SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS by Christina Rossetti

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 16, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 24.

“SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS.”

By Christina Rossetti

Christ’s heart was wrung for me, if mine is sore; And if my feet are weary, His have bled; He had no place wherein to lay His head; If I am burdened, He was burdened more; The cup I drink, He drank of long before; He felt the unuttered anguish which I dread; He hungered who the hungry thousands fed, And thirsted who the world’s refreshment bore. If grief be such a looking-glass as shows Christ’s face and man’s in some sort made alike, Then grief is pleasure with a subtle taste; Wherefore should any fret or faint or haste? Grief is not grievous to a soul that knows Christ comes—and listens for that hour to strike.

—Christina Rossetti.