"cruel" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
cruel
...Deadly pow’rs of darkness wait on every hand;
See the guarding sentry, hear the cruel word—
Crucify Him! Crucify your king and Lord....
Deadly pow’rs of darkness wait on every hand;
See the guarding sentry, hear the cruel word—
Crucify Him! Crucify your king and Lord.
...By my side, by my side?
Doth the cruel, cruel nail-prints
Yet abide, yet abide?...
By my side, by my side?
Doth the cruel, cruel nail-prints
Yet abide, yet abide?
...For Jesus Christ is born!
The cruel, cruel foeman
This Child shall overthrow;...
For Jesus Christ is born!
The cruel, cruel foeman
This Child shall overthrow;
...Crimson red His garments dyed?
In His hands are cruel nail prints,
And a spear wound in His side?...
Crimson red His garments dyed?
In His hands are cruel nail prints,
And a spear wound in His side?
...Of the precious price that bought them:
Nail, and thorn, and cruel spear.
Ye who know Him,...
Of the precious price that bought them:
Nail, and thorn, and cruel spear.
Ye who know Him,
...To teach to us the Father’s love,
And the Evil One’s cruel hate,
To show the path round many snares,...
To teach to us the Father’s love,
And the Evil One’s cruel hate,
To show the path round many snares,
...So many and so bold,
For cruel is the hatred, Lord,
Which they against me hold....
So many and so bold,
For cruel is the hatred, Lord,
Which they against me hold.
...Sweet flowerets of the martyr band,
So early plucked by cruel hand;
Like rosebuds by a tempest torn,...
Sweet flowerets of the martyr band,
So early plucked by cruel hand;
Like rosebuds by a tempest torn,
...Was it for me, the nails, the spear,
The cruel thorns, the mocking jeer,
That rugged cross, ’twixt earth and sky—...
Was it for me, the nails, the spear,
The cruel thorns, the mocking jeer,
That rugged cross, ’twixt earth and sky—
...Have you heard how much He suffered,
Hanging on the cruel tree?
That we all might have salvation,...
Have you heard how much He suffered,
Hanging on the cruel tree?
That we all might have salvation,
...He knocks with hands all rent and torn
With cruel spikes nailed to the tree,
And in His body there hath borne...
He knocks with hands all rent and torn
With cruel spikes nailed to the tree,
And in His body there hath borne
...Thou art an enemy to God,
A cruel foe to me.
Thine artful stratagems...
Thou art an enemy to God,
A cruel foe to me.
Thine artful stratagems
...I have a Savior, He died for me
In cruel anguish on Calv’ry’s tree.
I do not merit such love divine,...
I have a Savior, He died for me
In cruel anguish on Calv’ry’s tree.
I do not merit such love divine,
...I lift my soul to Thee;
For refuge from my cruel foe
To Thee, O Lord, I flee....
I lift my soul to Thee;
For refuge from my cruel foe
To Thee, O Lord, I flee.
...All mortal strife,
Or cruel creed, or earth-born taint:
Fill us today...
All mortal strife,
Or cruel creed, or earth-born taint:
Fill us today
...Who, from this world of sin,
By cruel Herod’s ruthless sword
Those precious ones didst win....
Who, from this world of sin,
By cruel Herod’s ruthless sword
Those precious ones didst win.
...start
On the cruel cross they nailed Him,
There to die in agony;...
start
On the cruel cross they nailed Him,
There to die in agony;
...Oh, wonderful love, is the love of Jesus,
Who on Calvary’s cruel tree
Was wounded and died to make full atonement...
Oh, wonderful love, is the love of Jesus,
Who on Calvary’s cruel tree
Was wounded and died to make full atonement
...No tears are there, no blighting sorrow,
From the cruel hand of death;
No flowers fade, no summers perish...
No tears are there, no blighting sorrow,
From the cruel hand of death;
No flowers fade, no summers perish
...No tears are there, no blighting sorrow,
From the cruel hand of death;
No flowers fade, no summers perish...
No tears are there, no blighting sorrow,
From the cruel hand of death;
No flowers fade, no summers perish
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