Cruel hands

The phrase "Cruel hands" resonates through 2 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“Cruel hands”· 2 hymns found
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They have made Him one of thorn!
Thou dost end­less glo­ry give.

Cruel hands

Thorns up­on a brow so kind.
Thou a sin­ful world hast freed;

Lo, at Noon ’Tis Sudden Night

Lyricist: Jane Taylor, 1810
Composer: John Deane, 1901
Hymn 1

...They have made Him one of thorn!

Cruel hands, that dare to bind

Thorns up­on a brow so kind....

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They have made Him one of thorn!

Cruel hands, that dare to bind

Thorns up­on a brow so kind.

Lo, at Noon ’Tis Sudden Night

Who Is This That Comes From Edom? (Wordsworth)

Lyricist: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862
Composer: John Dykes, 1871
Hymn 2

...Thou dost end­less glo­ry give.

Cruel hands of sin­ners bound Thee,

Thou a sin­ful world hast freed;...

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Thou dost end­less glo­ry give.

Cruel hands of sin­ners bound Thee,

Thou a sin­ful world hast freed;

Who Is This That Comes From Edom? (Wordsworth)

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