HYMN 13. HIGH let us swell our tuneful notes, Good-will to sinful men is shewn, Justice and grace with sweet accord Let heav'n and earth in concert join, Glory to God in highest strains, When shall we reach those blissful realms Where Christ exalted reigns, And learn of the celestial choir HYMN 14. OH SAVIOUR, whom this holy morn Gave to our world below; To mortal want and labour born, And more than mortal woe. Incarnate Word! by every grief, If gaily clothed and proudly fed, If press'd by poverty severe, Through fickle fortune's various scene, From sin preserve us free ! HYMN 15. LET Christians all with one accord In lowest state the Lord of heav'n His pilgrimage began ; Fit lesson of humility To His proud creature man, Behold the Child, the holy Child, Born to atone for sin ; And let each ransom'd sinner's song Glory to God on earth, on high, And let the angels round the throne, GOOD FRIDAY. HYMN 16. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed ? Was it for crimes that I had done Well might the sun in darkness hide, When God, the mighty Maker, died For man the creature's sin. Thus might I hide my blushing face, While His dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And bathe my eyes in tears. But tears and sighs can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe ; Here, Lord, I give myself away; 'Tis all that I can do. HYMN 17. AND did the Holy and the Just, Yes, the Redeemer left His throne, He took the dying sinner's place, Jesus, my soul adoring bends What glad returns can I impart For favours so divine ? O take my all, this worthless heart!And make it only Thine. HYMN 18. BOUND upon th' accursed tree, By the side so deeply pierc'd, By the last and bitter cry ; By the prayer for them that slew, "Lord! they know not what they do!" By the spoil'd and empty grave, By the souls He died to save, HYMN 19. CHRIST, our passover, is slain, Free from sin's Egyptian chain, And Pharoah's tyranny. And truly serve our pard'ning God: Sprinkle every house and heart With Thine atoning blood. |