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Easter to Pentecost Good Friday John 18:1 - 19:42 Mark 14:41-46, 66-72 used
Easter to Pentecost Good Friday John 18:1 - 19:42 Mark 14:41-46, 66-72 used
Good Friday? (YB No 110)
Good Friday? (YB No 110)
That Friday, oh so long ago,
That Friday, oh so long ago,
Why do we call it ‘Good’?
Why do we call it ‘Good’?
It tells a wretched tale of woe,
It tells a wretched tale of woe,
Of thorns and cross of wood.
Of thorns and cross of wood.
By all His friends, left desolate;
By all His friends, left desolate;
They could not stand the strain.
They could not stand the strain.
They left Him at the hellish gate
They left Him at the hellish gate
Of suffering and of pain.
Of suffering and of pain.
That saddest and that darkest day,
That saddest and that darkest day,
When love was put to death;
When love was put to death;
When evil seemed to have its way
When evil seemed to have its way
To slaughter life and breath.
To slaughter life and breath.
Yet woven in those tragic tales
Yet woven in those tragic tales
Is courage, strength and grace.
Is courage, strength and grace.
He prayed for those who drove the nails;
He prayed for those who drove the nails;
He promised God’s embrace.
He promised God’s embrace.
That Friday, oh so long ago,
That Friday, oh so long ago,
We watch God’s love explode.
We watch God’s love explode.
Inspired now, I dare to show
Inspired now, I dare to show
My heart is love’s abode.
My heart is love’s abode.
Tune Ballerma AHB 18 TiS 515(i)
