Hosannas to his name, That for our ransom stood; In notes sublime with joy we sing, The love divine of Christ our King. 52. L. M. Wesley. Christ's Ascension....Psalm xxiv. 7...10. 1 OUR Lord is risen from the dead; Lift up your heads ye heavenly gates! "Ye everlasting doors give way!" 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, And wide usfold the radiant scene; He claims those mansions as his right, Receives the king of glory in. 4"Who is the king of glory, who?" The Lord, that all his foes o'ercame; 5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, 6 "Who is the king of glory, who?" 53. L. M. Doddridge. Keys of the unseen world in Christ's hand...Rev. i. 18. The spacious world unseen is his, And sov'reign pow'r becomes him well. 2 In shame and torment once he dy'd; But now he lives for evermore: Bow down, ye saints, around his seat, And all ye angel-bands adore. 3 Live, live for ever glorious Lord, To crush thy foes, and guard thy friends; While all thy chosen tribes rejoice, That thy dominion never ends. 4 Worthy thy hand to hold the keys, Guided by wisdom and by love; Worthy to rule o'er mortal life, O'er worlds below and worlds above. 5 When death thy servants shall invade, When pow'rs of hell thy church annoy, Controul'd by thee, their rage shall help The cause they labor'd to destroy. 8 For ever reign, victorious King: Wide thro' the earth thy name be known; And call my longing soul to sing Sublimer anthems near thy throne. CHARACTERS, NAMES, OFFICES, TITLES, &C. OF CHRIST. 54. L. M. Steele. Advocate....1 John ii. 1. 1 WHERE is my God? does he retire 2 No, Lord, my breathings of desire, Are not forbidden to aspire, But reach to thy all-gracious ear. 3 Look up my soul, with cheerful eye, See where the great Redeemer stands : The glorious advocate on high, With precious incense in his hands. 4 He smiles on ev'ry humble groan, He recommends each broken pray'r; Recline thy hope on him alone, Whose power and love forbid despair. [5 Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord, With stronger faith to call thee mine; Bid me pronounce the blissful word, My Father, God, with joy divine.] 55. L. M. Anon. All in all....Col. iii. 11. 1 IN Christ, I've all my soul's desire; 2 Christ is my hope, my strength and guide; He is my soul's supreme delight. 3 Christ is the source of all my bliss, 4 Christ is my King to rule and bless, 5 Christ is my strength and portion too, My soul in him can all things do; Thro' him I'll triumph o'er the grave, And death and hell my soul outbrave. 56. C. M. Toplady. All in all....Luke x. 42. 1 COMPAR'D with Christ, in all beside, No comeliness I see; The one thing needful, dearest Lord, 2 The sense of thy expiring love, 3 Less than thyself will not suffice, More than thyself I cannot crave, 4 Lov'd of my God, for him again 5 Whate'er consists not with thy will, I'm rich to all th' intents of bliss, 57. C. M. Humphry's Col. 1 CHRIST, as our great physician, heals Our maladies within; Relieves the pangs the conscience feels, 2 He sees our many pressing wants And from his own abundance grauts 3 He sympathises with our grief; To all our groans; and gives relief, 4 'Tis he subdues our num'rous foes, [5 He manages our mean affairs, And sooths our sorrows and our cares 6 My soul, with sacred rapture, saith, 7 Angels his name with joy confess, Then what can sinners here do less, 58. L. M. Scott. Balm of Gilead....Jer. viii. 22. 1 WHY droops my soul with grief opprest? [2 Yes, in the gospel's faithful lines, |