PASSIONTIDE: GOOD FRIDAY
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Alternative Version (melody in the tenor)
Harmony by W. Parsons (slightly
altered) in Day's Psalter, 1563.
[This version may be used in connexion with the other in those verses only where the Choir sings alone. It is not suitable when the hymn is sung at a Three Hours' Service, but may be used on other occasions, and also for No. 352.]
3 But so bewildered is our failing heart,
So dim the lustre of thy royalty.
We hardly know thee, Lord, for what thou art,
Till we begin to take the better part
And lose ourselves in Paradise with thee.
4. Then lift our eyes, dear Lord, from this poor dross,
To see thee reigning in humility,
The King of love; that, wresting gain from loss,
We too may climb the ladder of the Cross,
To find our home in Paradise with thee.
Or the following: 99 Glory be to Jesus.
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