2 Shall death confine the Lord? Or hold the King of men?

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He bursts the tomb, he quits the grave,
And opes the tyrant's den.

All glorious, see him rise

Triumphant o'er his foes: Against the dwelling of the strong Ariel, Jesus goes.

Hail, Judah's lion, hail !

The vict'ry, Lord, is thine :

And death subdu'd-and hell itself

The prey to thee resign.

Q, for a song of praise,

Immortal as thy fame :

But heav'n in solemn silence kneels

Before the Almighty Lamb.

HYMN 30. S. M.

Temptation in the Wilderness. Mark i. 12, 13. Luke iv. 1.2:

1 FOR forty mystic days,

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Unknown to man their length, Thy foe, the foe of God with man, Exerted all his strength.

No finite mind can tell,

The conflicts of those hours :

Nor ought but infinite conceive

Of Satan's wily pow'rs.

Was it to wreath thy brow

With vict'ry's bright'ning wreath ?

To give thyself a royal crown

That thus thou fought'st with death?

No-surely no.—For man

The combat was begun—

For man 'twas finish'd-'tis complete-
For man the battle's won.

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Eternal praise await,

Thy glorious, blessed name; Thou Captain of Salvation's hosts, All suff'ring, conq'ring Lamb.

HYMN 31. S. M.

Preaching of glad Tidings. Luke iv. 17, 18, 19. Matt. iv. 23.

O Christ, what gracious words,

Are ever, ever thine ;

Thy voice is music to the soul,

And life and peace divine.

Glad tidings full of joy,

Flow from thy lips, the lips of truth,

And flow without alloy.

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The broken heart, the poor,

The bruis'd, the deaf, the blind;

The dumb, the dead, the captive wretch,
In thee compassion find.

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Lord Jesus, speed the day,

The promis'd day of grace,

To all the poor, the dumb, the deaf,
The dead of Adam's race.

5 One song shall then employ
The blessed, blessing whole;
And human nature shout thy name,
The life of every soul.

HYMN 32. S. M.

Miracles of Christ. Mat. iii. 24, 25. xiv. 34-36. Luke iv. 40,41.

1

JESUS, we bless thy pow'r ;

Thy grace, we honour more;

Such love as thine, it must subdue
To worship, love, adore.

2

The blind, the dumb, the deaf
A word, a touch relieves ;

The wither'd arm, at thy command
New strength, O Lord, receives.
3 Lepers, who long had groan'd
Beneath the weight of pain;

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The palsied limbs-the dying-dead-
Are all made whole again.
Legions of hell, obey

Thy dread, almighty word;
And Jew and Gentile dispossess'd,
Give glory to the Lord.

Come, great Physician, come;
In spirit, Christ, display

Thy healing, cleansing, gracious pow'rs,
And take ev'n death away.

HYMN 33. P. M.

Fransfiguration on Mount Tabor.

Matt. xvii. 2. Mark ix. 3.

Luke ix. 29. Philip iii. 21.

1 As Jesus stood on Tabor's mound,
Celestial glory beam'd around,
And cloth'd the man, the God,
In lucid robes of spotless white;
Whilst splendors of primeval light,
Loos'd day's unbounded flood.

2 More pure than Salmon's fleecy snow,
His whit'ning garments radiant flow:
How chang'd his mortal form !

Thus breaks the sun all glorious forth,
And sev❜n fold light revisits earth,
As dies away the storm.

3 Behold the man! what beauties shine !
'Tis there the Father beams divine
With light, and life, and grace:

Those glories which surround the God,
His mighty arm shall pour abroad
On Adam's naked race.

4 Lord, Jesus, come! From Tabor's mound, Light the whole earth with glory round: Thyself, the life, display :

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These bodies change to heav'nly forms :
O God! my soul, my spirit warms:
I pant, to see thy day.

HYMN 34. S. M.

Advocate, if any Man sin. 1 John ii. 1. Mic. vii. 18, 19.

JESUS, before thy throne,

We bow with filial awe,

And our transgressions humbly own

As sins against thy law.

Where, whither shall we fly?
How 'scape from wrath divine ?

O be our Advocate on high,

And claim us, Lord, as thine.

Plead thy dear wounds, rich blood,
Thy agony, and sweat ;

The mighty ransom of the God,
Who paid the sinner's debt.
Nor ask we this, thy grace,
For our vile selves alone;
The whole of Adam's guilty`race
Are, Lord, thy purchas❜d own.
Hence all the shields of earth,
Shall sound thy name abroad;

And shout in loudest strains of praise,
The ever saving God.

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And founded on a stedfast hope,
Forever shall endure.

The word is giv'n, "I will :"
And who shall let thy hand?
The purpose of eternal grace,

It must establish'd stand.

Israel shall know the Lord.
The Gentiles trust in thee.

And nations, kindreds, peoples, tongues,
The great salvation see.

Thy grace, thy mercy, truth,
Demand the grateful song;

Let earth begin the blessed theme,
And heav'n the strain prolong.

HYMN 36. C. M.

Mediator of the New Testament. Heb. ix. 15-17. 1 Tim. ü. 5, 6. Heb. ii. 15.

1 ALL gracious Lord, we sing thy love,
A love more strong than death :
The testament divine was seal'd,
With thy expiring breath.

2 Hail, Mediator, Saviour, hail !
We bless the ransom giv❜n;
For us, for all, was freely paid,
The richest blood of heav'n.

3 By thee, O Christ, from death redeem'd,
Thy blood must sure prevail;
Nor death in bondage to the foe,
Shall cause our life to fail.

4 Wake then a song, the noblest song-
Let heav'n and earth rejoice,

The dead shall live-the graves shall hear
Salvation in thy voice.