How beauteous were the marks divine,
That in Thy meekness used to shine;
That lit Thy lonely pathway, trod
In wondrous love, O Son of God!
Oh, who like Thee, so calm, so bright,
So pure, so made to live in light?
Oh, who like Thee did ever go
So patient through a world of woe?
Oh, who like Thee so humbly bore
The scorn, the scoffs of men, before?
So meek, forgiving, godlike, high,
So glorious in humility?
Oh, in Thy light be mine to go,
Illumining all my way of woe!
And give me ever on the road
To trace Thy footsteps, Son of God!
About the writer: Arthur Cleveland Coxe, a bishop of the Episcopal Church, graduated from the University of New York in 1838, took orders in the ministry in 1841, and served as rector in Hartford, Baltimore, and New York City. In 1865 he was elected bishop of Western New York. He died in 1896. Bishop Coxe was the author of several small volumes of poetry and his hymns are found in many collections.
Key Verse: But he was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed! –Isaiah 53:5