Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
33t Weeping Savior (First)
Words: Benjamin Beddome, 1787
Music: Arr. E. J. King, 1844
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Did Christ o’er sinners weep?
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from ev’ry eye.
The Son of God in tears
The wond’ring angels see;
Be thou astonished, Oh my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
He wept that we might weep;
Each sin demands a tear;
In heav’n alone no sin is found,
And there’s no weeping there.
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from ev’ry eye.
The Son of God in tears
The wond’ring angels see;
Be thou astonished, Oh my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
He wept that we might weep;
Each sin demands a tear;
In heav’n alone no sin is found,
And there’s no weeping there.