The hands whose touch sent thrills of joy

Through nerves unstrung and palsied frame,

The feet that travelled for our need,

Were nailed unto the cross of shame.

How dare I murmur at my lot,

Or talk of sorrow, pain and loss,

When Christ was in a manger laid,

And died in anguish on the cross.

That homeless one beheld beyond

His lonely agonizing pain,