[Hymn for Good Friday. II.]
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
St. John, vi. 63.
Seven Times our blessed Saviour spoke,
When on the Cross our sins He took,
And died lest man should perish:
Let us His last and dying Words
In our remembrance cherish.
“Forgive them, Father, just and true,
Forgive! they know not what they do;”
So far His Love extended: