213. On Calvary We've Adoring Stood

P.M.
by J.G. Deck
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On Calvary we’ve adoring stood,
 
And gazed on that wondrous cross,
 
Where the holy, spotless Lamb of God
 
Was slain in His love for us;
 
How our hearts have stirred at that solemn cry,
 
While the sun was enwrapt in night,
 
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?"
 
Most blessed, most awful sight.
“<<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?” (Psalm 22:1)
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Our sins were laid on His sacred head,
 
The curse by our Lord was borne;
 
For us a victim our Savior bled,
 
And endurèd that death of scorn;
 
Himself He gave our poor hearts to win — 
 
(Was ever love, Lord, like Thine!)
 
From the paths of folly, and shame, and sin,
 
And fill them with joys divine.
“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)
“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 53:6)
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13)
“Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?” (John 18:34)
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We’ve watched by the tomb where our Savior lay
 
When He entered the gloomy grave;
 
And by death the power of death might slay
 
And His lambs from the lion save.
 
Oh! glorious time when the Victor rose!
 
He liveth no more to die;
 
He hath bruised the head of our mighty foes,
 
For us was His victory!
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57)
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The gates of heaven are opened wide,
 
At His name all the angels bow;
 
The Son of Man who was crucified
 
Is the King of glory now:
 
We love to look up and behold Him there,
 
The Lamb for His chosen slain;
 
And soon shall His saints all His glories share,
 
With their Head and their Lord shall reign.
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.” (Philippians 2:10)
“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” (Hebrews 2:10)
“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” (Revelation 20:6)
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And now we draw near to the throne of grace,
 
For His blood and the Priest are there;
 
And we joyfully seek God’s holy face,
 
With our censer of praise and prayer.
 
The burning mount and the mystic veil,
 
With our terrors and guilt, are gone;
 
Our conscience has peace that can never fail,
 
’Tis the Lamb on high on the throne.
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)
“When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” (Psalm 27:8)
“By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” (Hebrews 13:15)
“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest.” (Hebrews 12:18)
“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14)
“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.” (Revelation 5:6)
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