From the throne of his cross - The appeal of the crucified (Stainer)
Choral
| Composer: | Sir. John Stainer | |
| Voicing: | SATB, Tenor Solo and Organ | |
| Words: | William John Sparrow Simpson (A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer [The Crucifixion]) |
From the Throne of His Cross, the King of grief
Cries out to a world of unbelief:
Oh! men and women, afar and nigh,
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
I laid my eternal power aside,
I came from the home of the glorified,
A babe, in the lowly cave to lie;
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
I wept for the sorrows and pains of men,
I healed them, and helped them, and loved them;
but then They shouted against me, Crucify!
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
Behold me and see: pierced through and through
With countless sorrows - and all is for you;
For you I suffer, for you I die;
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
Oh! men and women, your deeds of shame,
Your sins without reason and number and name,
I bear them all on this Cross on high;
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
Is it nothing to you that I bow my head?
And nothing to you that my blood is shed?
Oh, perishing souls, to you I cry;
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
Oh come unto me! by the woes I have borne,
By the dreadful scourge, and the crown of thorn,
By these I implore you to hear my cry;
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
Oh come unto me! this awful price,
Redemption’s tremendous sacrifice,
Is paid for you. - Oh, why will ye die?
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?
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