He beheld the city, and wept over it.
Luke 19:41
Words: Charles Wesley (1707–1788). Cento from Short Hymns, 1762, Volume 2, number 378, and Wesley’s posthumous Poetical Works.
Music: Sailing Philip P. Bliss, 1871 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Weeps the Savior o’er His foe,
The vilest of mankind:
Need we arguments to show
His mercy unconfined?
Arguments His heart to prove,
Copious from His eyes they fall;
Every tear demonstrates love,
And love that died for all!
Still the streams of pity run,
And never, never cease,
Still He mourns a soul undone
By its own wickedness:
One who would from Him depart
He doth with His mercy see:
Grieves for me His melting heart,
His Spirit grieves for me!
Jesus, lengthen out my day,
That I Thy grace may know,
Grace which takes the stone away,
And makes the waters flow:
Touch me with Thy sacred grief,
Draw me to Thy wounded side;
Then Thy blood is my relief,
And speaks me justified.