O sacred head, sore wounded

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O sacred head, sore wounded,
defiled and put to scorn;
O kingly head surrounded
with mocking crown of thorn:
What sorrow mars thy grandeur?
Can death thy bloom deflower?
O countenance whose splendor
the hosts of heaven adore!

Thy beauty, long-desirèd,
hath vanished from our sight;
thy power is all expirèd,
and quenched the light of light.
Ah me! for whom thou diest,
hide not so far thy grace:
show me, O Love most highest,
the brightness of thy face.

I pray thee, Jesus, own me,
me, Shepherd good, for thine;
who to thy fold hast won me,
and fed with truth divine.
Me guilty, me refuse not,
incline thy face to me,
this comfort that I lose not,
on earth to comfort thee.

In thy most bitter passion
my heart to share doth cry,
with thee for my salvation
upon the cross to die.
Ah, keep my heart thus moved
to stand thy cross beneath,
to mourn thee, well-beloved,
yet thank thee for thy death.

My days are few, O fail not,
with thine immortal power,
to hold me that I quail not
in death's most fearful hour;
that I may fight befriended,
and see in my last strife
to me thine arms extended
upon the cross of life.



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76 76 D

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Passion Chorale Passion Chorale
St. Christopher St. Christopher

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Hymnals

Hymnal Number Tunes Used
Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1826 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874 #
The Year of Praise, 1867 #
The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868 #
The Sarum Hymnal, 1869 #
The Parish Hymnal, 1870 #
The Church Hymnal (US), 1871-1874 #
Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874 #
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924 #
A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879 #
The Universal Hymn Book, 1885 #
The Mission Hymnal, 1885 #
The Hymnal Companion, 1890 #
The Hymnal Companion, 1890 #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Darlington) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Parker) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Hutchins) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Helfenstein) #
The Church Hymnal, 1892 (Messiter) #
The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900 #
The Church Hymnary (Scotland), 1902 #
Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904 #
The English Hymnal, 1906 # 102
The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1908 # 140
The Mission Hymnal, 1913 #
The Hymnal 1916 (US) #
Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1919 #
Church Hymnal Revised, 1920 (Hutchins) #
The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925 #
Songs of Praise, 1925 #
Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931 #
The Book of Common Praise (Canada), 1938 #
The Hymnal 1940 (US) #
Christian Worship, 1941 #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950 #
The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 1960 #
Anglican Hymn Book, 1965 #
The Hymn Book 1971 (Canada) #
The Australian Hymn Book, 1977 #
The Hymnal 1982 (US) #
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983 #
The New English Hymnal, 1985 # 90
Hymns for Today's Church, 1987 #
Church Family Worship, 1988 #
Hymns Old & New, New Anglican, 1996 #
Common Praise (Canada), 1998 #
Together in Song (Australia), 1999 #
Sing Glory, 1999 #
Complete Mission Praise, 2000 #
Common Praise, 2000 #
Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican, 2000 #
Church Hymnal (Ireland), 2000 #
The Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition (Scotland), 2005 #
The Book of Hymns, 2006 #
Zion Still Sings, 2007 #

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