From Calvary a Cry Was Heard

From Cal­va­ry a cry was heard

A bit­ter and heart-rend­ing cry;

My Sav­ior! every mourn­ful word

Bespeaks Thy soul’s deep ago­ny.

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.

The scourge

the thorns

the deep dis­grace

These Thou couldst bear

nor once re­pine;

But when Je­ho­vah veiled His face

Unutterable pangs were Thine.

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.

Lord

on Thy cross I fix mine eye:

If e’er I lose its strong con­trol

O let that dy­ing

pierc­ing cry

Melt and re­claim my wan­der­ing soul.