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Our guilty conscience needs
No sacrifice beside:

His precious blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.
4 0 thou almighty Lord,

Our Conqueror, and our King;
Thy sceptre and thy sword,
Thy reigning grace we sing:
Thine is the power-oh make us sit
In willing bonds beneath thy feet.

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Christ a Merciful High Priest.

1 WITH joy we meditate the grace
Of our High Priest above;
His heart is made of tenderness,
His bowels melt with love.

2 Touched with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;

He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he has felt the same.

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh,
Poured out his cries and tears,
And in his measure feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and his power;
We shall obtain delivering grace
In each distressing hour.

C. M.

Christ our Intercessor.

Medford. Marlow.

1 JESUS, by his own precious blood,
Ascends above the skies,

And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

2 Jesus is king!-behold him reign
On Zion's heavenly hill:

He seems the Lamb that had been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

3 He ever lives to intercede,
By virtue of his blood;

And ceases not for all to plead,
Who come by him to God.

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Rothwell. Shoel.
Peace and Hope through Christ's Intercession.
1 HE lives-the great Redeemer lives!
What joy the blest assurance gives!
And now, before his Father God,
He pleads the merits of his blood.
2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice armed with frowns appears;
But in the Saviour's lovely face,

Sweet mercy smiles-and all is peace!
3 Hence, then, ye black, despairing thoughts-
Above our fears-above our faults,
His powerful intercessions rise;
And guilt recedes-and terror dies.
4 In every dark, distressful hour,
When sin and Satan join their power,
Let this dear hope repel the dart-
That Jesus bears us on his heart.
5 Great Advocate, almighty Friend!
On thee our humble hopes depend;
Our cause can never, never fail,
For thou dost plead, and must prevail.

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Christ's Exaltation and Intercession.

1 JESUS, the conqueror, reigns,
In glorious strength arrayed;
His kingdom over all maintains,
And bids the earth be glad.

2 Ye sons of men, rejoice
In Jesus' mighty love:

Lift up your heart-lift up your voice,
To him who rules above.

3 Extol his kingly power,

Adore th' exalted Son,

Who died, but lives, to die no more,

High on his Father's throne.

4 Our advocate with God,

He undertakes our cause,

And spreads through all the earth abroad
The victory of his cross.

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1 JESUS, hail! enthroned in glory,
There forever to abide;

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All the heavenly host adore thee,
Seated at thy Father's side.

2 There for sinners thou art pleading-
There thou dost our place prepare ;
Thou for us art interceding,

Till in glory we appear.

3 Worship, honor, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive:
Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give.

4 Help, ye bright, angelic spirits!
Bring your loudest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our Saviour's merits,
Help to chant Immanuel's praise.

L. M.

Danvers. Alfreton
Christ a living and almighty Saviour.
1 THE Saviour lives, no more to die:
He lives, the Lord enthroned on high:
He lives, triumphant o'er the grave:
He lives, eternally to save!

2 He lives, to still his servants' fears:
He lives, to wipe away their tears:
He lives, their mansions to prepare :
He lives, to bring them safely there!
3 Ye mourning souls, dry up your tears,
Dismiss your gloomy doubts and fears:
With cheerful hope your hearts revive,
For Christ, the Lord, is yet alive

4 His saints he loves-and never leaves;
The contrite sinner he receives:
Abundant grace will he afford,
Till all are present with the Lord!

C. M.

God reconciled in Christ.

Patmos. Oakland.

1 DEAREST of all the names above,
My Saviour, and my God,

Who can resist thy heavenly love,
Or trifle with thy blood?

2 'Tis by the merits of thy death,
The Father smiles again;
"Tis by thine interceding breath,
The Spirit dwells with men.

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3 Till God in human form I see,
My thoughts no comfort find:
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terror to my mind.

4 But if Immanuel's face appear,
My hope, my joy begins:
His name forbids my slavish fear,
His grace removes my sins.

5 While Jews on their own law rely,
And Greeks of wisdom boast,

I love the incarnate mystery,

And there I fix my trust.

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Access to God by a Mediator.

1 COME, let us lift our joyful eyes
Up to the courts above,

And smile to see our Father there
Upon a throne of love.

2 Come, let us bow before his feet,
And venture near the Lord;
No fiery cherub guards his seat,
Nor double-flaming sword.

3 The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss
Are opened by the Son;

High let us raise our notes of praise,
And reach th' almighty throne.

4 To thee ten thousand thanks we bring,
Great Advocate on high;

And glory to th' eternal King
Who lays his anger by.

C. M.

Miracles of Christ.

Grafton. Barby.

1 JESUS, and didst thou condescend,
When vailed in human clay,

To heal the sick, the lame, the blind,
And drive disease away?

2 Didst thou regard the beggar's cry,
And give the blind to see?-
Jesus, thou Son of David, hear-
Have mercy, too, on me!

3 And didst thou pity mortal wo,
And sight and health restore ?-
Oh pity, Lord, and save my soul,
Which needs thy mercy more!

4 Didst thou thy trembling servant raise,
When sinking in the wave?-

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I perish, Lord!-oh, save my soul!
For thou alone canst save.

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Divinity of Christ proved by his Miracles.
1 BEHOLD, the blind their sight receive!
Behold, the dead awake and live!

The dumb speak wonders-and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name.
2 Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of the Son;
The Father vindicates his cause,
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.
3 He dies!-the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises, and appears a God;
Behold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed-no more to die.
4 Hence, and forever from my heart
I bid my doubts and fears depart;
And to those hands my soul resign,
Which bear credentials so divine.

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Christ a Pattern for his Followers.

1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.

Bath.

2 Such was thy truth-and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love-and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe, and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer:
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict, and thy victory too.
4 Be thou my pattern-make me bear
More of thy gracious image here;

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Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.

C. M. Nottingham. Litchfield. 1 BEHOLD, where, in a mortal form, Appears each grace divine!

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