Christ — Sufferings and Death

'Tis midnight; and on Olives' brow

No. 314
Metre L. M.
Tune OLIVES' BROW.
Words William B. Tappan.
Music William B. Bradbury.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

'Tis midnight; and on Olives' browThe star is dimmed that lately shone:'Tis midnight; in the garden, now,The suffering Saviour prays alone.

'T is midnight; and from all removed,The Saviour wrestles lone with fears;E'en that disciple whom he lovedHeeds not his Master's grief and tears.

'T is midnight; and for others' guiltThe Man of sorrows weeps in blood;Yet he who hath in anguish knelt,Is not forsaken by his God.

'T is midnight; and from ether plainsIs borne the song that angels know;Unheard by mortals are the strainsThat sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.» (first page of the section); hymn number «314» (large), tune name «OLIVES' BROW. L. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «WILLIAM B. BRADBURY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); printed vertically in the right margin beside system 2, «By per. Biglow & Main.» (the scan's page edge cuts the upper half of the letters). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «'Tis» («Ol - ives'», «gar - den,», «Sav - iour», «a - lone.» hyphenated with spaced hyphens under the notes, «late-ly» with a tight one; «midnight» and «suffering» printed whole under two chords each). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text below the music, under the italic reference line «316, 171, 51.» (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 316, 171 or 51): stanza 2 and the first two lines of stanza 3 in the left column, the rest of stanza 3 and stanza 4 in the right column. «William B. Tappan.» in italics after stanza 4. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 'T is»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. The interlinear stanza prints «'Tis» closed up, the text stanzas «'T is» with a space; both are kept as printed. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («midnight ;», «shone :», «fears ;», «blood ;», «know ;»); it is closed up here. Apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Saviour», «ether»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.