Prelude - "Adagio Cantabile" by Beethoven - Micah Wright, piano
Welcome
Opening Hymn - (#256) "The Old rugged Cross"
First Reading
Moment of Reflection - "Komm, Susser Tod" by J. S. Bach - Cornel Radulescu, organ
Second Reading
Meditation - "A Blanket of Darkness" by Rev. Jason Griffice
Third Reading
Hymn - (#284) "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded"
Fourth Reading
Choral Anthem - "Crucified" by Craig Courtney
Stripping of the Altar
The Old Rugged Cross
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
CHORUS:
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
'Til my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lam of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary
[CHORUS]
In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see;
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and sanctify me.
[CHORUS]
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.
[CHORUS]
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
O sacred Head, now wounded,
With grief and same weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, Thy only crosn,
How art Thou pale with anguish,
With sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languash
Which once was bright as morn!
What Thou, my Lord, has 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.
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 for Thee!
Amen.
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