Thy never-changing office stands,
Eternal as thy days.]

e 5 Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood-but not his own,
Aaron within the vail appears,
Before the golden throne.

o 6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies;

And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

o 7 Jesus, the King of glory, reigns
On Zion's heavenly hill;
Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

-8 He ever lives-to intercede
Before his Father's face:

Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.

HYMN 146. L. M. Oporto. Nantwich. [*
The Excellences of Christ.

1

Go wonders meet;

O worship at Emmanuel's feet,

Earth is too narrow to express

His worth, his glory, or his grace.

2 The whole creation can afford
But some faint shadows of my Lord;
Nature, to make his beauties known,
Must mingle colours, not her own.
3 [Is HE compared to wine or bread?
Dear Lord, our souls would thus be fed :
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heavenly wine.

4 IS HE a Tree? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves :

That righteous Branch, that fruitful Bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.

5 Is HE a Rose? Not Sharon yields
Such fragrancy in all her fields:
Or if the Lily he assume,

The valleys bless the rich perfume.
6 Is HE a Vine? His heavenly root
Supplies the boughs with life and fruit;

O let a lasting union join

My soul to Christ, the living vine.

7 IS HE the Head? Each member lives,
And owns the vital power he gives;
The saints below and saints above,
Joined by his Spirit and his love.

8 Is HE a Fountain? There I bathe,
And heal the plague of sin and death:
These waters all iny soul renew,
And cleanse my spotted garments too.

9 Is HE a Fire? He'll purge my dross:
But the true gold sustains no loss;
Like a refiner shall he sit,

And tread the refuse with his feet.

10 Is HE a Rock? How firm he proves! The Rock of Ages never moves:

Yet the sweet streams, that from him flow,
Attend us all the desert through.

11 IS HE a Way? He leads to God;
The path is drawn in lines of blood:
There would I walk, with hope and zeal,
Till I arrive at Sion's hill.

12 IS HE a Door? I'll enter in;
Behold the pastures large and green :
A Paradise divinely fair;

None but the sheep have freedom there.

13 Is HE designed a Corner-Stone,-
For men to build their heaven upon?
I'll make him my foundation too;
Nor fear the plots of hell below.
14 IS HE a Temple? I adore
Th' indwelling Majesty and Power:
And still, to his most holy place,
Whene'er I pray, I turn my face.

15 Is HE a Star? He breaks the night, Piercing the shades with dawning light: I know his glories from afar;

1 know the bright, the Morning-Star.

16 Is HE a Sun? His beams are grace, His course is joy and righteousness: Nations rejoice, when he appears,

To chase the clouds, and dry their tears.]

e 17 O let me climb those higher skies,
Where storms and darkness never rise!
o There he displays his powers abroad,

And shines and reigns th' incarnate God.
g 18 Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars,
Nor heaven his full resemblance bears;
His beauties we can never trace,
Till we behold him face to face.

HYMN 147. L. M.

Green's. [*]

Names and Titles of Christ.

1 ['T borrow titles for my Lord;

IS from the treasure of his word.

Nor art, nor nature, can supply
Sufficient forms of majesty.

2 Bright Image of the Father's face,
Shining with undiminished rays;
Th' eternal God's eternal Son,
The heir and partner of his throne.

3 The King of kings, the Lord most high,
Writes his own name upon his thigh;
He wears a garment dipped in blood,
And breaks the nations with his rod.

4 Where grace can neither melt, nor move,
The Lamb resents his injured love;
Awakes his wrath, without delay,
And Judah's, Lion tears the prey.

5 But when for works of peace he comes,
What winning titles he assumes!
Light of the world, and Life of men;
Nor bears those characters in vain.
6 With tender pity in his heart,
He acts the Mediator's part;
A Friend and Brother he appears,
And well fulfills the names he wears.

7 At length the Judge his throne ascends,
Divides the rebels from his friends;

And saints in full fruition prove

His rich variety of love.]

HYMN 148. P. M. Allerton. [*]

1

Scriptural Titles of Christ.

WITH cheerful voice I sing

W The titles of my Lord;

And borrow all the names

Of honour from his word;

Nature and art

Can ne'er supply

Sufficient forms
Of majesty.

2 In Jesus we behold
His Father's glorious face,
Shining forever bright,

With mild and lovely rays:

-Th' eternal God's

g

-

Eternal Son

Inherits and

Partakes the throne.

3 The sovereign King of kings,
The Lord of lords most high,
Writes his own name upon
His garment and his thigh:
His name is called
The Word of God;

He rules the earth
With iron rod.

4 When promises and grace
Can neither melt nor move,
The angry Lamb resents

The injuries of his love;

u Awakes his wrath

b

g

Without delay,

As lions roar,

And tear the prey.

5 But, when for works of peace
The great Redeemer comes,
What gentle characters,

What titles he assumes!

Light of the world,

And Life of men!

Nor will he bear

Those names in vain.

6 Immense compassion reigns

In our Emmanuel's heart,

When he descends to act

A Mediator's part.

He is a Friend,

And Brother too;

Divinely kind,
Divinely true

7 At length the Lord, the Judge,
His awful throne ascends,

And drives the rebels far

From favourites and friends:

Then shall the saints

Completely prove

The heights and depths

Of all his love.

HYMN 149. L. M. Leeds. [*]

Offices of Christ.

JOIN all the names of love and power, That ever men or angels bore: All are too mean to speak his worth, Or set EMMANUEL's glory forth. 2 But O what condescending ways He takes to teach his heavenly grace! My eyes, with joy and wonder, see What forms of love he bears to me. 3 The ANGEL OF THE COVENANT stands, With his commission in his hands; Sent from his Father's milder throne, To make the great salvation known.

4 Great PROPHET! let me bless thy name; By thee the joyful tidings came, Of wrath appeased, of sins forgiven, Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven. 5 My bright EXAMPLE, and my GUIDE, I would be walking near thy side; O let me never run astray,

Nor follow the forbidden way.

6 I love my SHEPHERD; he shall keep
My wandering soul amongst his sheep;
He feeds his flocks, he calls their names,
And in his bosom bears the lambs.
7 My SURETY undertakes my cause,
Answering his Father's broken laws;
Behold my soul at freedom set!
My Surety paid the dreadful debt.

8 Jesus, my great HIGH PRIEST, has died;

I seek no sacrifice beside;

His blood did once for all atone,

And now it pleads, before the throne.

9 My ADVOCATE appears on high,
The Father lays his thunder by;
Not all that earth, or hell, can say,
Shall turn my Father's heart away.

10 My LORD, my CONQUEROR, and my KING,
Thy sceptre, and thy sword I sing;
Thine is the victory, and I sit

A joyful subject at thy feet.