I Looked, And, Lo, a Lamb

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“The next day John seeth Jesus coining unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”—John 1:2929The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29).
“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.”—Rev. 14:11And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (Revelation 14:1).
I looked, and, lo, a Lamb—oh, wondrous sight!
And can it be
That I, too, soon shall rise to regions bright,
The Lamb to see?
That in His face of love—His own dear face,
I, too, shall gaze,
And shout aloud the wonders of His grace
In ceaseless lays?
Oh! ‘twill be joy to hear that very voice
Whose whisper here
Can bid the heavy—laden one rejoice,
Can still each fear.
And then, to see those wounds—the nail-pierced hands.
And riven side—
While, there, the purchase of such love shall stand,
His blood-bought bride.
Oh! what a thought, she, now, despised of men,
Shall triumph there;
And all His poor rejected ones shall then.
That triumph share!
They shall no more go out! in Him their rest,
Their home shall be.
In seeing, hearing, knowing Him, be blest
Eternally.