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At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping
At the cross her vigil keeping,
stood the mournful mother weeping,
where he hung, the dying Lord.
where he hung, the dying Lord.
?There she waited in her anguish,
Seeing Christ in torment languish,
In her heart the piercing sword.
In her heart the piercing sword.

With what pain and desolation,
With what grief and resignation,
Mary watched her dying son.
Mary watched her dying son.
?Deep the woe of her affliction,
When she saw the crucifixion?Of the sole begotten one.
Of the sole begotten one.

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Go to dark Gethsemane
Go to dark Gethsemane,
ye that feel the tempter’s power;?
Your Redeemer’s conflict see,
watch with Him one bitter hour,?
Turn not from His griefs away;
learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

Follow to the judgment hall,
view the Lord of Life arraigned;?
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustained!?
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn of Him to bear the cross.

Calvary’s mournful mountain climb;
there, adoring at His feet,?
Mark that miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete.?
“It is finished!” hear Him cry;
learn of Jesus Christ to die.

Learn of Jesus Christ to die.