Oh solemn hour! Oh hour alone
In solitary might,
When God the Father’s only Son,
As man for sinners to atone,
Expires — amazing sight!
The Lord of glory crucified!
The Lord of life has bled and died!
Oh mystery of mysteries!
Of life and death the tree;
Center of two eternities,
Which look with rapt, adoring
eyes,
Onward and back to Thee —
Oh cross of Christ, where all His
pain
And death is our eternal gain.
Oh how our inmost hearts do
move,
While gazing on that cross;
The death of the Incarnate Love!
What shame, what grief, what joy
we prove,
That He should die for us!
Our hearts were broken by that cry,
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”
J. G. Deck,
Little Flock Hymnbook, #215 r
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The World, the Flesh,
the Devil
Mystery of Mysteries
July 2009
The Cross 3
Theme of the issue
God’s Blessing Through the Cross 4
E. P.
The Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ 5
W. Brockmeier
The Offence of the Cross 8
W. W. Fereday
Glorying in the Cross 9
J. N. Darby
Words of Man’s Wisdom 12
T. B. Baines
Peace Through the Blood 15
of His Cross
J. A. Trench
Reconciliation by the Cross 16
From Words of Truth
The Offense of the Cross 18
J. W. Smith
The World, the Flesh, 19
the Devil
Theme of the next issue
Mystery of Mysteries 19
J. G. Deck