3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew;
Thy conflict and thy victory too.

4 Be thou my pattern, make me bear More of thy gracious image here; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb.

     Isaac Watts, 1709.

111 Overberg.  L.M.

The Miracles of Christ. (247)

Behold! the blind their sight receive;
Behold! the dead awake and live;
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap, like the hart, and bless his name.

2 Thus doth th’ eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of the Son;
The Father vindicates his cause,
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.

3 He dies! the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises, the triumphant God! 
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die.

4 Hence, and forever, from my heart,
I bid my doubts and fears depart;
And to those hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.

     Isaac Watts, 1709.

113 Overberg.  L.M.

Entry into Jerusalem. (248)

Ride on! ride on in majesty! 
Hark! all the tribes Hosanna cry;
O Savior meek, pursue thy road
With palms and scattered garments strowed.

2 Bide on! ride on in majesty! 
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
O’er captive death and conquered sin.

3 Ride on! ride on in majesty!  The angel armies of the sky Look down with sad and wondering eyes To see the approaching sacrifice.

4 Ride on! ride on in majesty!  The last and fiercest strife is nigh; The Father on his sapphire throne Awaits his own anointed Son.

5 Ride on! ride on in majesty! 
In lowly pomp, ride on to die;
Bow thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O God, thy power and reign.

     Henry Hart Milman, 1827.

113 Overberg.  L.M.

The Transfiguration. (245)

Oh, wondrous type, oh, vision fair,
Of glory that the church shall share,
Which Christ upon the mountain shows,
Where brighter than the sun he glows!

2 From age to age the tale declare,
How with the three disciples there,
Where Moses and Elias meet,
The Lord holds converse high and sweet.

3 The law and prophets there have place, Two chosen witnesses of grace; The Father’s voice from out the cloud Proclaimed his only Son aloud.

4 With shining face and bright array
Christ deigns to manifest to-day,
What glory shall be theirs above
Who joy in God with perfect love.

     Latin.  Tr. by J.M.  Neale, 1851.

114 Bavaria. 8s & 7s D.

Christ Our Example. (251)

Ever would I fain be reading,
  In the ancient holy Book,
Of my Savior’s gentle pleading,
  Truth in ev’ry word and look. 
How to all the sick and tearful
  Help was ever gladly shown;
How he sought the poor and fearful,
  Called them brothers and his own.