The Good Friday, the cathedral choir sing 3 dedicated hymns while the Service in the process the Veneration of the Cross.
"When You Prayed Beneath the Trees"
Music by Lloyd Larson
Words by Christopher Idle
When you prayed beneath the trees, it was for me, O Lord;
when you cried upon your knees, how could it be, O Lord?
When in blood and sweat and tears, you dismissed your final fears,
when you faced the soldiers' spears, you stood for me, O Lord.
When their triumph looked complete, it was for me, O Lord;
when it seemed like your defeat, they could not see, O Lord!
When you faced the mob alone you were silent as a stone,
and a tree became your throne; you came for me, O Lord.
When you stumbled up the road, you walked for me, O Lord;
when you took your deadly load, that heavy tree, O Lord;
When they lifted you on high, and they nailed you up to die,
and when darkness filled the sky, it was for me, O Lord.
"God So Loved The World"
Music by John Stainer
Word from John 3:16
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son,
that who so believeth, believeth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be saved.
"The Cross: When I Survey / Wonderful Cross"
Music and Words by Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves and J.D. Walt
includes When I Survey by Isaac Walts and Lowell Mason
Arranged by Larry Shackley
When I survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of Glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.
Oh, the wonderful cross, oh, the wonderful cross,
bids me come and die and find that I can truly live.
Oh, the wonderful cross, oh, the wonderful cross,
all who gather here by grace draw near and bless your name.
See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down.
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose, so rich a crown?
Oh, the wonderful cross, oh, the wonderful cross,
all who gather here by grace draw near and bless your name.
Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
Amen.
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