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O Sacred Head Now Wounded

by New City Music

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Recorded live at our Good Friday 2013 worship gathering.

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O sacred Head, now wounded,
With grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, Thine only crown.
O sacred Head, what glory,
What bliss till now was Thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call Thee mine.

What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners’ gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior! ’Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace.

My burden in Thy Passion, Lord, Thou hast borne for me,
For it was my transgression which brought this woe on Thee.
I cast me down before Thee, wrath were my rightful lot;
Have mercy, I implore Thee; Redeemer, spurn me not!

What language shall I borrow to thank Thee, dearest friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever, and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never outlive my love to Thee.

The joy can never be spoken, above all joys beside,
When in Thy body broken I thus with safety hide.
O Lord of Life, desiring Thy glory now to see,
Beside Thy cross expiring, I’d breathe my soul to Thee.

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released April 5, 2013
Mike Brown - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Brian Ferry - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Jackie Heffernan - Vocals
BJ Johnson - Mandolin
Emily Nocton - Vocals
Allan Rosenow - Percussion
Jake Samad - Bass
Timothy Smile - Accordion

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The music of New City Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, OH.

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