Or like Harmony raise.

10 Such was the Love of God,
Commended towards us;
Such was the Pleasure which he had
In Sin's Destruction thus.

Text Information

• First Line: We now with Gladness tell
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1776
• Scripture:
  Romans 8:32

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