| Jesus wept! those tears are over,But His heart is still the same;
 Kinsman, Friend, and elder Brother,
 Is His everlasting Name.
 Savior, who can love like Thee,
 Gracious One of Bethany?
 When the pangs of trial seize us,When the waves of sorrow roll,
 I will lay my head on Jesus,
 Refuge of the troubled soul.
 Surely, none can feel like Thee,
 Weeping One of Bethany!
 Jesus wept! and still in glory,He can mark each mourner’s tear;
 Loving to retrace the story
 Of the hearts He solaced here.
 Lord, when I am called to die,
 Let me think of Bethany.
 Jesus wept! that tear of sorrowIs a legacy of love;
 Yesterday, today, tomorrow,
 He the same doth ever prove,
 Thou art all in all to me,
 Loving One of Bethany!
 Who is this in silence bendingO’er a dark sepulchral cave?
 Sympathetic sorrow blending
 With the tears around that grave?
 Christ the Lord is standing by,
 At the tomb of Bethany.
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