128 | Owen. S.M.
(298) The Savior’s Tears.
Did Christ o’er sinners weep,
And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief
Burst forth from every eye.
2 The Son of God in tears—
The wondering angels see!
Be thou astonished, O my soul!
He shed those tears for thee.
3 He wept—that we might weep—
Each sin demands a tear;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there’s no weeping there.
Benjamin Beddome, 1787.