89. THE SEVEN WORDS OF JESUS ON THE CROSS
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Author: Barbara Gutmann
Composer: Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)
Author: Barbara Gutmann
Composer: Hans Georg Nägeli (1773-1836)
1. Out onto Calv’ry’s hill,
Where Jesus died I’ll go,
To hear the words He speaks,
To see Him in His woe.
2. How great the pains, O Lord,
Afflict Thee on this day;
“My God, my God,” He calls,
“Forsake Me not, I pray.”
3. No vengeance fills His heart;
For them I hear Him plead;
“They know not what they do;
Forgive them for this deed.”
4. Now Mary weeps for Him;
In love He soothes her lot;
“See, mother, thine own son!”
“Thou friend, forsake her not!”
5. The thief in penitence
Is pardoned ere he dies:
“Today shalt thou yet be,
With Me in Paradise.”
6. “I thirst,” He cries in pain,
For there is no distress;
Which Christ, the Friend of Man,
Endured not at His death.
7. He bows His head and cries,
“ ’Tis finished, all is done,
O God, receive my soul.”
Life’s victory is won.
Where Jesus died I’ll go,
To hear the words He speaks,
To see Him in His woe.
2. How great the pains, O Lord,
Afflict Thee on this day;
“My God, my God,” He calls,
“Forsake Me not, I pray.”
3. No vengeance fills His heart;
For them I hear Him plead;
“They know not what they do;
Forgive them for this deed.”
4. Now Mary weeps for Him;
In love He soothes her lot;
“See, mother, thine own son!”
“Thou friend, forsake her not!”
5. The thief in penitence
Is pardoned ere he dies:
“Today shalt thou yet be,
With Me in Paradise.”
6. “I thirst,” He cries in pain,
For there is no distress;
Which Christ, the Friend of Man,
Endured not at His death.
7. He bows His head and cries,
“ ’Tis finished, all is done,
O God, receive my soul.”
Life’s victory is won.
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