Oh, What a World of Sadness

Oh

what a world of sad­ness lay

In our Re­deem­er’s tear­ful eye;

It touched a chord in Pe­ter’s heart

And wrung from him that bit­ter cry.

Lord

grant Thy serv­ants per­fect faith

To watch

to wait

and to defy;

The world of scoff­ers to be­hold

And not like them the truth de­ny.

Ardent

im­puls­ive; rea­dy e’er

To hear the Lord of earth and sky;

Why in this dark

be­tray­al hour

Did he his mas­ter thus de­ny?

O Ga­li­le­an

hon­ored

loved!

Assailed by Sa­tan in his might;

Why wast thou re­cr­eant to thy Lord

Upon that sad and aw­ful night?

Tears

bit­ter tears

be­fit thee well

For Christ wept tears of blood for thee;

Wrestled in ang­uish all the night

And dole­some was Geth­se­ma­ne.

Look! Sav­ior

look up­on us now;

Oh

break our sto­ny hearts in twain;

Supremely blest may we love the Lord

And with Thee soon in tri­umph reign.