The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
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The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
Disciples of Christ -- Hymns; Hymns, English
3 Thy name, as precious ointment shed,
Delights the church around;
Sweetly the sacred odors spread,
And purest joys abound.
4 Millions of happy spirits live
On thy exhaustless store;
From thee they all their bliss receive,
And still thou givest more.
5 Thou art their triumph and their joy;
They find their all in thee;
Thy glories will their tongues employ
Through all eternity.
238 C. M.
He died for our sins.
1 Cor. 15:3.
Jesus, in thy transporting name
What blissful glories rise!
Jesus, the angels’ sweetest theme—
The wonder of the skies!
2 Well might the skies with wonder view
A love so strange as thine!
No thought of angels ever knew
Compassion so divine!
3 Jesus, and didst thou leave the sky
To bear our sins and woes?
And didst thou bleed, and groan, and die,
For vile rebellious foes?
4 Victorious love! can language tell
The wonders of thy power,
Which conquered all the force of hell
In that tremendous hour!
5 What glad return can I impart
For favors so divine?
O take this heart, this worthless heart,
And make it only thine!
239 C. M.
The Name above every name.
The Saviour! O what endless charms
Dwell in the blissful sound!
Its influence every fear disarms,
And spreads sweet peace around.
2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine,
In rich profusion flow;
For guilty rebels, lost in sin,
And doomed to endless woe.
3 Th’ almighty Former of the skies
Stooped to our vile abode;
While angels viewed, with wondering eyes,
And hailed th’ incarnate God.
4 O the rich depths of love divine!
Of bliss a boundless store!
Blest Saviour, let me call thee mine;
I can not wish for more.
5 On thee, alone, my hope relies,
Beneath thy cross I fall;
My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
My Saviour and my all.
240 C. M.
He suffered, the Just for the unjust.
1 Pet. 3:18.
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 God’s own son was crucified
For man the creature’s sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
While his dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt mine 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.
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