Page images
PDF
EPUB

168

The Way, the Truth, and the Lafe

HOU art the

THOU

[blocks in formation]

From sin and death we flee;

And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek him, Lord, by thee.

С. М.

2 Thou art the Truth: thy word alone
True wisdom can impart;
Thou only canst inform the mind,
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the Life: the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conqu'ring arm;

And those who put their trust in thee
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

4 Thou art the Way-the Truth-the Life;
Grant us that way to know-
That truth to keep-that life to win-
Whose joys eternal flow.

169

The only name given under heaven.

JESUS, thou Source divine,

S. M.

Whence hope and comfort flow,

Jesus, no other Name than thine
Can save from endless wo.
2 None else will heaven approve :
Thou art the only way,
Ordain'd by everlasting love,
To realms of endless day.
3 Here let our feet abide,
Nor from thy path depart:
Direct our steps, thou gracious Guide!
And cheer the fainting heart.
4 Safe through this world of night,
Lead to the blissful plains,-
The regions of unclouded light,-
Where joy forever reigns.

170

JES

Our ever-present Guide.

ESUS, the Lord of glory, died,
That we might never die;

C. M

And now he reigns supreme, to guide

His people to the sky.

2 Weak though we are, he still is near,

To lead, console, defend;

In all our sorrow, all our fear,

Our all-sufficient Friend.

3 From His high throne in bliss, he deigns

Our every prayer to heed;

Bears with our folly, soothes our pains,

Supplies our every need.

4 And from his love's exhaustless spring,

Joys like a river come,

To make the desert bloom and sing,

O'er which we travel home.

5 O Jesus, there is none like thee,
Our Saviour and our Lord;
Through earth and heaven exalted be,

Beloved, obey'd, adored.

171

S

3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s.

Our great High Priest.

EE where our great High Priest
Before the Lord appears,

And on his loving breast

The tribes of Israel bears :
Never without his people seen,
The Head of all believing men.

2 With him, the Corner-stone,
The living stones conjoin;
Christ and his Church are one,-
One body and one vine;
For us he uses all his powers,
And all he has, or is, is ours.

3 The path of Christ our Head
The members all pursue,

By his good Spirit led

To act and suffer too:
Like him, the toil, the cross, sustain,
Till, glorious all, like him we reign.

172

0

1st P. M. 6 lines 8s.

His everlasting Priesthood. THOU eternal Victim, slain A sacrifice for guilty man, By the eternal Spirit made An off'ring in the sinner's stead, Our everlasting Priest art thou, Pleading thy death for sinners now. 2 Thy off'ring still continues new; Thy vesture keeps its crimson hue; Thou art the ever-slaughter'd Lamb, Thy priesthood still remains the same; Thy years, O Lord, can never fail; Thy goodness is unchangeable. 3 O that our faith may never move, But stand unshaken as thy love: Sure evidence of things unseen, Passing the years that intervene, Now let it view upon the tree The Lord, who bleeds and dies for me

173

R

S. M.

Intercourse between earth and heaven.
EDEEMER of mankind!
Who on thy Name rely,
A constant intercourse we find
Open'd 'twixt earth and sky.
2 Mercy, and grace, and peace,
Descend through thee alone;
And thou dost all our services
Present before the throne.

3 On us the Father's love

Is for thy sake bestow'd; Thou art our Advocate above, Thou art our way to God. 4 Our way to God we trace; And, through thy Name forgiven, From step to step, from grace to grace, By thee ascend to heaven.

174

L. M.

Fulness and sufficiency of the Atonement.

JESUS, thy blood and righteousness

beauty are, my glorious 'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,-
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.
3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father's bosom came, -
Who died for me, e'en me to'atone,
Now for my Lord and God I own.
4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, -
Which, at the mercy-seat of God,
Forever doth for sinners plead, -
For me, e'en for my soul, was shed.
5 Lord, I believe were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.

175

A

Crown Him Lord of all.

С. М.

LL hail the power of Jesus' Name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown him Lord of all.

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
Ye ransom'd from the fall,

Hail him who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall;
Go, spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all.

5 O that with yonder sacred throng
We at his feet may fall;
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

176

S. M.

The Redeemer on his throne.

ENTHRONED is Jesus now,

Upon his heavenly seat;
The kingly crown is on his brow,
The saints are at his feet.

2 In shining white they stand,-
A great and countless throng;
A palmy sceptre in each hand,
On every lip a song.

3 They sing the Lamb of God,
Once slain on earth for them;
The Lamb, through whose atoning blood,
Each wears his diadem.

4 Thy grace, O Holy Ghost,
Thy blessed help supply,
That we may join that radiant host,
Triumphant in the sky.

« PreviousContinue »