While He, whose blood for man was shed,
Hath placed upon his servant's head,
A crown that fadeth never!

3. And think how,-in that awful day,

When darkness sun and moon is shading,
-The form that, 'midst its kindred clay,
Your trembling hands prepare to lay,
Shall rise to life unfading!

4. Then weep no more for him, who's gone
Where sin and suffering ne'er shall enter:
But on that great High Priest alone,
Who doth for guilt like ours atone,
Your whole affections centre !

5. So, when around your lowly bier

Sad friends shall yet one day be bending,
Your souls, like his, to JESUS dear,

Shall wing their flight to yonder sphere:
FAITH Swiftest pinions lending.

CCXCIX.

THE CROSS.

1. HARK; the loud cry!-O sun, thy golden locks

Why dipt in blood? Tell me, ye rending

rocks,

Thou

Thou labouring earth,-why from your centre quake?

Ye yawning graves, why thus with horror shake?

"Behold that cross!" affrighted nature cries:

"In anguish there the God of nature dies: "Then ask no more why the sun hides his head;

"Earth quakes; rocks rend; the grave gives up her dead!”

CCC.

SECOND PART.

2. I LOOK'D:-0 sight of woe !-the wounds still bled,

As on His bosom fell His sacred head:
Upon His brow the crown ofthorns He bore,
And down His body flow'd the crimson
gore!

His lifeless corpse, low bending forward,
swung,

As on His dislocated arms it hung:

The livid stripes His furrow'd shoulders show:

Wide gapes the side, the blood and water flow!

3. Say, heart of stone! canst thou behold,

unmoved,

This scene of sorrow?-'Twas because He

loved

Wretches like thee;-to save them from

the grave,

Sin, death, and hell; 'Himself He cannot save!**

Look to Him, sinners, till the sight imparts

True godly sorrow to your pierced hearts:
Then-body, spirit, yield to His controul,
And let Him see the travail of His soul' !
• Matt. xxvii. 42. Isa. liii. 11.

CCCI.

THE PASSION.

(Haweis.) Air, as 59th Psalm. Mel. Sac. Adagio.
1. DARK was the night, and cold the ground
On which the Lord was laid:

His sweat, like drops of blood, ran down ;
In agony He pray'd;

2. "Father! remove this bitter cup,

"If such Thy sacred will;

"If not, content to drink it up,
"Thy pleasure I fulfil!"

Go

3. Go to the garden, sinner;—see

These precious drops that flow:
The heavy load He bore for thee:
For thee He lies so low!

4. Then learn of Him the cross to bear;
Thy Father's will obey:

And, when temptations sore draw near,
Awake to watch and pray!

CCCII.

THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. (Corrected, from Newton.) Music, " Adeste fideles."

4th No. Mel. Sac.

1. THOUGH troubles assail, and dangers affright;

Though friends should all fail, and foes all unite:

Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide; The Scripture assures us" the Lord will provide."

2. The birds without care or forethought are fed,

Dependent as they, we will trust for our

bread:

His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied,

So long as 'tis written, "the Lord will provide."

3. Wemay, like the ships, by tempests be tost On perilous deeps, but shall not be lost: Though Satan enrages the wind and the tide,

God's promise engages, "the Lord will provide."

4. His call we obey, like Abra'am of old, Not knowing our way; but faith makes us bold:

Though pilgrims and strangers, we have a sure guide,

We trust, in all dangers, "the Lord will provide !"

5. When life sinks apace, and death isin view, These words of his grace shall comfort us through:

Death's dark shade appearing, in Him we'll confide,

Not doubting nor fearing "the Lord will provide !"

CCCIII.

THE LORD

OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

(Jer. xxiii. 6.) Air, "Ave Verum;" by Novello. 1. JESUS! Thy blood and righteousness My glory are; my brightest dress: