“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!”
HITHER, come. Behold and wonder!
View the sight all sights above!
Fix thy gaze on Calv’ry yonder,
On the proof that God is love;
Where the beams of heavenly glory
Shine and center in the cross;
See! the Saviour, pierced and gory,
Tasting woe and death for us.
Great is He who bears the anguish,
Rich the virtue of His blood;
Though in suffering He doth languish,
Yet is He the Almighty God.
He it is who gave the motion
To the rolling orbs on high;
Formed the earth, and bade the ocean
Not to pass its boundaries by.
Lo! ‘tis He in human fashion
Who for sinners sheds His blood;
Bearing, in Divine compassion,
Judgment’s deep and fearful flood.
Yes; He bears it undiminished;
Hear His God-forsaken cry!
Hark! He utters, “It is finished;”
See Him yield His breath and die!
Trace Him now from earth to heaven,
Crown’d, and seated on the throne;
See! the highest place is given
To the Lamb who did atone.
God can now His mercy shower
On the worst of Satan’s slaves;
Shew His love’s subduing power,
And the grace that fully saves.