Despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
Isaiah 53:3
Words & Music: Harry Sanders, in The Standard Church Hymnal, edited by Christopher C. Cline (Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Publishing and Guide Printing & Publishing, 1888), number 463 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Sanders (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
See Him in the garden lone,
Midnight darkness o’er Him;
None but God to hear His moan,
Naught but death before Him;
All alone! All alone!
He the wine press treads alone.
All His friends forsake Him now,
None with Him are staying;
Bloody sweat upon His brow,
To His Father praying;
All alone! All alone!
He the wine press treads alone.
On Him all our sins were laid,
Thro’ Him came salvation;
He for us a ransom paid,
Priceless, pure oblation.
All alone! All alone!
He the wine press trod alone.
Man of sorrows!
Born to grief!
For our sins atoning;
By whose stripes we find relief,
Our lost state bemoaning;
All alone! All alone!
He the wine press trod alone.