“He has given us rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.”-John Bunyan.
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What have You done for me, O mighty Friend,
Who loves to the end!
Reveal Yourself, that I may now behold
Your love unknown, untold,
Bearing the curse, and made a curse for me,
That blessed and made a blessing I might be.
Oh, You were crowned with thorns, that I might wear
A crown of glory fair;
“Exceeding sorrowful,” that I might be
Exceeding glad in You;
“Rejected and despised,” that I might stand
Accepted and complete on Your right hand.
Wounded for my transgression, stricken sore,
That I might “sin no more”;
Weak, that I might be always strong in You;
Bound, that I might be free;
Acquaint with grief, that I might only know
Fulness of joy in everlasting flow.
Yours was the chastisement, with no release,
That mine might be the peace;
The bruising and the cruel stripes were Yours,
That healing might be mine;
Yours was the sentence and the condemnation,
Mine the acquittal and the full salvation.
For You revilings, and a mocking throng,
For me the angel-song;
For You the frown, the hiding of God’s face,
For me His smile of grace;
Sorrows of hell and bitterest death for You,
And heaven and everlasting life for me.
Your cross and passion, and Your precious death,
While I have mortal breath,
Shall be my spring of love and work and praise,
The life of all my days;
Till all this mystery of love supreme
Be solved in glory–glory’s endless theme.
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Biblical allusions by stanza:
John 13:1;Gal. 3:10-14
Isaiah 53:3; Eph. 1:6; Col. 2:10
Isaiah 53:5; Psalm 16:11
Isaiah 53:5; Heb. 7:25
Mark 15:32; Luke 15:10
2 Cor. 5:14,15; Rev. 5:12
Old English verbs and pronouns updated (though at the expense of some rhymes, such as: “Thine / mine”); biblcal allusions added in end notes. – ed.