But Jesus burst the tomb,
And darkness fled.
3 God by His word arrayed
Darkness with light;
God by His Son displayed
Day without night.
4 For thee, O man, arose
Creation's ray;
For thee, too, brighter glows
Salvation's day.
5 The beams first poured on earth
For mortals shone;
The light of later birth
Immortals own.
IV. REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIST.
139. C. M. Montgomery.
"In Remembrance of Me."
1 According to thy gracious word,
In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.
2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be;
Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
3 Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?
4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice!
I must remember thee;--
5 Remember thee, and all thy pains,
And all thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse, remains,
Will I remember thee.
140. P. M. Whittier.
Watching with Jesus.
1 O Thou, who in the garden's shade
Didst wake thy weary ones again,
Who slumbered at that fearful hour,
Forgetful of thy pain,--
2 Bend o'er us now, as over them,
And set our sleep-bound spirits free,
Nor leave us slumbering in the watch
Our souls should keep with thee!
141. P. M. F. H. Hedge.
Strength from the Cross.
1 "It is finished!" Man of sorrows!
From thy cross our frailty borrows
Strength to bear and conquer thus.
2 While extended there we view thee,
Mighty Sufferer! draw us to thee;
Sufferer victorious!
3 Not in vain for us uplifted,
Man of sorrows, wonder-gifted!
May that sacred emblem be;
4 Lifted high amid the ages,
Guide of heroes, saints, and sages,
May it guide us still to thee!
5 Still to thee! whose love unbounded
Sorrow's depths for us has sounded,
Perfected by conflicts sore.
6 Honored be thy cross forever;
Star, that poi
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