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Advent Hymnals

Did Christ O'er Sinners Weep?

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Hymns and Tunes 1876 #124 · 1876Hymns and Tunes 1886 #456 · 1886

Verse 1

Did Christ o'er sinners weep? ?
And shall our cheeks be dry? ?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.

Verse 1

Did Christ o'er sinners weep?
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.

Verse 2

The Son of God in tears,
The wondering angels see! ;
Be thou astonished, O my soul! !
He shed those tears for thee.

Verse 2

The Son of God in tears,
The wondering angels see!
Be thou astonished, O my soul!
He shed those tears for thee.

Verse 3

He wept that we might weep; ;
Each sin demands a tear; ;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.

Verse 3

He wept that we might weep;
Each sin demands a tear;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.