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Behold the man!"-the world is his;
Yet who on earth so poor as he?
For sinners he submits to this,
For them he stoops to poverty.

5 "Behold the man !"-he knew no sin;
Yet justice smites him with her sword;
He bears the stroke that else had been,
The sinner's portion from the Lord.
6 "Behold the man !"-the "Lord of all,"
His throne is built in heav'n above;
Millions in heav'n before him fall,
They see his face and sing his love.

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8. 7.4. The Saviour's last words. John xix. 30.

1 HARK! the voice of love and mercy
Sounds aloud from Calvary!
See it rends the rocks asunder,
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky!
"It is finish'd!"

Hear the dying Saviour cry! 2 "It is finish'd!" O what pleasure Do these precious words afford Heav'nly blessings, without measure, Flow to us from Christ the Lord! "It is finish'd!"

Saints the dying words record.

3 Now redemption is completed,
Sin aton'd the curse remov'd,
Satan, death and hell defeated,
As his rising fully prov'd.
"It is finish'd!"

Here our hopes do rest unmov'd.

4 Finish'd, all the types and shadows Of the ceremonial law !

Finish'd, all that God had promis'd ;
All that ancient prophets saw :
"It is finish'd!"

Saints, from hence your comfort draw.
5 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs,
Join to sing the pleasing theme:
All creation join the chorus,
Jesus' mercy to proclaim;

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Hallelujah!"

Glory to the Saviour's name!

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L. M. Redemption completed.

1 ""TIS FINISH'D!".

John xvii. 4.

-so the Saviour cried, And meekly bow'd his head and died: ""Tis finish'd!"-yes, the race is run, The battle fought, the vict'ry won.

2 ""Tis finish'd !"-all that heav'n decreed, And all the ancient prophets said,

Is now fulfill'd, as was design'd,
In Christ, the Saviour of mankind.
3 ""Tis finish'd!”—in his dying groan,
He did for deepest sins atone :
By this his last expiring breath,

Have millions been redeem'd from death.
4 ""Tis finish'd?"-men are reconcil'd,
And all the pow'rs of darkness spoil'd:
Complete salvation is obtain'd,
Eternal life and glory gain'd.

5 “"Tis finish'd!"-let the joyful sound
Be heard by all the nations round:
""Tis finish'd!"-let the echo fly,

Through earth below, and worlds on high.

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S. M. The grace of Christ displayed in his death. 2 Cor. viii. 9.

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WE sing the Saviour's love,

2

That pitied wretched man;
Delighting in the thoughts of peace,

Ere time and worlds began.

We see its smiling beams,

Outshining at his birth;

And trace its lustre, day by day,
While he sojourn'd on earth.

3 But, in his closing hour,

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How infinite his grace!

When, bow'd beneath the curse, he died,
To save the chosen race.

Ten thousand thousand songs,

With the first seraph's flame,
Sink far below the boundless praise
Of our Immanuel's name.

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L. M. Christ bearing our sins. John i. 29.

1 BEHOLD the sin-atoning Lamb,
With wonder, gratitude, and love ;
To take away our guilt and shame,
See him descending from above.

2 Our sins and griefs on him were laid;
He meekly bore the mighty load;
Our ransom-price he fully paid,
In groans, and agony, and blood.
3 To save a guilty world he dies;
Sinners, behold the bleeding Lamb!
To him by faith lift up your eyes,
And hope for mercy through his name.

4 Pardon and peace through him abound;
He can the richest blessings give ;
Salvation in his name is found,
He bids the dying sinner live.

5 Jesus, our Lord, we look to thee;
Where else can helpless sinners go?
Thy death alone can set us free,
From all our wretchedness and woe.

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S. M. Christ's sufferings for his people. Isaiah liii. 6, 10.

1

LIKE sheep we went astray,

Far from the fold of God,

2

Each wand'ring in a diff'rent way,
But all the downward road.

How dreadful was the hour

When God our wand'rings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour
Upon the Shepherd's head!

3 How glorious was the grace

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When Christ sustain'd the stroke!
His life and blood the Shepherd pays,
A ransom for the flock.

His honour and his breath

Were taken both away;

He, with the wicked join'd in death,
Appear'd as vile as they.

5 But God has rais'd his head
O'er all the sons of men,

And makes him see a num'rous seed,

The purchase of his pain.

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8.7. The greatness of the Sufferer, the guilt of sin, and the sufficiency of the salvation. Isaiah liii. 2, 5.

1 "STRICKEN, smitten, and afflicted,"
Lo, he dies upon the tree!

"Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, believers, yes, 'tis He!
'Tis the long-expected Saviour,
David's Son, and David's Lord;
Sacrific'd to bring us favour:

"Tis a true and faithful word.

2 Tell us, ye who heard him groaning,
Was there ever grief like his ?
Friends through fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress.

Many hands conspir'd to wound him,
None would interpose to save;
But the heaviest stroke that found him,
Was the stroke that Justice gave.

3 Ye who think of sin but lightly,
Nor suppose the evil great;
Here you view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the sacrifice appointed!

See who bears the awful load!
'Tis the WORD, the LORD'S ANOINTED,
SON OF MAN, AND SON OF GOD.
4 Here we have a firm foundation;
Here's the refuge of the lost;
Christ's the rock of our salvation
Whereupon we joyful trust.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded!
Sacrifice which cancels guilt!

None shall ever be confounded

Who on thee their hopes have built.
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L. M. Events attending the crucifixion; and its design.
Matt. xxvii. 45, 51-53; 1 Peter ii. 24, 25.

1 THE rocks were cleft, the earth did quake,
The slumb'rers of the grave did wake;
The temple's veil was rent in twain,
When Christ our sacrifice was slain.

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