He Knelt, the Saviour Knelt and Prayed HASTINGS—Thomas Hastings He Knelt, the Saviour Knelt and Prayed 1 He knelt, the Saviour knelt and prayed, When but his Father’s eye Looked thro’ the lonely garden’s shade, On that dread agony; The Lord of all above, beneath, Was bowed with sorrow unto death. 2 The sun set in a fearful hour, The skies might well grow dim, When this mortality had power So to o’ershadow him! That he who gave man’s breath, might know The very depths of human woe. 3 He knew