Stay with me, remain here with me. Watch and pray, watch and pray.
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1. Stay here and keep watch with me. Watch and pray, watch and pray! 2. Watch and pray not to give way to temptation. 3. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak. 4. My heart is nearly broken with sorrow. Remain here with me, stay awake and pray. 5. Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. 6. Father, if this cannot pass me by without my drinking it, your will be done.
God so loved the world. God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoso believeth, believeth in Him should not perish, should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world. God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
God so loved the world. God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoso believeth, believeth in Him should not perish, should not perish but have everlasting life,
everlasting life, everlasting, everlasting life. God so loved the world. God so loved the world. God so loved the world.
Tree of life and awesome mystery, In your death we are reborn, Though you die in all of history, still you rise with every morn, Still you rise with every morn.
Seed that dies to rise in glory, May we see ourselves in you, If we learn to live your story, We may die to rise anew, we may die to rise anew.
We remember truth one spoken, love passed on through act and word, Every person, lost and broken wears the body of our Lord, wears the body of our Lord.
Gentle Jesus, mighty Spirit, come inflame our hearts anew, We may all your joy inherit, if we bear the cross with you, if we bear the cross with you.
Christ you lead and we shall follow, stumbling though our steps may be, One with you in joy and sorrow, we the river you the sea, we the river you the sea
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
I led you out of Egypt, from slavery to freedom, but you led your Saviour to the cross.
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us.
For forty years I led you safely through the desert. I fed you with manna from heaven, and brought you to a land of plenty; but you led your Saviour to the cross.
Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us.
What more could I have done for you? I planted you as my fairest vine, but you yielded only bitterness: when I was thirsty you gave me vinegar to drink, and you pierced your Saviour's side with a lance.
Holy is God! Holy and strong! Holy immortal One, have mercy on us.
I opened the sea before you, but you opened my side with a spear. I led you on your way in a pillar of cloud, but you led me to Pilate's court.
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
I bore you up with manna in the desert, but you struck me down and scourged me. I gave you saving water from the rock, but you gave me gall and vinegar to drink.
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
I gave you a royal sceptre, but you gave me a crown of thorns. I raised you to the height of majesty, but you have raised me high on a cross.
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I offended you? Answer me!
Go to dark Gethsemane, All who feel the tempter's pow'r; Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with Him one bitter hour; Turn not from His griefs away; Learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
Follow to the judgment hall, View the Lord of life arraigned; Oh, the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs His soul sustained! Shun not suff'ring, shame, or loss; Learn from Him to bear the cross.
Calv'ry's mournful mountain climb; There, adoring at His feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete. "It is finished!" hear Him cry; Learn from Jesus Christ to die.
Early hasten to the tomb Where they laid His breathless clay; All is solitude and gloom. Who has taken Him away? Christ is ris'n! He meets our eyes. Savior, teach us so to rise.
Text: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Tune: PETRA 77.77.77, by Richard Redhead (1820-1901)
