2 That tender heart, that felt for all, For all its life-blood gave;
It found on earth no resting-place, Save only in the grave.
3 Such was our Lord-and shall we fear The cross, with all its scorn? Or love a faithless evil world,
That wreath'd his brow with thorn?
4 No, facing all its frowns or smiles, Like him obedient still,
We homeward press through storm or calm To Zion's blessed hill.
5 In tents we dwell amid the waste, Nor turn aside to roam
In folly's paths, nor seek our rest Where Jesus had no home.
6 Dead to the world with him who died To win our hearts, our love, We, risen with our risen Head, In spirit dwell above.
Behold the Lamb of God.--John i. 36.
1 BEHOLD the Lamb of God, who bore Thy burdens on the tree; He died the captives to restore, His blood was shed for thee.
2 Look to him, till the sight endears The Saviour to thy heart; His pierced feet bedew with tears, Nor from his cross depart.
3 Look to him, till his dying love Thy every thought control;
Its vast constraining influence prove O'er body, spirit, soul.
4 Look to him, as the race you run, Your never-failing friend;
He will complete the work begun, And grace in glory end.c
164 The fellowship of his sufferings.-Phil. iii. 10. [Six 7s. 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour; Turn not from his griefs away; Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall,
View the Lord of life arraign'd; O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs his soul sustain'd! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb : There, adoring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete. It is finish'd, hear him cry ; Learn of Jesus Christ to die. 4 Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid his breathless clay; All is solitude and gloom;
Who hath taken him away ?
Christ is risen: he meets our eyes ;—
Saviour, teach us so to rise.*
165 He shall bear their iniquities.-Isa. liii. 11. [D. 8s. 7s. 1 GREAT High Priest, we see thee stooping, With our names upon thy breast; In the garden groaning, drooping, To the ground with horrors prest:
Wondering angels stood confounded, To behold their Maker thus ; And can we remain unwounded, When we know 'twas all for us? 2 Nothing but thy blood, O Jesus, Can our wayward souls convert; Nothing else from guilt release us, Nothing else can melt the heart: Law and terrors do but harden,
All the while they work alone; But the sense of blood-bought pardon Can dissolve a heart of stone.
3 Jesus, all our consolations
Flow from thee, the sovereign good; Love, and faith, and hope, and patience, All are purchased by thy blood: From thy fulness we receive them; We have nothing of our own: Freely thou delight'st to give them To the needy who have none."
Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us. 1 Cor. v. 7
1 SEE the destined day arise, See a willing sacrifice; Jesus, to redeem our loss, Hangs upon the shameful cross.
2 Jesu, who but thou had borne, Lifted on that tree of scorn, Every pang and bitter throe, Finishing thy life of woe?
3 Who but thou had dared to drain, Steep'd in gall, the cup of pain; And with tender body bear
Thorns, and nails, and piercing spear?
4 Thence the cleansing water flow'd, Mingled from thy side with blood; Sign to all attesting eyes
Of the finish'd sacrifice.
5 Holy Jesu, grant us grace In that sacrifice to place
All our trust for life renew'd, Pardon'd sin, and promised good.
167 God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross [L.M. of our Lord Jesus Christ.-Gal. vi. 14.
1 WHEN I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down; Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all."
The preaching of the cross is unto us who are [L.M. saved the power of God.-1 Cor. i. 18.
1 WE sing the praise of him who died, Of him who died upon the cross: The sinner's hope let men deride: For this we count the world but loss. 2 Inscribed upon the cross we see In shining letters, God is love: He bears our sins upon the tree: He brings us mercy from above.
3 The cross-it takes our guilt away; It holds the fainting spirit up; It cheers with hope the gloomy day, And sweetens every bitter cup. 4 It makes the coward spirit brave,
And nerves the feeble arm for fight; It takes its terror from the grave, And gilds the bed of death with light. 5 The balm of life, the cure of woe,
The measure and the pledge of love, The sinner's refuge here below, The angels' theme in heaven above.b
Abide in him.-1 John ii. 23.
1 CLING to the Crucified ! His death is life to thee, Life for eternity.
His pains thy pardon seal; His stripes thy bruises heal; His cross proclaims thy peace, Bids every sorrow cease. His blood is all to thee; It purges thee from sin, It sets thy spirit free,
It keeps thy conscience clean:
Cling to the Crucified!
2 Cling to the Crucified!
His is a heart of love, Full as the hearts above: Its depths of sympathy Are all awake for thee: His countenance is light E'en in the darkest night. That love shall ne'er depart; That light grow never dim: Charge thou thy faithless heart
To find its all in him.
Cling to the Crucified !
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