So dark a night
And darker still
The sin that on Him crushed laid
As blood flowed down
From broken hands
And feet until the price was paid
Did hell ‘ere come a night as this?
As from a traitor’s kiss
Came now such crushing agony
As earth did awake
And break! And fall!
The sin of all He bore for me and thee
Did death now gain the victory?
Yea such it seemed
But God almighty hath the greater plan to set men free
The Silent grace
That held my perished Savior fast
In coldest death
Yet could it keep him?
Nay, for of that morn
He rose and night was past
So bright a light!
And brighter still
My soul as thus to him I yield
O Lord my God!
Such love I cannot comprehend
My pardon and life that He, with death, has sealed
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