6 "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;" Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come;
Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may come, Thy Saviour bids thee come.
Russell Sturgis Cook, 1850.
THE GOSPEL RECEIVED BY FAITH.
UST as I am-without one plea
JUBut that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come.
2 Just as I am-and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come.
3 Just as I am-though toss'd about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come.
4 Just as I am-poor, wretched, blind,
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come.
5 Just as I am-Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come.
6 Just as I am-Thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down,
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come.
7 Just as I am-of that free love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove, Here for a season, then above,
O Lamb of God, I come.
UST as Thou art-how wondrous fair,
Lord Jesus, all Thy members are!
A life divine to them is given-
A long inheritance in heaven.
2 Just as I was I came to Thee,
An heir of wrath and misery;
Just as Thou art before the throne,
I stand in righteousness Thine own.
3 Just as Thou art-how wondrous free:
Loosed by the sorrows of the tree:
Jesus! the curse, the wrath were Thine,
To give Thy saints this life divine.
4 Just as Thou art-nor doubt, nor fear,
Can with Thy spotlessness appear;
Oh timeless love! as Thee, I'm seen,
The "righteousness of God in Him."
5 Just as Thou art-Thou Lamb divine;
Life, light, and holiness are Thine:
Thyself their endless source I see,
And they, the life of God in me.
6 Just as Thou art-oh blissful ray
That turn'd my darkness into day!
That woke me from my death of sin,
To know my perfectness in Him.
7 Oh teach me, Lord, this grace to own,
That self and sin no more are known;
That love-Thy love-in wondrous right,
Hath placed me in its spotless light!
8 Soon, soon, 'mid joys on joys untold,
Thou wilt this grace and love unfold,
Till worlds on worlds adoring see
The part Thy members have in Thee.
Joseph Denham Smith, 1860,
548 The Prodigal's Welcome. 8.8.8.6., or L. M.
HE wanderer no more will roam,
The lost one to the fold hath come,
The prodigal is welcomed home;
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
2 Though clothed with shame, by sin defiled, The Father hath embraced His child; And I am pardon'd, reconciled,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
3 It is the Father's joy to bless,
His love provides for me a dress;
A robe of spotless righteousness,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
4 Now shall my famish'd soul be fed,
A feast of love for me is spread,
I feed upon the children's bread,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
5 Yea, in the fulness of His grace,
He put me in the children's place,
Where I may gaze upon His face,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
6 I cannot half His love express,
Yet, Lord! with joy my lips confess,
This blessed portion I possess,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
7 It is Thy precious name I bear,
It is Thy spotless robe I wear,
Therefore, the Father's love I share,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
8 And when I in Thy likeness shine,
The glory and the praise be Thine,
That everlasting joy is mine,
O Lamb of God, in Thee!
Y hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame;
But wholly lean on Jesus' name:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil :
3 His oath, His covenant, and His blood,
Support me in the sinking flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay:
4 When the last awful trump shall sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found,
Dress'd in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne:
On Christ, &c.
Edward Mote, 1825, a.
550 "Be not afraid, only believe."
Y faith looks up to Thee,
MY Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine:
Now hear me while I
Take all my guilt away;
Oh let me from this day
Be wholly Thine.
2 May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire:
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire.
3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.
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