Cross Of Jesus, Cross Of Sorrow
- Words:
- William J. Sparrow-Simpson
- Music:
- John B. Dykes
Sheet music
- 1Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow,Where the blood of Christ was shed,Perfect Man on thee did suffer,Perfect God on thee has bled!Here the king of all the ages,Throned in light ere worlds could be,Robed in mortal flesh is dying,Crucified by sin for me.
- 2O mysterious condescending!O abandonment sublime!Very God Himself is bearingAll the sufferings of time!Evermore for human failureBy His passion we can plead;God has born all mortal anguish,Surely He will know our need.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1887, the words are in 63 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.