ELHB Hymn 177
O sacred day, when first was poured
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177. O sacred day, when first was poured
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1 O sacred day, when first was poured
The blood of our redeeming Lord,
O solemn day, when first began
His sufferings for sinful man!
The blood of our redeeming Lord,
O solemn day, when first began
His sufferings for sinful man!
2 Just born into this world of woe,
His blood for man was made to flow;
His future death was thus expressed,
Thus, too, His early love confessed.
His blood for man was made to flow;
His future death was thus expressed,
Thus, too, His early love confessed.
3 From heaven descending, to fulfil
The mandates of His Father's will,
E'en now behold the Victim lie,
The Lamb of God prepared to die.
The mandates of His Father's will,
E'en now behold the Victim lie,
The Lamb of God prepared to die.
4 Beneath the knife behold the Child,
The innocent, the undefiled:
For captives He the ransom pays,
For lawless man the Law obeys.
The innocent, the undefiled:
For captives He the ransom pays,
For lawless man the Law obeys.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #177