And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter.
Luke 22:61
Words: Mrs. L. E. Proctor, in Fount of Blessing, edited by Robert G. Staples (Chicago, Illinois & Cincinnati, Ohio: Central Book Concern, 1880), page 91.
Music: Sichuan Gabriel Miesse, 1880 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Proctor’s full name, or where to get a good photo of her or Miesse (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Oh, what a world of sadness lay
In our Redeemer’s tearful eye;
It touched a chord in Peter’s heart,
And wrung from him that bitter cry.
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Lord, grant Thy servants perfect faith,
To watch, to wait, and to defy;
The world of scoffers to behold,
And not like them the truth deny.
Ardent, impulsive; ready e’er
To hear the Lord of earth and sky;
Why in this dark, betrayal hour
Did he his master thus deny?
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O Galilean, honored, loved!
Assailed by Satan in his might;
Why wast thou recreant to thy Lord,
Upon that sad and awful night?
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Tears, bitter tears, befit thee well,
For Christ wept tears of blood for thee;
Wrestled in anguish all the night,
And dolesome was Gethsemane.
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Look! Savior, look upon us now;
Oh, break our stony hearts in twain;
Supremely blest may we love the Lord,
And with Thee soon in triumph reign.
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