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Christ, exalted, is our song

Author: Kent Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Christ exalted is our song, Hymned by all the blood-bought throng; To his throne our shouts shall rise; God with us by sacred ties. 2 Shout, believer, to thy God! He has once the wine-press trod; Peace procured by blood divine; Cancelled all thy sins and mine. 3 Here thy bleeding wounds are healed; Sin condemned and pardon sealed; Grace her empire still maintains; Christ without a rival reigns. 4 [Through corruption, felt within, Darkness, deadness, guilt, and sin, Still to Jesus turn thy eyes – Israel’s hope and sacrifice.] 5 In thy Surety thou art free; His dear hands were pierced for thee; With his spotless vesture on, Holy as the Holy One. 6 O the heights, the depths of grace, Shining with meridian blaze! Here the sacred records show Sinners black but comely too. 7 Saints dejected, cease to mourn; Faith shall soon to vision turn; Ye the kingdom shall obtain, And with Christ exalted reign. Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

Where must a sinner fly

Author: Berridge Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Where must a sinner fly, Who feels his guilty load, And stands condemned to die, Out of the mouth of God? Can any door of hope be found? Not any sure, on nature’s ground. 2 What if he mend his life, And pour out floods of tears, And pray with fervent strife? These pay no past arrears. The law, with unrelenting breath, Declares the wage of sin is death. 3 [Who then shall reconcile Such jarring things as these? Say, how can Justice smile At Mercy on her knees? Or how can Mercy lift her head, Till all the legal debt is paid?] 4 Jesus, thy helping hand Has made the contest cease, Paid off each law demand, And bought the blest release; Stern Justice, satisfied by thee, Bids Mercy bring the news to me. 5 O tidings sweet of grace, To sinners lost and poor, Who humbly seek thy face, And knock at Mercy’s door; Who taste the peace thy blood imparts, And feel the Saviour in their hearts. 6 All hail! we bless thee now! Who bought us with thy blood! Our gracious Shepherd thou, To bring us home to God. On earth we sing thy bleeding love, And long to see thy face above. Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

All in debt, or in distress

Author: Berridge Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 All in debt, or in distress, Discontented more or less, All who would protection have, Post away to David’s cave. 2 All who find their sinful debt Deep and deeper growing yet; All who have been Satan’s tool – Much his madman or his fool; 3 All who discontented are, Full of guilt and full of fear; Every soul who would not die, Unto Jesus’ cave must fly. 4 [Jesus all your debts will pay; Chase your legal duns away; Every foe he will subdue – World, and flesh, and devil too.] 5 Haste, and seek the Saviour’s face; Rise, and bless him for his grace; To his scornèd cave repair; He will wash and feast you there. Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ Scripture: 1 Samuel 22:2

Christ his People's Surety

Author: Berridge Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: For wretched strangers, such as I Lyrics: 1 For wretched strangers such as I, The Saviour left his native sky, And surety would become; He undertakes for sinners lost, And, having paid the utmost cost, Returns triumphant home. 2 A judgment bond against me lay, Law charges, too, which he must pay, But found a smarting debt. The garden scene begins his woes, And fetches agonising throes, And draws a bloody sweat. 3 His back with hardy stripes is hewed, Till flakes of gore, and streams of blood, Besmear the frighted ground! A scornful and a smarting crown His holy head is thrust upon, And thorns begird it round. 4 He smarts with nails that pierce his feet, And smarts with hanging all his weight Upon the accursèd tree! He smarts beneath a Father’s rod, And roars aloud, “Why, O my God, Hast thou forsaken me?” 5 [May all my Saviour’s love and smart, Be sweetly graven on my heart, And with me fast abide; And let me sing thy praises well, And love thee more than I can tell, And trust in none beside.] Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

There is a Friend, who sticketh fast

Author: Berridge Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There is a Friend, who sticketh fast, And keeps his love from first to last, And Jesus is his name; An earthly brother drops his hold, Is sometimes hot and sometimes cold, But Jesus is the same. 2 He loves his people, great and small, And, grasping hard, embraces all, Nor with a soul will part; No tribulations which they feel, No foes on earth, or fiends of hell, Shall tear them from his heart. 3 His love before all time began, And through all time it will remain, And evermore endure; Though rods and frowns are sometimes brought, And man may change, he changes not; His love abideth sure. 4 [A method strange this Friend has shown, Of making love divinely known To rebels doomed to die; Unasked, he takes our humblest form, And condescends to be a worm, To lift us up on high.] 5 [The law demanded blood for blood, And out he lets his vital flood To pay the mortal debt; He toils through life, and pants through death, And cries, with his expiring breath, “’Tis finished,” and complete!] 6 [Let all the ransomed of the Lord Exalt his love with one accord, And hallelujah sing; Adore the dying Friend of man, And bless him highly as you can; He is your God and King.] Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ Scripture: Proverbs 18:24

"Behold the Lamb of God"

Author: Berridge Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: The sweet Lamb of God comes forth to be slain Lyrics: 1 The sweet Lamb of God comes forth to be slain, And offers his blood to purge off our stain; With bitterest anguish and groans on the tree, The Saviour did languish for sinners like me. 2 Look on him, my soul, and gaze on his smart; His cries may control the lusts of thy heart; His blood has set often the worst broken bones; His love too can soften hearts harder than stones. 3 [Right worthy indeed he is of high fame, And saints have all need to trust in his name; Not feed on their graces, nor strut with a frame, But fall on their faces, and worship the Lamb.] 4 Lo! here is a feast of delicate food, For prodigals dressed, yet costly and good. Our Father provided this Lamb for a treat; And if you are minded, you freely may eat. 5 None other repast my spirit would have; Thy flesh let me taste, sweet Lamb, and yet crave; Thy blood ever flowing my pleasant cup be; Thy fleece on earth growing make clothing for me. 6 Thus covered and fed at thy proper cost, Thy path I would tread which pleases my host. Thy patience inherit, thy lowliness prove, Catch all thy sweet Spirit, and burn with thy love. Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

Christ, the Believer's Surety

Author: Hart Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: What slavish fears molest my mind Lyrics: 1 What slavish fears molest my mind, And vex my sickly soul! How is it, Lord, that thou art kind, And yet I am not whole? 2 [Ah! why should unbelief and pride, With all their hellish train, Still in my ransomed soul abide, And give me all this pain? 3 Thy word is past, thy promise made; With power it came from heaven; “Cheer up, desponding soul,” it said, “Thy sins are all forgiven. 4 “Behold, I make thy cause my own; I bought thee with my blood; Thy wicked works on me be thrown, And I will work thy good. 5 “I am thy God, thy Guide till death, Thy everlasting Friend; On me for love, for works, for faith, On me for all depend.”] 6 Thy blood, dear Lord, has brought my peace, And paid the heavy debt; Has given a fair and full release, But I’m in prison yet. 7 Unjustly now these foes of mine Their devilish hate pursue; They made my Surety pay the fine, Yet plague the prisoner too. 8 What right can my tormentors plead, That I should not be free? Here’s an amazing change indeed! Justice is now for me. 9 Lord, break these bars that thus confine, These chains that gall me so; Say to that ugly gaoler, Sin, “Loose him, and let him go.” Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

"I am the Way"

Author: Hart Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals First Line: "I am," saith Christ, "the Way" Lyrics: 1 “I am,” saith Christ, “the Way”; Now, if we credit him, All other paths must lead astray, How fair soe’er they seem. 2 “I am,” says Christ, “the Truth”; Then all that lacks this test, Proceed it from an angel’s mouth, Is but a lie at best. 3 “I am,” says Christ, “the Life”; Let this be seen by faith, It follows, without further strife, That all besides is death. 4 If what those words aver, The Holy Ghost apply, The simplest Christian shall not err, Nor be deceived, nor die. Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ

On the Passion

Author: Hart Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 26 hymnals First Line: Come, all ye chosen saints of God Lyrics: 1 Come, all ye chosen saints of God, That long to feel the cleansing blood, In pensive pleasure join with me, To sing of sad Gethsemane. 2 [Gethsemane, the olive press! (And why so called, let Christians guess;) Fit name! fit place! where vengeance strove, And griped and grappled hard with love.] 3 ’Twas here the Lord of life appeared, And sighed, and groaned, and prayed, and feared; Bore all incarnate God could bear, With strength enough, and none to spare. 4 The powers of hell united pressed, And squeezed his heart and bruised his breast; What dreadful conflicts raged within, When sweat and blood forced through the skin! 5 [Dispatched from heaven an angel stood, Amazed to find him bathed in blood; Adored by angels, and obeyed, But lower now than angels made. 6 He stood to strengthen, not to fight; Justice exacts its utmost mite, This Victim vengeance will pursue; He undertook, and must go through.] 7 [Three favoured servants, left not far, Were bid to wait and watch the war; But Christ withdrawn, what watch we keep! To shun the sight, they sank in sleep.] 8 Backwards and forwards thrice he ran, As if he sought some help from man; Or wished, at least, they would condole (’Twas all they could) his tortured soul. 9 [Whate’er he sought for, there was none; Our Captain fought the field alone; Soon as the Chief to battle led, That moment every soldier fled.] 10 Mysterious conflict! dark disguise! Hid from all creatures’ peering eyes; Angels, astonished, viewed the scene; And wonder yet what all could mean. 11 O Mount of Olives, sacred grove! O Garden, scene of tragic love! What bitter herbs thy beds produce! How rank their scent, how harsh their juice! 12 [Rare virtues now these herbs contain; The Saviour sucked out all their bane; My mouth with these if conscience cram, I’ll eat them with the paschal Lamb.] 13 O Kedron, gloomy brook, how foul Thy black, polluted waters roll! No tongue can tell, but some can taste, The filth that into thee was cast. 14 In Eden’s garden there was food Of every kind for man while good; But banished thence we fly to thee, O garden of Gethsemane. Topics: Sufferings, Death, and Cross of Christ

Much we talk of Jesus' blood

Author: Hart Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Much we talk of Jesus’ blood; But how little’s understood! Of his sufferings so intense, Angels have no perfect sense. Who can rightly comprehend Their beginning or their end? ’Tis to God, and God alone, That their weight is fully known. 2 [O thou hideous monster, Sin, What a curse hast thou brought in! All creation groans through thee, Pregnant cause of misery. Thou hast ruined wretched man, Ever since the world began; Thou hast God afflicted too; Nothing less than that would do. 3 Would we then rejoice indeed? Be it that from thee we’re freed; And our justest cause to grieve Is that thou wilt to us cleave. Faith relieves us from thy guilt, But we think whose blood was spilt; All we hear, or feel, or see, Serves to raise our hate to thee.] 4 Dearly we are bought, for God Bought us with his own heart’s blood; Boundless depths of love divine! Jesus, what a love was thine! Though the wonders thou hast done Are as yet so little known, Here we fix and comfort take – Jesus died for sinners’ sake. Topics: Sufferings, Death, and Cross of Christ Scripture: Lamentations 1:12

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