113The other hymn of his we give has for its
theme Christ weeping over Jerusalem
(Luke xix. 28-48).
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Lo, He wept! Who, then, is He?
Christ the Lord! What shall we say?
Thousands wept before; but see
God as Man in tears to-day.
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Lo, He wept! And why should He?
Oh, not for Himself one tear!
It was human misery
That had touched His soul so near.
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Lo, He wept! And all around
See the crowd exulting leaps;
Loud and far the songs resound;
They rejoice--He only weeps.
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Lo, He wept! He sees the doom
Of the city close at hand:
Soon to fall in awful gloom,
In the fire a burning brand!
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Lo, He wept! What love hath He
For His enemies revealed!
Tears of gentle charity--
'Tis the heart of God unsealed.
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Lo, He wept! Ah, sinner, see--
See, the tears are falling fast!
He of pity wept for thee--
And wilt thou not weep at last?
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114Dr. Rees was born in the month of November,
1802, at the foot of Hiraethog Hill, near Denbigh.
It was in the same month, eighty-one years later,
that he fell asleep in the city of Chester. 'The
search of a tired soul for rest' came to an end,
when the Saviour met him at the door and asked him to come in.
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