The Home Circle by Mrs. Lyman Wolcott Hall

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 4, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 42.

The Home Circle.

By Mrs. Lyman Wolcott Hall

JESUS WEPT.

WE challenge all the beautiful In earth, in Heaven, in air, The rosebud in its loveliness And dew-drops shining there. We challenge all sublimities, That e'er o'er ether swept, And nothing seems so wonderful As tears that Jesus wept.

We've seen the gold of Ophir's mine, And gems of beauty rare; We've watched the golden canopy, With coronets so fair; We've felt the power of eloquence, Where not an eyelid slept, But nothing seems so glorious As tears that Jesus wept.

We challenge all the symphonies, With all their power to charm, And all life-giving principles Of every healing balm; We challenge all the affluence In nature's storehouse kept, And these have no comparison With tears that Jesus wept.

Yea, there's a balm in Gilead, And a Physician there; Our great High Priest in holiness, Who yields his tender care; His heart is full of sympathy, And will our prayer accept; We need not be disconsolate, Since for us Jesus wept.

And may'st thou find in early life Those tears were shed for thee, And may thy hope be centered there For all eternity; Then come what may, come life or death, No power can intercept, Since Jesus' prayers avail for thee, And for thee Jesus wept. —Mrs. Lyman Wolcott Hall.