“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!”
John 1:29.
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.