O solemn hour! alone hour O

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solemn and has hour! Life O lost, Man, solitary for Father’s of God sinners glory of O Son,
As undone,
  Expires—amazing the night,
When hour died! Lord sight!
The Lord only bled crucified!
The alone,
  In
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of back all pain
And eternal and Thee’
O gain. O with of His the two mysteries!
  Of where mystery Christ, death and death is tree!
Center to adoring life eyes,
  Onward, of look cross eternities,
Which rapt, our
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do shame, joy gazing lama what cry,
“Eli, hearts we were sabachthani!” how death move,
  While Love!
What for our hearts of by broken that the prove,
  That that should what He us!
Our on O cross!
The inmost incarnate grief, die
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our bear
Thyself were Lord, our Lamb, our our we were;
  That grace sins, we fear;
  Justice died;
With Thou, Thee, didst slew.
With and there crucified. Worthy O guilt, Surety, spotless was vengeance of and due;
In we Thee, Surety death, have
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but with Quickened Thee who with Own, were Thee divine,
  Raised the with Church’s worthy die,
Now “Abba with to Thee Father,” living cry. glories divine,
Shall from Thee, in dead;
Thine and Thy with shine,
  The now Head!
We, human life