{"id":2570,"date":"2013-03-29T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=2570"},"modified":"2013-03-29T08:30:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T13:30:06","slug":"good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2013\/03\/good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark.
\nNot dusk,
\nno moon or stars, as on a clear night;
\nNo.<\/p>\n

This dark was thick,\u00a0oppressively thick;
\nAll the goodness that ever existed
\nhad been sucked out of the world.<\/p>\n

Nothing.
\nEmpty.
\nDark.
\nAnd we were
\nsuddenly,
\ncompletely
\nalone.<\/p>\n

Dark.
\nIt was so\u2026.
\nDark.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

O sacred Head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down,
\nNow scornfully surrounded with thorns, Thine only crown;
\nHow pale Thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn!
\nHow does that visage languish, which once was bright as morn!<\/em><\/p>\n

What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered, was all for sinners\u2019 gain;
\nMine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the deadly pain.
\nLo, here I fall, my Savior! \u2019Tis I deserve Thy place;
\nLook on me with Thy favor, vouchsafe to me Thy grace.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Latin 12th<\/sup> c.; German, Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
\nTranslated, James W. Alexander (1804-1859)
\n<\/span>Hymn 238,<\/span> Covenant Hymnal<\/em><\/p>\n

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