Grateful Remembrance of Christ.
IF human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn,
To feel a friend is nigh,-
2 Oh! shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe
To him who died, our fears to quell,
And save from death and wo!
3 While yet in anguish he surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee,
What love his latest words displayed—
"Meet and remember me !"
4 Remember thee!-thy death, thy shame-
Our sinful hearts to share!
O memory! leave no other name
But his recorded there!
Godly Sorrow in View of the Sufferings of Christ. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?
2 Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity!-grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When Christ, th' almighty Saviour, died
For man, the rebel's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away—
"Tis all that I can do.
Godly Sorrow in View of the Sufferings of Christ. AND can mine eyes, without a tear, A weeping Saviour see?
Shall I not weep his groans to hear,
Who groaned and died—for me?
2 Blest Jesus! let those tears of thine
Subdue each stubborn foe;
Come, fill my heart with love divine,
And bid my sorrows flow.
Love of Christ celebrated.
TO our Redeemer's glorious name
Awake the sacred song!
Oh may his love-immortal flame!
Tune every heart and tongue.
2 His love, what mortal thought can reach! What mortal tongue display! Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.
3 Dear Lord, while we adoring pay Our humble thanks to thee,
May every heart with rapture say, "The Saviour died for me!"
4 Oh may the sweet, the blissful theme, Fill every heart and tongue,
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred
Love of Christ celebrated.
AWAKE, and sing the song
Of Moses and the Lamb!
Wake every heart, and every tongue,
To praise the Saviour's name!
2 Sing of his dying love—
Sing of his rising power-
Sing how he intercedes above,
For us, whose sins he bore.
3 Sing on your heavenly way,
Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sing on, rejoicing every day,
In Christ, th' eternal King.
4 Soon shall we hear him say,
"Ye blessed children, come!"
Soon will he call us hence away,
To our eternal home.
5 There shall our raptured tongue
His endless praise proclaim;
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb!
AWAKE-awake the sacred song
To our incarnate Lord!
Let every heart, and every tongue
Adore th' eternal Word.
2 Then shone almighty power and love,
In all their glorious forms,
When Jesus left his throne above,
To dwell with sinful worms.
3 To dwell with misery here below
The Saviour left the skies,
And stooped to wretchedness and wo,
That worthless man might rise.
4 Adoring angels tuned their songs,
To hail the joyful day;
With rapture, then, let mortal tongues,
Their grateful worship pay.
GLORY to God on high!
Let heaven and earth reply,
66 Praise ye his name!"
Angels, his love adore,
Who all our sorrows bore;
Saints, sing for evermore,
"Worthy the Lamb."
2 Ye, who surround the throne,
Cheerfully join in one,
Praising his name:
Ye, who have felt his blood,
Sealing your peace with God,
Sound through the earth abroad,
"Worthy the Lamb!"
3 Join all the ransomed race,
Our Lord and God to bless:
Praise ye his name.
In him we will rejoice,
Making a cheerful noise,
Shouting with heart and voice,
"Worthy the Lamb!"
4 Soon must we change our place,
Yet will we never cease
Praising his name:
Still will we tribute bring;
Hail him our gracious King;
And through all ages sing,
"Worthy the Lamb!"
COME, let us join our cheerful songs,
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 "Worthy the Lamb that died"—they cry,
"To be exalted thus:"-
"Worthy the Lamb❞—our lips reply,
"For he was slain for us."
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honor and power divine;
And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, forever thine.
4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thy endless praise.
5 The whole creation join in one
To bless the sacred name
Of him who sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
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