The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#100

100. 'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow

1 'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow
The star is dimmed that lately shown:
'Tis midnight, in the garden now,
The suff'ring Saviour prays alone.

2 'Tis midnight, and from all removed,
Immanuel wrestles lone with fears:
E'en the disciple that He loved
Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.

3 'Tis midnight, and for others' guilt,
The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood;
Yet He that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by His God.

4 'Tis midnight, and from ether-plains
Is borne the song that angels know:
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow
• Title: 'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow
• Author: William Bingham Tappan (1822)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Church Year: Holy Week; Holy Week; Holy Thursday; Christ: Work of; Names and Office of Christ: Man of Sorrows; Names and Office of Christ: Substitute

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CROSS
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, (1823-1876).
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: d minor