Hymns for Christian Devotion Part 41

By the sealed and guarded cave, By the spoiled and empty grave, By that clear, immortal brow, Son of G.o.d! 'tis thou! 'tis thou!

249. C. M. Beddome.

Following Christ.

1 In duties and in sufferings too, My Lord I feign would trace, As he hath done, so would I do, Sustained by heavenly grace.

2 Inflamed with zeal, 'twas his delight To do his Father's will; May the same zeal my soul excite His precepts to fulfil.

3 Meekness, humility and love Through all his conduct s.h.i.+ne; O, may my whole deportment prove A copy, Lord, of thine.

250. 7s. M. Furness.

Jesus our Leader.

1 Feeble, helpless, how shall I Learn to live and learn to die?

Who, O G.o.d, my guide shall be?

Who shall lead thy child to thee?

2 Blessed Father, gracious One, Thou hast sent thy holy Son; He will give the light I need, He my trembling steps will lead.

3 Thus in deed, and thought, and word, Led by Jesus Christ the Lord, In my weakness, thus shall I Learn to live and learn to die.

4 Learn to live in peace and love, Like the perfect ones above;-- Learn to die without a fear, Feeling thee, my Father, near.

251. L. M. H. Ballou.

Christ's Example in Forgiving.

1 Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed, When on the cross he bleeding hung; When all his foes their wrath displayed, And with their spite his bosom stung.

2 For such a heart and such a love, O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee; O pour thy Spirit from above, That we may like our Saviour be.

252. C. M. Anonymous.

G.o.d's Servant.

1 Thus saith the Lord who built the heavens, And bade the planets roll, Who peopled all the climes of earth, And formed the human soul:--

2 "Behold my Servant; see him rise Exalted in my might; Him have I chosen, and in him I place supreme delight.

3 "On him, in rich effusion poured, My spirit shall descend; My truth and judgment he shall show To earth's remotest end.

4 "The progress of his zeal and power Shall never know decline, Till foreign lands and distant isles Receive the law divine."

253. L. M. Mason.

The Image of the Invisible G.o.d.

1 Thou, Lord! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine offspring here unknown, To manifest thyself to men, Hast set thine image in thy Son.

2 Though Jews, who granted not his claim, Contemptuous turned away their face, Yet those who trusted in his name Beheld in him thy truth and grace.

3 O thou! at whose almighty word Fair light at first from darkness shone, Teach us to know our glorious Lord, And trace the Father in the Son.

4 While we, thine image there displayed, With love and admiration view, Form us in likeness to our Head, That we may bear thine image too.

254. S. M. Watts.

Christ the Corner-Stone.

1 See what a living stone The builders did refuse; Yet G.o.d hath built his church thereon, In spite of envious Jews.

2 The work, O Lord, is thine, And wondrous in our eyes; This day declares it all divine, This day did Jesus rise.

3 This is the glorious day That our Redeemer made; Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray-- Let all the church be glad.

4 Hosanna to the king Of David's royal blood!

Bless him, ye saints: he comes to bring Salvation from your G.o.d.

5 We bless thine holy word, Which all this grace displays; And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise.