Scripture Verse

He said, It is finished, and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost. John 19:30

Introduction

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Samuel Stennett
(1727–1795)

Words: Sam­uel Sten­nett, 1787.

Music: Ham­burg Low­ell Ma­son, 1824. First pub­lished in The Bos­ton Han­del and Hay­dn So­ci­ety Col­lect­ion of Church Mu­sic, third edi­tion, 1825 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

’Tis fin­ished! so the Sav­ior cried,
And meek­ly bowed His head and died;
’Tis fin­ished—yes, the race is run,
The bat­tle fought, the vic­to­ry won.

’Tis fin­ished—all that Heav­en de­creed,
And all the an­cient pro­phets said,
Is now ful­filled, as was de­signed,
In Me the Sav­ior of man­kind.

’Tis fin­ished—Heav­en is re­con­ciled,
And all the pow­ers of dark­ness spoiled.
Peace, love, and hap­pi­ness again
Return and dwell with sin­ful men.

’Tis fin­ished—let all the joy­ful sound
Be heard through all the na­tions round:
’Tis fin­ished—let the ec­ho fly
Thro’ Heav’n and hell, thro’ earth and sky.