John, iii. 14. 15.

(s. M.)

1 BEHOLD th' amazing sight,
The SAVIOUR lifted high!
Behold the Son of GoD's delight
Expire in agony !

2 For whom, for whom, my heart,
Were all those sorrows borne ?

Why did He feel that piercing smart,
And meet that various scorn?

3 For love of us He bled,

And all in torture died:

'Twas love that bow'd His fainting head, And ope'd His streaming side.

4 Lord help me to adore

In sympathy of love;

To feel the strong attractive pow'r
To lift my soul above.

5 Drawn by such cords as these,
Let all the earth combine,
With holy ardour to confess
The Mystery divine.

6 In Thee our hearts unite,

Nor share Thy griefs alone,

But from Thy cross pursue their flight
To Thy triumphant Throne.

EASTER-EVEN.

PSALM LXXXVIII.

1 BEHOLD the SAVIOUR of mankind, Omnipotent to save!

Behold what love His heart inclin'd;

2 When He expir'd all nature shook,
Earth's strongest pillars bent;
The temple's veil asunder broke,
The opening graves were rent.

3 'Tis FINISH'D! now the ransom's paid-
Receive my soul, He cried:

'Twas then He bow'd His sacred head,He bow'd His head and died.

4 Soon will He break death's envious chain, And in full glory shine;

O LAMB of GOD! was ever pain,

Was ever love like Thine!

5 Learn, O my soul, from this dire scene
How vast that guilt must be,

Which nail'd th' incarnate Son of GOD
To the accursed tree.

6 Taught by this scene, thy sin bewail
With penitential sighs;

And trust His grace, thro' death's dark vale
To guide thee to the skies.

(C. M.)

EASTER SUNDAY.

PSALM XVI. II. CXVIII.

1 JESUS CHRIST is ris'n to-day-Hallelujah!

Our triumphant holy-day;

Who so lately on the cross
Suffer'd to redeem our loss.

2 Hymns of praises let us sing,
Unto CHRIST, our heav'nly King,
Who endur'd the cross and grave,
Sinners to redeem and save.

3 By the pains, which He endur'd
Our salvation is procur'd;
Now above the skies He's King,
Where the angels ever sing.-Hallelujah!

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Heb. xix. 20, 21.

1 GREAT GOD of peace and Gon of love!
We own Thy pow'r to save:

All hail! great Shepherd of the sheep!
Victorious o'er the grave.

3 Him from the dead, Thou brought'st again,
When by His sacred blood,

7,7.

(C. M.)

Confirm'd and seal'd for evermore.
Th' eternal Cov'nant stood.

3 Strengthen, O LORD, our feeble souls,
Conform us to Thy will;
Settle our hearts to stray no more,
But keep Thy precepts still.
4 Glory to Thee, Great Son of God,
Glory to Thee be giv'n,

For ever, and for evermore,
Thro' all the days of heav'n.

207

Matt. xxviii.

1 CHRIST the LORD is ris'n to-day
Sons of men and angels say;

Raise our joys and triumphs high,
Sing ye heav'ns, and earth reply.
2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! our Sun's eclipse is o'er,
Lo! He sets in blood no more.

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
CHRIST hath burst the gates of hell;
Death in vain forbids His rise,
CHRIST hath open'd Paradise.
4 Lives again our glorious King.
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once He died our souls to save,
Where's thy victory, O grave?

5 May we rise where CHRIST hath led,
Following our exalted Head;

In His image may we rise.

Our's the cross, the grave, the skies.

7,7.

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King of glory! soul of bliss,
Everlasting life is this

Thee to know-Thy pow'r to prove,
Thee to serve, adore, and love.

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Psalm cxviii. 24.

ALL hail! triumphant LORD!
To Thee all praise belongs;

The wonders of this day

Demand our noblest songs.
Auspicious morn! thy blissful rays,
Bright Seraphs hail in songs of praise.
At thy approaching dawn,
Reluctant Death resign'd
The glorious Prince of life,
Her dark domains confin'd.

Old 148th.

Th' angelic host around Him bends,
And 'midst their shouts, the GoD ascends.
3 All hail! triumphant LORD!

Heav'n with Hosannas rings;
While earth, in humbler strains,
Thy praise responsive sings:
Worthy art Thou, who once wast slain,
Thro' endless years to live and reign,

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Rev. i. 18.

1 JESUS, who once was dead,
The LAMB for sinners slain;

He lives, and lives for evermore,
O'er death and hell to reign.

(s. M.)