Sunday's Hymn: Ah, Holy Jesus

Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
That man to judge thee hath in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.

Who was the guilty? who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee:
I crucified thee.

Lo, the good Shepherd for the sheep is offered:
The slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered:
For man’s atonement, while he nothing heedeth,
God intercedeth.

For me, kind Jesus, was thine incarnation,
Thy mortal sorrow, and thy life’s oblation:
Thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
For my salvation.

Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee
Think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
Not my deserving.

—Johann Heerman

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• He shall not seek in vain at The Upward Call
• I Will Sing of My Redeemer at Theology for Girls
• O God, Whose Smile Is in the Sky at The Happy Wonderer
• Eternal God, the Refuge of All Your Children from Trevin Wax
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: Too much knowledge, too little experience at Pyromaniacs
• Reading and Meditation at Tried With Fire

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