Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

7 [Jesus, thy feast we celebrate,
We shew thy death, we sing thy Name,
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage-supper of the Lamb.]

Hymn 3:2. 
Communion with Christ, and with saints,
1 Cor. 10. 16 17.

1 [Jesus invites his saints
To meet around his board;
Here pardon’d rebels sit, and hold
Communion with their Lord.

2 For food he gives his flesh,
He bids us drink his blood,
Amazing favour! matchless grace
Of our descending God!]

3 This holy bread and wine
Maintains our fainting breath,
By union with our living Lord,
And interest in his death.

4 Our heavenly Father calls
Christ and his members one;
We the young children of his love,
And he the first-born Son.

5 We are but several parts
Of the same broken bread;
One body hath its several limbs,
But Jesus is the head.

6 Let all our powers be join’d
His glorious Name to raise;
Pleasure and love fill every mind,
And every voice be praise.

Hymn 3:3. 
The new testament in the blood of
Christ; or, The new covenant sealed.

1 “The promise of my Father’s love
“Shall stand for ever good;”
He said, and gave his soul to death,
And seal’d the grace with blood.

2 To this dear covenant of thy word
I set my worthless name;
I seal th’ engagement to my Lord,
And make my humble claim.

3 Thy light, and strength, and pardoning grace,
And glory shall be mine;
My life and soul, my heart and flesh,
And all my powers are thine.

4 I call that legacy my own
Which Jesus did bequeath;
’Twas purchas’d with a dying groan,
And ratify’d in death.

5 Sweet is the memory of his Name,
Who bless’d us in his will,
And to his testament of love
Made his own life the seal.

Hymn 3:4. 
Christ’s dying love; or, Our
pardon bought at a dear price.

1 How condescending and how kind
Was God’s eternal Son! 
Our misery reach’d his heavenly mind,
And pity brought him down.

2 [When Justice by our sins provok’d
Drew forth its dreadful sword,
He gave his soul up to the stroke,
Without a murmuring word.]

3 [He sunk beneath our heavy woes
To raise us to his throne;
There’s ne’er a gift his hand bestows
But cost his heart a groan.]

4 This was compassion like a God,
That when the Saviour knew
The price of pardon was his blood,
His pity ne’er withdrew.

5 Now tho’ he reigns exalted high,
His love is still as great: 
Well he remembers Calvary,
Nor lets his saints forget.

6 [Here we behold his bowels roll,
As kind as when he dy’d;
And see the sorrows of his soul
Bleed thro’ his wounded side.]

7 [Here we receive repeated seals
Of Jesus’ dying love: 
Hard is the wretch that never feels
One soft affection move.]

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