JESUS, JESUS, call Thy lov -ing chil-dren Clos-er to Thy Side; Teach us how to spend Good Friday With Thee Cru-ci - fied. A-men. ALL last night while men were sleeping Thou didst know no moment's rest, Kneeling lonely in the garden Seeking to betray Thee, came, Teach us how to spend Good Friday Up and down about the city Thou wert dragged throughout the night; Pilate scourged Thee, Herod mocked Thee, Clad Thee in a robe of white. Now a heavy cross they give Thee, Make Thee bear it on the way; Ah, dear LORD, that Thou would'st let us Help Thee carry it to-day. Hark, He speaketh-"Yes, My children, Lovingly My steps to follow JESUS, JESUS, etc. See, the Saviour fainteth, falleth : His dread Cross must Simon bear Calvary's Hill at length He reacheth On the Cross is nailèd there. Yes, the cruel nails are driven Through the sacred Hands and Feet, “Father,”—hark, He cries—“forgive them, And when Satan tempts, oh, let us Teach us how to spend Good Friday SHALL HALL JESUS tread the path alone, The Cross to Calvary bearing, While I my LORD and GOD disown, The world's vain pleasures sharing? Oh no, my only thought to-day Shall be of JESUS dying, While close beside the Cross I stay, To Him for mercy crying. Upon the Cross shall JESUS thirst, His lips all parched and burning, Oh no, my only thought, etc. Shall Mary stand beside the Cross, |