ECCE HOMO by Hart Hall

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 7, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 23.

ECCE HOMO.

By Hart Hall

“BEHOLD the man,” Roman ruler cried, to those Who, fierce and frenzied, sought to crucify The Christ. Serene and calm before His foes He stood. His loving hands were bound, and by The thorns His brow was torn; and o’er His form A purple robe, a sign of kingly might. In pity Pilate fain would quell the storm, By stern appeal to justice, and to right.

Behold the man hate nailed upon the tree, On either side a thief, degraded, low, His garments parted by the guards, while He Was praying for the scoffing mob below. The sun, aghast, will not behold the scene; So darkness palls the rugged mountain side; And God, in mercy will not intervene, So Christ, the Saviour, cried aloud and died.

Sinner, behold the man who met this shame That thou might from thy sins be clean and free, And find redemption through His blessed name, And by His righteousness be pure as He; If from thy evil thoughts and deeds thou’lt turn, And seek His mercy, yea, and find His love, Not one petition will He ever spurn, But pleads with God in thy behalf above.

HART HALL.

Williams, Cal.