Book of Common Praise #d432
Display Title: O thou who through this holy week First Line: O thou who through this holy week Author: John M. Neale; John Mason Neale Date: 1915
Book of Common Praise #d432
1 O Lord, who through this holy week
did suffer for us all,
the sick to heal, the lost to seek,
to raise up them that fall,
2 we cannot understand the woe
your love was pleased to bear:
O Lamb of God, we only know
that all our hopes are there.
3 Your feet the path of suff'ring trod;
your hand the vict'ry won:
what shall we render to our God
for all that he has done?
4 To God, the blessed Three in One,
all praise and glory due;
crown, Lord, your servants who have won
the victory through you.
Source: Moravian Book of Worship #348
John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >| First Line: | O Thou, Who through this holy week |
| Title: | O Thou Who Through This Holy Week |
| Author: | J. M. Neale (1842) |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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