"I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication and they shall look upon Me Whom they have pierced."

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66. Now, my soul, thy voice upraising,
Sing the Cross in mournful strain;
Tell the sorrows all-amazing,

Tell the Wounds, the dying pain,
Which our SAVIOUR

Sinless bore, for sinners slain.

He, the cruel scourge enduring,
Ransom for our sins to pay,

By His Stripes transgressors curing,
Raising those who wounded lay,
Bore our sorrows,

And removed our pains away.

He to freedom hath restored us
By the very bonds He bare;
His nail-pierced Limbs afford us
Each a stream of mercy rare :
Nailed, He draws us

To the Cross, and keeps us there.

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When His painful life was ended,
From that Fount, His wounded Side,
Blood and Water straight descended,
Each a Sacramental tide;
One to cleanse us,

One to feed our souls, applied.

JESU! may Thy promised blessing
Comfort to our souls afford;
May we, now Thy love possessing,
And at length our full reward,
Ever praise Thee,

Thee, our ever-glorious LORD!

"Now there stood by the Cross of JESUS His Mother."

67. By the Cross, sad vigil keeping, Stood the Mother doleful, weeping,

Where her Son extended hung:

For her soul, of joy bereaved,
Smit with anguish, deeply grieved,
Lo! the piercing sword had wrung.

O, how sad and sore distressed
Now was she, that Mother blessed

Of the Sole-begotten One!
Woe-begone, with heart's prostration,
Mother meek, the bitter Passion
Saw she of her glorious SON.

Who, on CHRIST's fond Mother looking, Such extreme affliction brooking,

Born of woman, would not weep? Who, on CHRIST's fond Mother thinking, Such a cup of sorrow drinking, Would not share her sorrows deep?

For His people's sins rejected,

She her JESUS unprotected

Saw with thorns, with scourges rent:

Saw her Son from judgment taken,
Her Beloved in death forsaken,
Till His Spirit forth He sent.

With Thy Mother's deep devotion
Make me feel her strong emotion
Fount of love, REDEEMER kind!
That my heart, fresh ardour proving,
Thee my GOD and SAVIOUR loving,

May with Thee acceptance find!

Easter.

"The LORD is risen indeed, and hath appeared unto Simon."

68. JESUS CHRIST is risen to-day,

Alleluia!

Our triumphant holy day,

Alleluia!

Who did once upon the Cross,

Alleluia!

Suffer to redeem our loss,

Alleluia!

Hymns of praise, then, let us sing,

Alleluia!

Unto CHRIST our heavenly King,

Alleluia!

Who endured the Cross and Grave,

Alleluia!

Sinners to redeem and save,

Alleluia!

But the pain which He endured,
Alleluia!

Our salvation hath procured,

Alleluia!

Now above the sky He's King,

Alleluia!

Where the angels ever sing,

Alleluia!

"This day shall be unto you for a memorial; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever."

"This is the day the LORD hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it."

69. CHILDREN of men, this Day we sing

The King of Heaven, the glorious King,
Whose rising makes creation ring.

Alleluia!

On the first morning of the week,
Before the day began to break,

They went their buried LORD to seek.

Both Mary, as it came to pass,
And Mary Magdalene it was,

And Mary, wife of Cleophas.

Alleluia!

Alleluia!