463 Jesus wept! those tears are over,
1 Jesus wept! those tears are over,
But His heart is still the same;
Kinsman, friend, and elder brother,
Is His everlasting name.
Savior, who can love like Thee,
Gracious One of Bethany?
2 When the pangs of trial seize me,
When the waves of sorrow roll,
I will lay my head on Jesus,
Pillow of the troubled soul.
Surely none can feel like Thee,
Weeping One of Bethany.
3 Jesus wept! and still in glory
He can mark each mourner's tear:
Living to retrace the story
Of the hearts He solaced here;
Lord, when I am called to die,
Let me think of Bethany.
4 Jesus wept! that tear of sorrow
Is a legacy of love;
Yesterday, today, tomorrow,
He the same doth ever prove.
Thou art all in all to me,
Living One of Bethany.
Text Information
- Author
- John R. Macduff, 1858
Tune Information
- Name
- Dretzel
- Meter
- 8, 7, 8, 7, 7, 7.
- Source
- C. H. Dretzel, 1731