Words: Girloamo Savonard (1454-1498)
tr.by: Jane Francesca Wilde (1826-1896)
Music: Hampus Wetterling (1830-1870)
[Verse 1]
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Jesus, Refuge of the wear-ry,
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Blest Redeemer, whom we love,
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Fountain in life's desert drear-y.
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Savior from the world a-bove;
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O how oft Thine eyes, offend-ed,
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Gaze up-on the sinner's fall!
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Yet up-on the cross ex-tended,
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Thou didst bear the pain of all.
[Verse 2]
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Do we pass that cross un-heed-ing,
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Breathing no repentant vow,
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Though we see Thee wounded, bleed-ing,
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See Thy throne en-cir-cled brow?
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Yet Thy sin-less death hath brought us
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Life e-ternal, peace, and rest;
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Only what Thy grace hath taught us
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Calms the sin-ner's stormy breast.
[Verse 3]
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Jesus, may our hearts be burn-ing
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With more fervent love for Thee!
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May our eyes be ever burn-ing
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To Thy cross of ag-o-ny,
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Till in glo-ry part-ed nev-er
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From the blessed Savior's side,
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Graven in our hearts for-ever,
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Dwell the cross, the Cruci-fied!