Composer: Don Besig
Author: Don Besig, Nancy Price
Publisher: Harold Flammer, Inc.
Voicing: SATB
Pages: 9
Copies: 28
Publish Date: 1986
Lyrics
Within the shadow of the cross he stood on Calvary:
A little boy, alone and lost, a little child like me.
Within the shadow of the cross he turned and raised his eyes.
He wondered who this stranger was; Why did He have to die?
The angry mob cried out with scorn; thy showed no shame nor grief,
but silence fell upon them as the man began to speak.
Although His voice was faint and weak, the words were clear and true:
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Within the shadow of the gross the child began to cry.
He felt the pain; he felt a loss; he watched the stranger die.
Then all at once the air was cold, the sky was dark and gray;
And those who watched were filled with fear, they turned and went away.
But through the storm the child remained; his fears were all but gone.
Now he knew the answer; he had felt the touch of God!
Within the shadow oof the cross he knelt on Calvary,
No longer alone, no longer lost, a child of God like you and me.
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