O hour! alone O solemn hour

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