Christ — Life and Character

Jesus wept! those tears are over

No. 313
Metre 8s & 7s. P.
Tune ST. JOSEPH.
Words Sir Edward Denny.
Music H. H. Statham.
Key F major
Time 2/4
4 stanzas

Words

Jesus wept! those tears are over,But his heart is still the same;Kinsman, Friend, and elder Brother,Is his everlasting name.Saviour, who can love like thee,Gracious One of Bethany?

When the pangs of trial seize us,When the waves of sorrow roll,I will lay my head on Jesus,Pillow of the troubled soul:Surely, none can feel like thee,Weeping One of Bethany!

Jesus wept! and still in gloryHe can mark each mourner's tear,Living to retrace the storyOf the hearts he solaced here.Lord, if I am called to die,Let me think of Bethany.

Jesus wept! those tears of sorrowAre a legacy of love;Yesterday, to-day, to-morrow,He the same doth ever prove.Thou art all in all to me,Living One of Bethany!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «313» (large), tune name «ST JOSEPH. 8s & 7s. P.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; «St» with a small-capital T and no period after it), «H. H. STATHAM.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear: the first system (which ends with a repeat sign) carries two lines one above the other between braces, with «1.» before the brace — «Je - sus wept! those tears are o - ver, But his heart is still the same;» over «Kinsman, Friend, and el - der Brother, Is his ev - er - last - ing name.» —, and the second system «Sav - iour, who can love like thee, Gra - cious One of Beth - a - ny?». So lines 1–2 of each stanza are sung to system 1, lines 3–4 to its repeat, lines 5–6 to system 2. Stanzas 2 and 3 are printed as text in the left column below the music (stanza 3 continues at the top of the right column with «Of the hearts he solaced here.»), stanza 4 in the right column; no reference line is printed. The text stanzas are numbered «2», «3», «4» without a period. «Sir Edward Denny.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «:», «;» and «!» («soul :», «same ;», «wept !», «Bethany !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («mourner's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Saviour», «to-day», «to-morrow», «Friend», «Brother», «One»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print, lines 5 and 6 further.