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The Open Hymnal · No. 2 · Words: William Bingham Tappan · Tune: St. Cross
'Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A Gethsemane hymn written by William Bingham Tappan in 1822, meditating on Christ's solitary agony in the Garden of Olives while his disciples slept. It contrasts the disciples' inattention with the angels' comforting presence.
Verse 1
'Tis midnight,
and on Olive's brow The star is dimmed that lately shone;
'Tis midnight,
in the garden now The suff'ring Savior prays alone.
Verse 2
'Tis midnight,
and from all removed Immanuel wrestles, lone,
with fears;
E'en the disciple whom He loved Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.
Verse 3
'Tis midnight,
from the heav'nly plains Are borne the songs that angels know;
Unheard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Savior's woe.
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