A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-304 |
| Words | 400 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
Christ our Sacrifice.
OT all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away our stain.
2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away ;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood, than they.
3 Believing, we rejoice
To feel the curse remove ;
We bless the Lamb, with cheerful voice,
And trust his bleeding love.
HYMN 616. p. m.
The same.
1 \ LL ye that pass by,
^*- To Jesus draw nigh :
To you is it nothing that Jesus should die ?
Your ransom and peace,
Your surety he is ;
Come, see if there ever was sorrow like his.
2 For what you have done,
His blood must atone :
The Father hath punish' d for you his dear Son.
The Lord, in the day
Of his anger, did lay
Your sins on the Lamb ; and he bore them away.
Sufferings, Sfc, of Christ. 567
3 He answer'd for all ;
O come at his call,
And low at his cross with astonishment fall.
But lift up your eyes
At Jesus's cries :
Impassive, he suffers ; immortal, he dies.
4 He dies to atone
For sins not his own ;
Your debt he hath paid, and your work he hath done.
Ye all may receive
The peace he did leave,
Who made intercession, " My Father, forgive !"
5 For you and for me
He pray'd on the tree :
The prayer is accepted, the sinner is free.
That sinner am I,
Who on Jesus rely,
And come for the pardon God cannot deny.
6 My pardon I claim ;
For a sinner I am ;
A sinner believing in Jesus's name.
He purchased the grace
Which now I embrace :
O Father, thou know'st he hath died in my place.
7 His death is my plea ;
My Advocate see,
And hear the blood speak that hath answer'd for me:
Acquitted I was
When he bled on the cross ;
And by losing his life he hath carried my cause.
■^UO Incarnation,
HYMN 617 s. m.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee
in the way."
1 HPHOU very Paschal Lamb,
A Whose blood for us was shed,
Through whom we out of Egypt came,
Thy ransom'd people lead.
2 Angel of gospel grace,
Fulfil thy character :