A JOYFUL LAMENTATION
Tune: "There Is A Fountain"
(from Lamentations 1:12, 13; 3:22-24).
As on the cross of Christ I thought, It seemed I heard one cry;
"Is all this nothing in your eyes, You who this day pass by?
Is not such suff'ring greater than, That which you've seen before;
And was there ever any man; Who grieved or suffered more?"
I looked again, and what I saw, I cannot fully tell;
It seemed within His very bones, There raged the fire of hell!"
"What caused your grief?" I asked the man, "What crimes could you have done,
That God, Jehovah, struck you down, And left you all alone?"
His answer cut my heart like steel, And left me void of breath;
"Tis for your sins this pain I feel, For you I go to death!
Your soul, before my Father's throne, Could find no place to hide.
This is the way God can be just, And you be justified."
Jehovah's mercies never fail, Each morning they are new;
Great in His faithfulness and love, Therefore we're not consumed!
Jehovah, God, in Christ the Son, Shall all my portion be!
My soul shall therefore, wait for Him, And live eternally!
"This hymn was one of the quickest ones I ever wrote…about 10 minutes. That fact along with the fact that it immediately became a favorite with our congregation and has received favorable responses from many visiting preachers and is used by some other churches makes me believe that that maybe it was "given" to me by God to honor His Son with and bless His people. I know it has often blessed my heart, and I pray it will bless yours." – Joe Terrell
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