3. By the sacred griefs that wept O’er the grave where Lazarus slept; By the boding tears that flowed Over Salem’s loved abode; By the anguished sigh that told Treachery lurked within Thy fold; From Thy seat above the sky Hear our solemn litany! 4. By Thine hour of dire despair, By Thine agony of prayer, By the cross, the nail, the thorn, Piercing spear, and torturing scorn, By the gloom that veiled the skies O’er the dreadful sacrifice, Listen to our humble cry, Hear our solemn litany! 5. By Thy deep expiring groan, By the sad sepulchral stone, By the vault whose dark abode Held in vain the rising God, Oh, from earth to heaven restored, Mighty, reascended Lord, Listen, listen, to the cry Of our solemn litany! For comments on Robert Grant see Hymn 7. _MUSIC._ SPANISH HYMN, also called “Spanish Chant,” is from an old 17th century melody of unknown origin. 146. Come, let us to the Lord our God _John Morison_, 1750-98 _Scottish Paraphrase_, 1781 A version, from the Scottish Presbyterian Church, of Hosea 6:1-4: Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Our hymn is one of the 67 “Translations and Paraphrases, in Verse, of Several Passages of Sacred Scriptures,” together with five hymns, that are appended to the _Scottish Psalter_ for use in public worship in the Scotch Presbyterian Church. John Morison was a Scotch scholar, teacher, and minister. He wrote a number of paraphrases of scriptural passages, seven of which were accepted into the authorized collection of _Scottish Paraphrases_, 1781. _MUSIC._ BALLERMA. For comments on this tune see Hymn 57. 147. Lord, thy mercy now entreating _Mary Ann Sidebotham_, 1833-1913 A hymn of penitence which was contributed to _The Children’s Hymn Book_, 1881, published by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, London. The author, Mary Ann Sidebotham, was an accomplished musician and a lifelong friend of Henry Smart, the eminent organist and composer. She spent much of her life in her brother’s vicarage, St. Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Surrey, England, where she served as organist. She composed numerous songs for children and was the music editor of the above-mentioned _Children’s Hymn Book_. _MUSIC._ RINGE RECHT. For comments on this tune see Hymn 563.