HYMN II. L. M.
The Lamb and his Virgin Company.
1 ON Zion's glorious summit stood
A num'rous host, redeem'd by blood;
They hymn'd their King in strains divine,
I heard the song, and strove to join.
2 Here all who suffer'd sword or flame,
For truth, or Jesu's lovely name,
Shout vict'ry now, and hail the Lamb,
And bow before the great I AM.
3 While everlasting ages roll,
Eternal love shall feast their soul;
And scenes of bliss, for ever new,
Rise in succession to their view.
4 Here Mary and Manasseh view,
The dying thief, and Abraham too;
With equal love their spirits flame,
The same their joy, their song the same.
5 O sweet employ to sing and trace
Th' amazing heights and depths of grace;
And spend, from sin and sorrow free,
A blissful, vast eternity!
6 O what a sweet exalted song,
When ev'ry tribe and ev'ry tongue,
Redeem'd by blood, with Christ appear,
And join in one full chorus there.
7 My soul anticipates the day,
Would stretch her wings and soar away,
To aid the song, a palm to bear,
And bow-the chief of sinners there.
HYMN III. L. M.
The Rainbow of the Covenant.
1 WHEN in the cloud, with colours fair,
I see the cov'nant bow appear,
Its beauteous form and lovely rays
Awake my soul to love and praise.
2 It tells me now how firm the base,
The oath, the promise, and the grace,
Which God of old, ere time begun,
To Zion swore in Christ his son.
3 Dejected saint, dismiss thy fears,
Still round the throne this bow appears,
Portending peace and mercy free,
And full salvation now to thee.
4 It points thy soul to Jesus now;
Vindictive wrath once smote his brow,
That on thy guilty soul and mine
No storms should beat of wrath divine.
5 Sweet sign, that God remembers now
To guilty man his ancient vow;
But sweeter far by faith to see
A Cov'nant God, all love to thee.
6 Here when thy fears begin to rise, And hope in disappointment dies, This cov'nant bow thy fears shall quell, 'Twas made for thee in all things well. 7 Should sin prevail and sorrows rise, And guilt and darkness veil the skies, Still round the throne the bow shall be, No sign of wrath, but love to thee.
The Blood shall be unto thee for a Token.
1 IN types and shadows we are told
Jesus was seen in days of old,
Before the gospel dawn came in,
A glorious sacrifice for sin.
2 The Paschal Lamb which Israel slew,
Ye seed of Jacob, speaks to you;
Holds Jesus forth, from blemish free,
Whose blood's a peaceful sign thee.
3 If sprinkled o'er thy conscience now,
How greatly loved and bless'd art thou;
Thousands there are who never see
This peaceful sign made known to thee.
4 Made known to whom? to those approved, God's own elect, in Christ beloved;
They, only they, are led to see
This peaceful sign made known to thee.
5 Art thou a son, for sin distress'd ?
Doth guilt lie heavy on thy breast?
In Christ the Lamb deliv'rance see,
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.
6 Once Jesus as thy Surety bled,
Was crown'd with thorns, to Calv'ry led,
From Sinai's curse to set thee free:
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.
7 Then why, my soul, shouldst thou despair, And doubt thy Saviour's constant care? Torn from himself thou canst not be,
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.
8 And when thy God shall bid thee rise
To join the chorus of the skies,
This thy support in death shall be,
His blood's a peaceful sign to thee.
HYMN V. C. M.
Salvation is of God.
1 LORD of Creation's wondrous frame, And Israel's faithful God,
My song shall loud thy grace proclaim,
And sound thy fame abroad.
2 Salvation came from thee alone,
Thy glorious grace to praise ;
Plann'd by the sacred Three in One
From everlasting days.
3 Long ere the day that Adam fell,
Or earth was curs'd for sin,
That cov'nant, made in all things well,
Grasp'd all thy chosen in.
4 Deep in th' eternal annals 'graved,
Their worthless names were found;
Saved in the Lord, for ever saved,
And in life's bundle bound.
5 Thus, till th' affections of our God
From Jesus shall remove,
So long, the purchase of his blood
Will God the Father love.
HYMN VI. L. M.
The Foundation of God standing Sure. 1 WHEN from the truth professors turn, Jesus reject and mercy spurn,
To Zion's God this truth shall show,
That with his wheat the tares shall grow.
2 He knows the number and the names
Whom Christ redeem'd from Tophet's flames,
Nor shall the fall of sinners make
The base of mercy's building shake.
3 Though twice ten thousand sinners go
Down to the shades of endless woe,
His love from all mutation free,
The guard of his elect shall be.
4 To fall from thence, if God be true,
No sinner shall whom he foreknew ;
Or till his hand shall once deface
The ancient records of his grace.
5 From Jesus neither fire nor flood
Shall rend the purchase of his blood;
Whom he redeem'd with him shall rise,
To fill a mansion in the skies.
6 Triumphant grace, though men oppose,
Shall save the remnant God hath chose;
Salvation's free, and shall be given
To all the blood-bought heirs of heaven.
HYMN VII. L. M.
The Wedding Garment.
1 A POTENT monarch, 'tis declared,
Of old, a marriage feast prepared,
To celebrate, with pomp unknown,
The marriage nuptials of his son.
2 In robes prepar'd convened the guests,
But there was one among the rest,
Who to this royal wedding came,
Exposed to everlasting shame.
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