The Hidings of the Father's Face

Verse 1

From Calvary a cry was heard, A bitter and heart-rending cry; My Saviour! every mournful word Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony.

Verse 2

A horror of great darkness fell On thee, thou spotless, holy One! And all the swarming hosts of hell Conspired to tempt God's only Son.

Verse 3

The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace,-- These thou couldst bear, nor once repine, But when Jehovah veiled his face, Unutterable pangs were thine.

Verse 4

Let the dumb world its silence break; Let pealing anthems rend the sky: Awake, my sluggish soul, awake! He died that we might never die.