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<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv <b>Voicing:</b> SATB <br> | <b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv <b>Voicing:</b> SATB <br> | ||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymn settings|Hymn settings]] <b>Meter:</b> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymn settings|Hymn settings]] <b>Meter:</b> [[:Category:87. 87|87. 87]] <br> | ||
<b>Language:</b> [[English]] <br> | <b>Language:</b> [[English]] <br> | ||
<b>Instruments: </b>piano/organ <br> | <b>Instruments: </b>piano/organ <br> | ||
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<b>External websites: </b> | <b>External websites: </b> | ||
*[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/r/crossofj.htm Cyber Hymnal entry for Hymn tune "Cross of Jesus"] | *[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/r/crossofj.htm Cyber Hymnal entry for Hymn tune "Cross of Jesus"] | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English}} | {{Text|English}} | ||
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:Perfect Man on thee did suffer, | :Perfect Man on thee did suffer, | ||
:Perfect God on thee has bled! | :Perfect God on thee has bled! | ||
::::''2.'' | ::::''2.'' | ||
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:Robed in mortal flesh is dying, | :Robed in mortal flesh is dying, | ||
:Crucified by sin for me. | :Crucified by sin for me. | ||
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:Very God Himself is bearing | :Very God Himself is bearing | ||
:All the sufferings of time! | :All the sufferings of time! | ||
::::''4.'' | ::::''4.'' | ||
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:God has born all mortal anguish, | :God has born all mortal anguish, | ||
:Surely He will know our need. | :Surely He will know our need. | ||
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:God has taken mortal weakness! | :God has taken mortal weakness! | ||
:God has laid aside His Power! | :God has laid aside His Power! | ||
::::''6.'' | ::::''6.'' | ||
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:Now the scorn of all His creatures, | :Now the scorn of all His creatures, | ||
:And the aim of every ill. | :And the aim of every ill. | ||
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:But the earth finds none to serve Him, | :But the earth finds none to serve Him, | ||
:None to quench His raging thirst. | :None to quench His raging thirst. | ||
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:Down to earth’s most base profaning, | :Down to earth’s most base profaning, | ||
:Dying desolate alone. | :Dying desolate alone. | ||
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:Down to earth’s blaspheming voices | :Down to earth’s blaspheming voices | ||
:And the shout of “Crucify.” | :And the shout of “Crucify.” | ||
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:Perfect God on thee has bled! | :Perfect God on thee has bled! | ||
'''Lyrics: ''' William J. Sparrow-Simpson, 1887. | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Sacred music]] | [[Category:Sacred music]] | ||
[[Category:Hymn settings]] | [[Category:Hymn settings]] | ||
[[Category:87. 87 | [[Category:87. 87]] | ||
[[Category:SATB]] | [[Category:SATB]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 4 December 2007
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CPDL #15536:
NWC Sibelius4
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 21 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 29 KB, 2nd PDF: 20 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB, Sib4: 30 KB.
General Information
Title: Cross of Jesus
Composer: John Stainer
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn settings Meter: 87. 87
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published:
Description: Hymn composed for John Stainer's Sacred Oratorio: "The Crucifixion"
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow,
- Where the blood of Christ was shed,
- Perfect Man on thee did suffer,
- Perfect God on thee has bled!
- 2.
- Here the King of all the ages,
- Throned in light ere worlds could be,
- Robed in mortal flesh is dying,
- Crucified by sin for me.
- 3.
- O mysterious condescending!
- O abandonment sublime!
- Very God Himself is bearing
- All the sufferings of time!
- 4.
- Evermore for human failure
- By His passion we can plead;
- God has born all mortal anguish,
- Surely He will know our need.
- 5.
- This—all human thought surpassing—
- This is earth’s most awful hour,
- God has taken mortal weakness!
- God has laid aside His Power!
- 6.
- Once the Lord of brilliant seraphs,
- Winged with love to do His will,
- Now the scorn of all His creatures,
- And the aim of every ill.
- 7.
- Up in Heaven, sublimest glory
- Circled round Him from the first;
- But the earth finds none to serve Him,
- None to quench His raging thirst.
- 8.
- Who shall fathom that descending,
- From the rainbow circled throne,
- Down to earth’s most base profaning,
- Dying desolate alone.
- 9.
- From the “Holy, Holy, Holy,
- We adore Thee, O most High,”
- Down to earth’s blaspheming voices
- And the shout of “Crucify.”
- 10.
- Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow,
- Where the blood of Christ was shed,
- Perfect Man on thee did suffer,
- Perfect God on thee has bled!
Lyrics: William J. Sparrow-Simpson, 1887.