Wonder, Love, and Praise ‎#736

736. When Jesus came to Golgotha

1 When Jesus came to Golgotha they hanged him on a tree,
they drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary;
they crowned him with a crown of thorns, red were his wounds and deep,
for those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap.

2 When Jesus came to live with us we simply passed him by,
we never hurt a hair of him, we only let him die;
for we had grown more tender, and we would not give him pain,
we only just passed down the street and left him in the rain.

3 Still Jesus cries, "Forgive them for they know not what they do,"
and still it rains the winter rain that drenches through and through;
the crowds go home and leave the streets without a soul to see,
and Jesus crouches 'gainst a wall and cries for Calvary.

Text Information

• First Line: When Jesus came to Golgotha they hanged him on a tree
• Title: When Jesus came to Golgotha
• Author: Geoffrey Anketel Studdert-Kennedy (1883-1929)
• Meter: 14.14.14.14
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Matthew 27:27-45
  ;
  Mark 15:16-39
  ;
  Luke 23:26-49
  ;
  John 19:17-37
  ;
  Acts 10:39
  ;
  Galatians 3:13
• Topic: Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Lent, Holy Week, and Easter

Tune Information

• Name: INDIFFERENCE
• Composer: Alec Wyton (b. 1921)
• Meter: 14.14.14.14
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © 1988 Roger Dean Publishing Company, a division of the Lorenz Corp., Dayton, OH. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission - License #413702