The Voice of Praise ‎#196

196. From Calvary a cry was heard

1 From Calvary a cry was heard,
A bitter and heart-rending cry;
My Saviour! every mournful word
Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony.

2 A horror of great darkness fell
On thee, thou spotless, holy One!
And all the swarming hosts of hell
Conspired to tempt God's only Son.

3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace,--
These thou couldst bear, nor once repine,
But when Jehovah veiled his face,
Unutterable pangs were thine.

4 Let the dumb world its silence break;
Let pealing anthems rend the sky:
Awake, my sluggish soul, awake!
He died that we might never die.

Text Information

• First Line: From Calvary a cry was heard
• Author: Cunningham
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Genesis 15:12
• Topic: Christs: Sufferings and Death; The Hidings of the Father's Face

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