Unloose our stamm'ring tongues to tell Thy love, immense, unsearchable.

5 First-born of many brethren, thou To thee both earth and heav'n must bow:

Help us to find our all in thee,
And thine in life and death to be.

53. Lamb. 8-7-7.

In the midst of the throne stood a Lamb. REV. v. 6.

HOPE in CHRIST our Lord possessing,
Let us raise a cheerful psalm:
Glory, honour, pow'r and blessing,
Be for ever to the Lamb!
In the midst of yonder throne,
Lo he stands, he reigns alone.

2 Praise the Lamb! his love unbounded
Is the theme of praise in heav'n :
On his death our hopes are founded;
For our sins his life was giv'n:
And we trust that by his blood
We are reconcil'd to God.

3 Praise the Lamb! ye saints, adore him, You he saves from endless shame : See how Angels fall before him,

How they triumph in his name;
His the sceptre, his the crown,
His yon bright eternal throne..,

4 Praise the Lamb! repeat his praises, 'Tis a theme, ye saints, for you: When our Lord to heav'n shall raise us, There the subject we'll renew: And in yonder glorious place, We shall see the SAVIOUR's face.

5 [There, with all who liv'd as strangers
While ou earth, we hope to be:
Free from toil, from fear, from dangers,
Happy through eternity:
There we hope to see the Lamb!
And for ever praise his name.]

54. Lamb. L. M.

Behold the Lamb of GOD, which taketh away the sin of the world.JOHN i. 29.

BEHOLD the sin-atoning Lamb,
With wonder, gratitude, and love:
To take away our guilt and shame,
See him descending from above.

2 Our sins and griefs on him were laid;
He meekly bore the mighty load;
Our ransom-price he fully paid
In groans and tears, in sweat and blood.

3 To save a guilty world, he dies;
Sinners, behold the bleeding Lamb!
To him lift up your longing eyes,
And hope for mercy in his name.

4 Pardon, and peace, thro' him abound,
He can the richest blessings give;
Salvation in his name is found,
He bids the dying sinner live.

1

5 JESUS, my Lord, I look to thee-
Where else can helpless sinners go?
Thy boundless love shall set me free
From all my wretchedness and woe.

55. Lamb. 7—6—8.

1

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.-ISAIAH liii. 5.

LAMB of God, for sinners slain,
To thee 1 feebly pray;

Heal me of my grief and pain,
O take my sins away.
From this bondage, Lord, release.
No longer let me be opprest;
JESUS, master, seal my peace,

And take me to thy breast.

2 Hast thou not invited all

Who groan beneath their sin?
Weary, I obey thy call,

And come to be made clean;
Give my burden'd conscience ease,
O grant me now the promis'd rest,
JESUS, master, &c.

3 Wilt thou cast a sinner out,
Who so humbly comes to thee?
No, my God, I cannot doubt
Thy mercy is for me;
Let me then obtain thy grace,
And be of paradise possest.
JESUS, master, &c.

56. Lamb. C. M.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. -ISAIAH liii. 4.

THOU Lamb of God, that on the tree,
Our bitter burdens bore,

And lov'd, till death a worm like me!
I bow, admire, adore.

2 Thy head the crown of thorns that wears, With brightest radiance glows; That "visage, marr'd" with blood and

tears,
Transcendent beauty shows.

3 Those wounded hands, stretch'd out so wide,

Proclaim the sinner's friend;
And issuing from thy pierced side
Life-giving streams descend.

4 By men despis'd, rejected, scorn'd,
No beauty they can see;
With grace and glory all adorn'd
The loveliest form to me.

57. Lamb. C. M.

Behold the Lamb of GOD.-JOHN i. 36.
BEHOLD the Lamb of God, who bore
Thy burdens on the tree;
And paid in blood the dreadful score,
The ransom due for thee!

2 Look to him till the sight endears The Saviour to thy heart;

His pierced feet bedew with tears,
Nor from his Cross depart.

3 Look to him till his dying love
Thy ev'ry thought controul;
Its vast constraining influence prove
O'er body, spirit, soul.

4 Look to him, as the race you run,
Your never-failing friend;
Finish he will the work begun,
And grace in glory end.

58. Lamb. 8-7.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.ISAIAH liii. 6.

HAIL! thou once-despised JESUS,
Hail thou Galilean king!
Thou didst suffer to release us;
Thou didst free salvation bring;