How Beauteous Were the Marks Divine Lyrics Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1838
5 verses, meter L.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. 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!
Verse 2. Oh, who, like thee, so calm, so bright,
Thou God of God, thou Light of Light!
Oh, who, like thee, did ever go
So patient through a world of woe?
Verse 3. Oh, who, like thee, so humbly bore
The scorn, the scoffs of men before?
So meek, forgiving, godlike, high,
So glorious in humility?
Verse 4. E’en death, which sets the prisoner free,
Was pang, and scoff, and scorn to thee;
Yet love, through all thy torture glowed,
And mercy with thy life-blood flowed.
Verse 5. Oh, in thy light, be mine to go,
Illuming all my way of woe!
And give me ever on the road
To trace thy footsteps, Son of God!
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1838, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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