HYMN 37. P. M.

Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Mat.xxvi.36-45. Lu.xxii.43.
JESUS, bow'd down by mighty woe,

Unfelt, unknown, to all below,
Except the Son of God;

In agonistic pangs of soul,

Drinks deep from wormwood's bitt'rest bowl,
And sweats great drops of blood.

2 See, his disciples slumb'ring round;
Nor pitying friend on earth is found;
He treads the press alone :

In vain to Heav'n he turns his eyes;
No pardon waits him from the skies;
His death it must atone.

3 "O Father hear! this cup remove→→→
Save thou the darling of thy love,
(The prostrate victim said)

Yet not my will but thine be done,
Should that extend to count thy son,
Amid the sleeping dead.”

4 His earnest prayers, his deep'ning groans,
Were heard before angelic thrones :
Amazement wrapt the sky.

"Go strengthen Christ," Jehovah said; Th' astonish'd Seraph bow'd his head, And left the realms on high.

5 Made strong in strength renew'd from heav'n, Jesus receives the cup as giv'n;

Submiss, resign'd in all,

He drinks; nor leaves a dreg behind;
And bears away from human kind,

The wormwood mix'd with gall.

The Sword bathed in Heaven. Zec. xiii. 7, 6, John xix.16—18. 1 WAKE thou, my sword! Jehovah said,

It woke, obey'd the high command ;

And bath'd in blood on Jesus' head,

Smote down the Man of God's right hand.
2 Why leap'd the blade from mercy's sheath ?
Why wrapt for slaughter gleam'd the sword,
That kills and makes alive from death?
What rouz'd the vengeance of the Lord?
3 Stern justice drew the weapon forth :
Soft mercy aim'd the mortal blow :
Then judgment past on all the earth:
Now, truth a seal'd release can show.
4 All hail! great plan of plans divine !
First counsels of the mighty God!
Before all worlds this one design,
Was grav'd on archives, writ in blood.
5 The heav'ns may perish-earth decay;
Suns turn to night-and moons wax pale:
Th' Almighty love of Calv'ry's dry;
The blood of Christ can never fail.
6 What he began, ere time begun,"
Eternity shall but complete ;
Nor hell in arms against the Son,
The triumphs of the cross defeat.

HYMN 39. P. M.

The last Resurrection. Dan. ix. 10, 11. Rev. xx. 11, 12. Isa.
XXV. 7, 8. 1 Cor. xv. 52-54.

1 THE Ancient of eternal days,
Enthron'd in light's celestial blaze,
With shouting thousands comes.
The archangelick trump is blown,
A voice is heard from glory's throne.
The spirit breathes on ev'ry bone;
And rends the cleaving tombs.

2 Now comes the end-the end divine—
See death, and hell, their dead resign

To Christ who holds the keys.

The judgment sits-the books unfold-
The actions of a world they hold ;

And there Omniscience has enroll'd
Mysterious, high decrees.

3 These books are clos'd. Then opens wide
The book of life-His book who died
For all who rose again :

The writing in Immanuel's blood,
The signet of the wine press trod,
Prevails for guilty man, with God :
A world rewards his pains.

4 Salvation to the Lamb on high,
Salvation is the mighty cry.
The glorious work is done.

Tears, sorrow, death, and anguish dire,
Like visions of the night retire;

And ecstacy awakes the lyre,

To Father, Spirit, Son!

1 Chron. xvi. 32, 33.

Judgment brought forth unto Victory.

Matt. xii. 18-21. Ps. viii. 4—6.

1 LO! the man of God appointed,

Judge of quick and judge of dead.
Mid his Father's throne exalted,
High in glory lifts the head.

Shout triumphant, sing rejoicing, shout triumphant,

'Tis the Son, the Son of Man.

2 He's the bringer forth of judgment, Judgment bas'd on truth divine :

See, before the bar arraigned,

Death and hell their pow'rs resign.

Ransom'd thousands, happy myriads, rising nations,

Sound th' Almighty Saviour's name.

3 Where is sin, and death, and Satan?
Triumph they? or triumphs God?
Sin, and death, and hell subdued,
Feel the Monarch's iron rod.

Whilst the nature, human nature, Christ assumed,
Is by him redeem'd and sav’d.

4 Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Glory be to God Most High: Hallelujah Hallelujah!

Worlds below and worlds on high

Shout Redemption! cry Salvation! praise the Saviour! Praise, O praise ye Him-Amen.

HYMN 41. P. M.

The Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet. Rev.x.7, 15. Eph. i. 8.

1 HAIL! the last, the mighty Angel,
Cloth'd upon with clouds of heav'n,
Round his head the rainbow beaming,
Peaceful sign of sin forgiv❜n.

Hallelujah Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Lo! he comes! he comes! he comes !.
2 See the heav'ns beneath him bowing;
What the tidings which he brings?
Who's this glorious One descending?
'Tis the King, the King of Kings.
Hallelujah Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Welcome! Welcome! Saviour God!
3 Hear the trumpet !-Hark, it soundeth!
'Tis the trump of God most High.

Now the myst❜ry is completed :

Mighty voices of the sky,

Shout the kingdoms! hallelujah! shout the kingdoms ! Gather'd home to God in Christ.

4 Spirits! Angels! Elders! Creatures!

Fall before the Man divine !

Glory, honour, pow'r, and blessing,
Riches, strength, and might are thine.
Hallelujah Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Lord! Amen!

HYMN 42. L. M.

Alpha and Omega. Rep. i. 11, 17. Isa. xli. 4.

1 HAIL, Alpha and Omega, hail !
Thou great beginning, glorious end!
From first to last, from last to first,
God, Father, Saviour, Brother, Friend.
2 No change of will, nor lapse of pow'r,
Shall alter or impede thy plan :
One grand, consistent, perfect whole
Is thine, thou Head of ev'ry man.
3 Ere morning stars, creation sang,
Th' eternal purpose was complete ;
Nor can the idle whirl of time
Thy everlasting Love defeat.

HYMN 43. L. M.

Amen. Rev. iii. 14. 1 Cor. i. 20.

FAITHFUL and true, the Man divine
On ev'ry promise stamps Amen.
Nor e'er shall fail a single line,
Engrav❜d by love's eternal pen.

"Let man be sav'd"-the Father said:
"So be it"-Jesus, Jesus cried :

Nay more, the Saviour bow'd his head;
That man might live, Christ Jesus died.
3 Amen of God! Amen of man!
Beginning! Author! final End!
High praise await Salvation's plan,
There one Amen for all is pen'd.
Hh