4 Gaze, ye Christians, gaze and wonder;
See the mighty Hero fight;
He has burst their bands asunder,
And completely spoil'd their might;
Yes, this Warrior
Put the hosts of hell to flight!
5 Now the battle's fought and gained;
Jesus, our victorious Lord,
Rush'd into the hosts and stained
All his garments in their blood:
But he conquer'd,
And redeem'd the church to God.
"Every battle of the warrior is with confused noise," &c.-Isa. ix. 5.
JESUS Our heavenly Warrior is,
He fights our battles well:
His wisdom, love, and power displays,
And conquers death and hell.
2 When this almighty Warrior stood
The church's woes to bear,
Sin, Satan, and the curse of God,
In blazing wrath drew near.
3 He bore their every poisonous dart,
Nor from God's vengeance fled;
Hell seized his agonized heart,
And, lo! he bow'd his head.
4 He stain'd his garments in their blood,
And O! victorious King!
In triumph rose the conquering God,
Sweet victory to sing.
5 He satisfied the claims of law,
In that tremendous day;
Let saints from hence their comfort draw,
And sing their cares away.
6 O for a living faith to view
The victories of the Lamb;
And sweetly lean upon him too,
Nor fear to trust his name.
Fellowship with Christ's Sufferings.-Phil. iii. 10.
JESUS is the King of kings,
And in him are all my springs;
Jesus lived and died for me,
And from bondage sets me free.
2 That I might be saved from hell,
Vengeance on my Saviour fell;
Bathed in blood was Christ for me;
Loved me from eternity.
3 All the sorrows he endured,
Were by his own spouse procured;
Yet his tender, loving heart
Never will from her depart.
"Called unto the fellowship of Christ."-1 Cor. i. 9.
COME, thou now exalted Saviour,
Bless us with a solemn frame;
Teach us now, henceforth, for ever,
To adore thy precious name;
Lovely Jesus,
Never let us stray again.
2 Lead us forth by thy sweet Spirit,
Now to feed on heavenly food;
And by faith, may we inherit
The true riches of our God;
And with pleasure,
Trace the wonders of thy blood.
3 Into thy heart-breaking sorrows,
May our souls be sweetly led;
May we gaze upon the furrows
That within thy back were made;
And, believing,
Fellowship with Jesus have.
4 May we never rest, or glory
In a form, without the power:
Jesus, make us wise and holy,
Thee to love and to adore;
And, in living,
Live in thee for evermore.
5 [While in Meshech we must wander,
Lead us, out of self, to thee;
And, with a transporting wonder,
May we oft thy glory see;
And, when dying,
Sing of deathless victory.]
Glorying in the Cross of Christ.-Gal. vi. 14.
DEAR Lord! forbid that we should boast,
Save in the Cross of Christ,
Here may we confidently trust,
And solemnly rejoice.
2 A triune God is here display'd
In all his glorious hue;
Here sinners may approach and live,
Behold, and love him too.
3 Here we have power to plead with God,
And call the Lord our own;
With pleasure view our Father sit
Upon a smiling throne.
4 Lose sight of Jesus and his Cross,
And soon we fall a prey;
Our lust and pride, by power or craft,
Will carry us away.
5 But when, by faith, the Cross we view,
Such is its mighty power,
Though earth and hell unite with sin,
We conquer and adore.
Deliverance from Guilt and Ruin by Christ.-1 Thess. i. 10.
REJOICE, and let Christ be thy song,
For he is thy All and in All;
He leads my soul safely along,
In spite of the world, sin, or thrall:
Though poor in myself, yet in him
I've riches immense and divine:
Nor can I be brought guilty in,
For Jesus, my Lord, paid the fine.
2 Once I was enveloped in debt,
My poor mind was burden'd with sin,
And strove hard to make matters straight,
That I the Lord's favour might win!
But ah! my soul labour'd in vain,
And only the debt did increase,
Which greatly increased my pain,
And fill'd me with shame and disgrace.
3 I look'd to the law for some help,
And hoped it some mercy would show,
But O, my soul trembled, and felt
The law could but doom me to woe:
I saw it too just to forgive;
Too holy at sin to connive;
Then speechless I stood, as if dead,
Nor did I expect a reprieve.
4 But while I stood trembling with fear,
The Saviour of sinners came in,
Who smiled, and said, "Be of good cheer,
I surely will save thee from sin;
I'm Jesus, the First and the Last;
Thy debts have been charged on me—
The future, the present, the past
And thou shalt for ever go free."
Christ All and in All.-Col. iii. 11.
YE famishing, naked, and poor,
Distressed, tormented, forlorn,
In Christ is a suitable store,
For all that unto him will come:
He's bread, and the bread of life too;
Well suited the hungry to fill;
Nor one that unto him shall go,
But what will approve the bread well.
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