June 6, 2020
The wonder of Your cross
Shall be our meditation
To gather in that shadow
When the sun went down
To weep with those who thought that
You were leaving,
You were leaving, Jesus
The humble King who never
Wore an earthly crown.
To steal away at night
When they took down Your body
With love and tears
To leave You in a borrowed grave
To go with Mary to the place they laid You.
Where they laid You, Jesus
And in the morning
Find the stone was rolled away.
The cross, O the wonderful cross
What glory, what victory I’ve found
I’ll come to the wonderful cross
And my whole life I lay down.
Were heaven’s praises silent
In those hours of darkness?
Your Holy Spirit brooding
‘Round that empty throne?
Until the declaration
“He is Risen”, You are risen, Jesus
“He is not dead behold
He lives forever more.”
The cross, O the wonderful cross
What glory, what victory I’ve found
I’ll come to the wonderful cross
And my whole life I lay down.
Were heaven’s praises silent
In those hours of darkness?
Your Holy Spirit brooding
‘Round that empty throne?
Until the declaration
“He is Risen”, You are risen, Jesus
“He is not dead behold
He lives forever more.”
The cross, O the wonderful cross
What glory, what victory I’ve found
I’ll come to the wonderful cross
And my whole life I lay down.