328. Lord Jesus! to Tell of Thy Love

8s, P.M.
by T. Haweis
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Lord Jesus! to tell of Thy love
 
Our souls shall forever delight,
 
And sing of Thy glory above,
 
In praises by day and by night.
 
Wherever we follow Thee, Lord,
 
Admiring, adoring, we see
 
That love which was stronger than death
 
Flow out without limit, and free.
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.” (Song of Solomon 8:6)
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Descending from glory on high,
 
With men Thy delight was to dwell,
 
Contented, our Surety to die,
 
Nor e’er didst the vilest repel.
 
Enduring the grief and the shame,
 
Thou barest our sins on the cross,
 
Oh! who would not boast of this love,
 
And count the world’s glory but loss?
“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” (John 6:38)
“Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.” (Proverbs 8:31)
“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.” (Hebrews 7:22)
“The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!” (Luke 7:34)
“And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment. And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.” (Luke 7:37-39)
“And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.” (Luke 7:44-48)
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2)
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Philippians 3:8)
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