2 Shall death confine the Lord? Or hold the King of men? He bursts the tomb, he quits the grave, 3 All glorious, see him rise 4 5 Against the dwelling of the strong Hail, Judah's lion, hail ! And death subdu'd-and hell itself The prey to thee resign. O, for a song of praise, Immortal as thy fame : But heav'n in solemn silence kneels Before the Almighty Lamb. HYMN 30. S. M. Temptation in the Wilderness. Mark i. 12, 13. Lukeiv. 1.2. 1 FOR forty mystic days, 2 3 Unknown to man their length, Thy foe, the foe of God with man, Exerted all his strength. No finite mind can tell, The conflicts of those hours: Nor ought but infinite conceive Was it to wreath thy brow With vict'ry's bright'ning wreath? To give thyself a royal crown That thus thou fought'st with death? No surely no.-For man The combat was begun For man 'twas finish'd-'tis complete-- For man the battle's won. 5 1 Eternal praise await, Thy glorious, blessed name; Thou Captain of Salvation's hosts, All suff'ring, conq'ring Lamb. HYMN 31. S. M. Preaching of glad Tidings. Luke iv. 17, 18, 19. Matt. iv. 23. O Christ, what gracious words, Are ever, ever thine; Thy voice is music to the soul, And life and peace divine. 2 Good, everlasting good, 3 Glad tidings full of joy, Flow from thy lips, the lips of truth, And flow without alloy. The broken heart, the poor, The bruis'd, the deaf, the blind; The dumb, the dead, the captive wretch, 4 Lord Jesus, speed the day, The promis'd day of grace, To all the poor, the dumb, the deaf, 5 One song shall then employ HYMN 32. S. M. Miracles of Christ. Mat. iii. 24, 25. xiv. 34-36. Luke iv. 40,41. 1 JESUS, we bless thy pow'r ; Thy grace, we honour more; Such love as thine, it must subdue 2 The blind, the dumb, the deaf: The wither'd arm, at thy command A 5 The palsied limbs-the dying-dead- Legions of hell, obey Thy dread, almighty word; Come, great Physician, come; Thy healing, cleansing, gracious pow'rs, HYMN 33. P. M. Transfiguration on Mount Tabor. Matt. xvii. 2. Mark ix. 3. Luke ix. 29. Philip iii. 21. 1 As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound, 2 More pure than Salmon's fleecy snow, Thus breaks the sun all glorious forth, 3 Behold the man! what beauties shine! Those glories which surround the God, 4 Lord, Jesus, come! From Tabor's mound, Light the whole earth with glory round : Thyself, the life, display: 1 2 3 4. 5 These bodies change to heav'nly forms : HYMN 34. S. M. Advocate, if any Man sin. 1 John ii. 1. Mic. vii. 18, 19. JESUS, before thy throne, We bow with filial awe, And our transgressions humbly own As sins against thy law. Where, whither shall we fly? O be our Advocate on high, And claim us, Lord, as thine. Plead thy dear wounds, rich blood, The mighty ransom of the God, Who paid the sinner's debt.. Nor ask we this, thy grace, Hence all the shields of earth, HYMN 35. S. M. Mediator of a better Covenant. THY covenant, O Lord, In all things order'd sure, Heb. vii. 6-13. And founded on a stedfast hope, 2 The word is giv'n, "I will :" 3 5 Israel shall know the Lord. And nations, kindreds, peoples, tongues, Thy grace, thy mercy, truth, Let earth begin the blessed theme, HYMN 36. C. M. Mediator of the New Testament. Heb. ix. 15-17. 1 Tim. . 5, 6. Heb. ii. 15. ALL gracious Lord, we sing thy love, A love more strong than death: 2 Hail, Mediator, Saviour, hail ! 3 By thee, O Christ, from death redeem'd, Nor death in bondage to the foe, 4 Wake then a song, the noblest song- The dead shall live-the graves shall hear |