Oh, what a world of sad­ness lay
In our Re­deem­er’s tear­ful eye;
It touched a chord in Pe­ter’s heart,
And wrung from him that bit­ter cry.

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Lord, grant Thy ser­vants perfect faith,
To watch, to wait, and to defy;
The world of scoff­ers to be­hold,
And not like them the truth de­ny.

Ardent, im­puls­ive; rea­dy e’er
To hear the Lord of earth and sky;
Why in this dark, be­tray­al hour
Did he his mas­ter thus de­ny?

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O Ga­li­le­an, hon­ored, loved!
Assailed by Sa­tan in his might;
Why wast thou re­cr­eant to thy Lord,
Upon that sad and aw­ful night?

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Tears, bit­ter tears, be­fit thee well,
For Christ wept tears of blood for thee;
Wrestled in ang­uish all the night,
And dole­some was Geth­se­ma­ne.

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Look! Sav­ior, look up­on us now;
Oh, break our sto­ny hearts in twain;
Supremely blest may we love the Lord,
And with Thee soon in tri­umph reign.

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