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Those who have placed their hope, their trust in Thee;
Before Thy Father's face

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'For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them

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woe,

When our bitter tears o'erflow,
When we mourn the lost, the dear,
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

2 Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn;
Thou our mortal griefs hast borne;
Thou hast shed the human tear :
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

For our own departing souls,
When our final doom is near,
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

P 4 Thou hast bowed the dying

head;

Thou the blood of life hast shed;
Thou hast filled a mortal bier :
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

5 When the heart is sad within
With the thought of all its sin,
When the spirit shrinks with fear,
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

6 Thou the shame, the grief, hast known,
Though the sins were not Thine own;
Thou hast deigned their load to bear :
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

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'I know their sorrows.'

HOU knowest, Lord, the weariness and sorrow

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Of the sad heart that comes to Thee for rest;
Cares of to-day, and burdens for to-morrow,
Blessings implored, and sins to be confessed, –
I come before Thee at Thy gracious word,
And lay them at Thy feet: Thou knowest, Lord.

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2 Thou knowest all the past: how long and blindly
On the dark mountains the lost wanderer strayed;
How the Good Shepherd followed, and how kindly
He bore it home, upon His shoulders laid,

And healed the bleeding wounds, and soothed the pain,
And brought back life and hope and strength again.

mp 3 Thou knowest all the present: each temptation,

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Each toilsome duty, each foreboding fear;

All to myself assigned of tribulation,

Or to beloved ones than self more dear;

All pensive memories, as I journey on,

Longings for vanished smiles and voices gone.

m 4 Thou knowest all the future: gleams of gladness
By stormy clouds too quickly overcast ;

Hours of sweet fellowship, and parting sadness,
And the dark river to be crossed at last;

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To tread that path, but this, 'Thou knowest, Lord'?

m 5 Thou knowest, not alone as God, all knowing;
As Man our mortal weakness Thou hast proved;
On earth, with purest sympathies o'erflowing,

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O Saviour, Thou hast wept, and Thou hast loved;
And love and sorrow still to Thee may come,
And find a hiding-place, a rest, a home.

m 6 Therefore I come, Thy gentle call obeying,
And lay my sins and sorrows at Thy feet,
On everlasting strength my weakness staying,
Clothed in Thy robe of righteousness complete;
Then rising and refreshed I leave Thy throne,
And follow on to know as I am known.

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