Scripture Verse

His visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men. Isaiah 52:14

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 1, num­ber 1201, alt.

Music: Gött­ing­en, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 1007 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Was ev­er grief like Thine,
Jesus, Thou man of woe!
The vis­age and the form di­vine,
Why were they man­gled so?
That man through Thee re­stored
God’s im­age might re­gain,
And by the sor­rows of his Lord,
In joy eter­nal reign.