245. On That Same Night, Lord Jesus

7,6.
by G.W. Frazer
1
On that same night, Lord Jesus,
 
When all around Thee joined
 
To cast its darkest shadow
 
Across Thy holy mind,
 
We hear Thy voice, blest Savior,
 
"This do, remember Me":
 
With joyful hearts responding,
 
We do remember Thee.
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19)
“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.” (Isaiah 26:8)
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The depth of all Thy suffering
 
No heart could e’er conceive;
 
The cup of wrath o’erflowing
 
For us Thou didst receive;
 
And, oh! of God forsaken,
 
On the accursèd tree.
 
With grateful hearts, Lord Jesus,
 
We now remember Thee.
“Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” (Luke 22:42)
“And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34)
“<<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?” (Psalm 22:1)
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13)
3
We think of all the darkness
 
Which round Thy spirit pressed,
 
Of all those waves and billows
 
Which rolled across Thy breast.
 
Oh, there Thy grace unbounded
 
And perfect love we see;
 
With joy and sorrow mingling,
 
We would remember Thee.
“And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.” (Luke 23:44)
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.” (Psalm 42:7)
“I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.” (Psalm 69:2)
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We know Thee now as risen,
 
The Firstborn from the dead;
 
We see Thee now ascended,
 
The church’s glorious Head.
 
In Thee by grace accepted,
 
The heart and mind set free,
 
To think of all Thy sorrow,
 
And thus remember Thee.
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Till Thou shalt come in glory,
 
And call us hence away,
 
To rest in all the brightness
 
Of that unclouded day,
 
We show Thy death, Lord Jesus,
 
And here would seek to be
 
More to Thy death conformèd,
 
Whilst we remember Thee.
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