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Text:Hope at the Cross

619. Hope at the Cross

1 When human hopes all wither,
And friends no aid supply,
Then wither, Lord, ah! whiter
Can turn my straining eye?
'Mid storms of grief still rougher,
'Midst darker, deadlier shade,
That cross where thou didst suffer,
On Calvary was displayed.

2 On that my gaze I fasten,
My refuge that I make;
Though sorely thou mayst chasten,
Thou never canst forsake;
Thou, on that cross didst languish,
Ere glory crowned thy head!
And I, through death and anguish,
Must be to glory led.

Text Information
First Line: When human hopes all wither
Title: Hope at the Cross
Language: English
Publication Date: 1884
Topic: Atonement: Accepted; Calvary; Repentance
Notes: Public Domain
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