Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Milford

April 2, 2012

Read Psalm 118:22-29

Am I A Stone?

Am I a stone, and not a sheep,

That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross,

To number drop by drop Thy blood’s loss,

And yet not weep?

Not so those women loved

Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;

Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly;

Not so the thief was moved;

Not so the Sun and Moon

Which hid their faces in a starless sky,

A horror of great darkness at broad noon-

I, only I.

Yet give not o’er,

But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock

Greater than Moses, turn and look once more

And smite a rock.

Christina Rossetti