Methought, once turn'd his eyes on me,
As near his cross I stood.

Sure never, till my latest breath,
Can I forget that look;

It seem'd to charge me with his death,
Though not a word He spoke.

3 My conscience felt and own'd the guilt,
And plung'd me in despair;

I saw, my sins his blood had spilt,
And help'd to nail Him there!

4 Alas! I knew not what I did,
But now my tears are vain ;
Where shall my trembling soul be hid?
For I the Lord have slain!

5 A second look He gave, which said,—
"I freely all forgive:

This blood is for thy ransom paid,
I die, that thou may'st live!"

6 O Savior! who for me didst die,
I praise thy mercy's power!
O, bring me to thy throne on high,
To praise Thee evermore!

Characters of Christ.

EPISC. COLL.

Stow. Haddam.

1 JOIN ev'ry glorious name
Of wisdom, love, and power,
Which mortal men proclaim,
Or angels ever bore,

All are too mean to speak his worth,
Too mean to set my SAVIOR forth.

2 Great PROPHET of the Lord!

Thy name my tongue would bless ;
I hear thy joyful word

Of peace and righteousness;-
The joyful news of sins forgiven,
Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven!

3 Atoning PRIEST for sin,

A victim on the tree!

Make pure my soul within,
A Ransom be for me!

117.

Thy pow'rful blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the throne!

4 JESUS, my conqu'ring Lord,
Exalted, glorious KING!

Thy sceptre and thy sword;
Thy reigning grace I sing!
Thy majesty and pow'r I greet,
I humbly bow beneath thy feet!

6 & 4.

WATTS.

Dort. Italian Hymn,

The predicted Messiah. Isa. 53.

aff 1 OUR griefs He sure hath borne ; For us his flesh was torn,

His blood did flow:

See Him his spirit yield

A Victim, as revealed:

We by his stripes are healed,
And sav'd from wo.

2 We all have gone astray,
And wander'd from his way,
Like straying sheep:

On Him our sins were laid:
And He, all undismayed,
Our heavy debt hath paid
In sorrows deep.

3 As gentle lamb is led

Unto the slaughter dread,

He meek is found:

For others' sins he died!
For us the purple tide,
Outbursting from his side,

Flow'd to the ground!

4 He went down to the grave,

But rose again to save

In glorious might:

And now, enthron'd above,
His matchless grace and love
He makes the nations prove

With sweet delight!

ALI

118.

(i. 137.)

mf

L. M. Duke Street Ellenthorpe.

Salvation by Christ.

1 NOW to the pow'r of God supreme
Be everlasting honors given;

He lights our path with mercy's beam,
He calls our wand'ring feet to heaven.
2 'Twas his own purpose, that begun
To rescue rebels, doom'd to die;
He gave us grace in Christ, his Son,
Before He spread the starry sky.
3 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last,
And makes his Father's counsels known,
Declares the great transactions past,
And brings immortal blessings down.
4 He dies! and in that dreadful night
Did all the pow'rs of hell destroy:
Rising, He brought our heav'n to light,
And took possession of the joy!

WATTS.

119.

(i. 135.)

L. M.

Nazareth, Brentford.

Love to Christ.

1 COME, glorious Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in ev'ry breast,

Then shall we taste and know full well

mf The joys, that cannot be express'd!

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength ;
And let our rescued spirits prove,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of thine unmeasurable love.

3 Now to the God, whose arm defends,
Be praise from all the ransom'd throng;
To Him, whose pow'r all thought transcends,
Be thanks in everlasting song!

WATTS.

Belville, Newcourt.

1 JESUS now dwells in wondrous light;
His throne is all encompass'd round
And hid by brightness from man's sight;

And underneath his feet are found
Thunder and lightning, flaming fire,
Which bring his just, avenging ire.

2 But how can we, whose feeble eyes
Are dull'd by beams, the sun doth shine,
E'er see undazzled 'neath the skies
That glory, peerless and divine,
Compar'd with whose least splendid spark
Both moon and glorious sun are dark?
3 What's good is beautiful and fair:

121.

How great, then, must that beauty be,
Which all His goodness doth declare?
His truth, his love, his mercy free,
His wisdom, grace, and guided might,-
Thus lending of himself a sight?

L. M.

Heavenly Love.

SPENSER.

Belville. Newcourt.

Aff 1 O WELL of Love! O Flow'r of Grace!
O Morning-Star! O Lamp of Light!
The image of thy Father's face,

The King of Glory, Lord of Might?
Can we requite Thee for thy good,
Or prize enough thy precious blood?
2 My soul! the story of his life

Survey, his pure, unfaulty ways,
His canker'd foes, his toil, his strife,
His poverty, his sharp assays;

And think, thy sins his sorrows wrought,
Then melt, and groan in grieved thought.

3 Then give thyself to Him most free,
And world's desire in thee will die,
And thy pure-sighted eyes shall see
His heav'nly beauty's blaze on high,
And thou shalt feel celestial love
Kindled by sight of things above!

SPENSER.

Litchfield, Arlington,

God reconciled by Christ.

Aff 1 DEAREST of all the names above,

My Jesus and my God!

Who can resist thy heav'nly love,
Or trifle with thy blood?

2 'Tis by the merits of thy death
The Father smiles again;
'Tis by thine interceding breath
The Spirit dwells with men.

8 While Jews on their own law rely,
And Greeks of wisdom boast;
I love th'incarnate mystery,

And there I fix my trust!

WATTS.

Nottingham. St. James.

Christ and Aaron.

Aff 1 JESUS! in Thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more,

Than the rich gems and polish'd gold,
The sons of Aaron wore.

2 Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood, but not his own,
Did Aaron in the vail appear,
Before the golden throne.

3 But Christ, by his own pow'rful blood,
Ascends above the skies,

And in the

of
presence our God
Shows his own sacrifice.

4 Jesus, the glorious King, doth reign.
On Zion's heav'nly hill,

Looks like a Lamb, that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

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

Give Him, my soul, thy cause to plead,

Nor doubt the Father's grace!

WATTS.

Offices of Christ.

Clyde. Timsbury.

Aff 1 JOIN all the names of love and power,

That ever men or angels bore,

All are too mean to speak his worth,
Or set Immanuel's glory forth.