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The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Did Christ o'er sinners weep?

  • No. 456
  • Words Benjamin Beddome.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Did Christ o'er sinners weep?And shall our cheeks be dry?Let floods of penitential griefBurst forth from every eye.

2

The Son of God in tears,The wondering angels see!Be thou astonished, O my soul!He shed those tears for thee.

3

He wept that we might weep;Each sin demands a tear;In heaven alone no sin is found,And there's no weeping there.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «456» (large) with the reference line «403, 89, 151.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 403, 89 or 151); the hymn stands in the lower half of the right column of p. 147, below hymn 455, and ends at the foot of that column with «Benjamin Beddome.» in italics. The first word «DID» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «?», «!» and «;» («weep ?», «dry ?», «see !», «soul !», «weep ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's apostrophes are written straight («o'er», «there's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance · No. 456 · printed page 147
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01