2 Follow to the judgment-hall, View the Lord of life arraigned. O the wormwood and the gall! O the pangs his soul sustained. Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; There, admiring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete; "It is finished," 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 has taken him away?
Christ is risen; he meets our eyes. Saviour, teach us so to rise.
1 IN duties and in sufferings too, My Lord I fain would trace; As he hath done, so would I do, Sustained by heavenly grace.
2 Inflamed with zeal, 't was his delight To do his Father's will;
May the same zeal my soul excite His precepts to fulfil.
3 Meekness, humility, and love Through all his conduct shine; O may my whole deportment prove A copy, Lord, of thine.
1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word: But in thy life the law appears, Drawn out in living characters.
2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too.
4 Be thou my pattern; may I bear More of thy gracious image here; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Amongst the followers of the Lamb.
1 AND is the gospel peace and love? Such let our conversation be; The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity.
2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, On Jesus let us fix our eyes,
Bright pattern of the Christian life!
3 O how benevolent and kind! How mild! how ready to forgive! Be his the temper of our mind, And his the rules by which we live. 4 To do his heavenly Father's will, Was his employment and delight; Humility and holy zeal
Shone through his life divinely bright! 5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love: If then we love the Saviour's name, Let his divine example move.
The Captain of our Salvation.
1 OUR Captain leads us on, He beckons from the skies, He reaches out a starry crown And bids us take the prize.
2 "Be faithful unto death, Partake my victory,
And thou shalt wear this glorious wreath, And thou shalt reign with me."
3 'Tis thus the righteous Lord To every soldier saith; Eternal life is the reward Of all victorious faith.
4 Who conquer in his might, The victor's meed receive;
They claim a kingdom in his right, Which God shall freely give.
1 COME, said Jesus' sacred voice, Come and make my paths your choice: I will guide you to your home; Weary pilgrim, hither come!
2 Thou, who, houseless, sole, forlorn, Long hast borne the proud world's scorn, Long hast roamed the barren waste, Weary pilgrim, hither, haste!
3 Ye, who, tossed on beds of pain, Seek for ease, but seek in vain; Ye, whose swoln and sleepless eyes Watch to see the morning rise:
4 Ye, by fiercer anguish torn, In remorse for guilt who mourn, Here repose your heavy care: A wounded spirit who can bear?
5 Sinner, come! for here is found Balm that flows for every wound; Peace that ever shall endure, Rest eternal, sacred, sure.
The good Shepherd and his Flock.
1 GREEN pastures and clear streams, Freedom and quiet rest,
Christ's flock enjoy, beneath his beams, Or in his shadow, blest.
2 Secure amidst alarms, From violence or snares, The lambs he gathers in his arms, And in his bosom bears.
3 The wounded and the weak, He comforts, heals and binds; The lost he came from heaven to seek, And saves them when he finds.
4 Conflicts and trials done, His glory they behold,
Where Jesus and his flock are one, One shepherd and one fold.
Jesus teaching the People.
1 How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound From lips of gentleness and grace,
When listening thousands gathered round, And joy and reverence filled the place.
2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, To heaven he led his followers' way; Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, Unveiling an immortal day.
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