And is this treasure borne below
In earthly vessels frail ?
Can none its utmost value know,
Till flesh and spirit fail?

God, to redeem it, did not spare
His well-beloved Son;

Jesus, to save it, deigned to bear
The sins of all in one.

The Holy Spirit seal'd the plan,
And pledg'd the blood divine,
To ransom every soul of man-
That price was paid for mine.

MONTGOMERY.

Raise your triumphant songs

To an immortal tune;

Let the wide earth resound the deeds

Celestial grace hath done.

Sing how Eternal Love

His chief Beloved chose,

And bid Him raise our wretched race

From their abyss of woes.

'Twas mercy fill'd the throne,

And wrath stood silent by,

When Christ was sent with pardon down,
To rebels doom'd to die.

Lord, we obey Thy call,

We lay an humble claim

To the salvation Thou hast brought,
And love and praise Thy name!

Not the labour of my hands
Can fulfil Thy law's demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,-
Could my tears for ever flow,———
All for sin could not atone :

Thou must save, and Thou alone!

TOPLADY.

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Where then my boast of immortality?

I boast it still, though cover'd o'er with guilt ;
For guilt, not innocence, His life He pour'd;

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My name in heaven with that inverted spear

(A spear deep dipt in blood) which pierced His side, And open'd there a fount for all mankind.

And what is this ?-survey the wondrous cure,
And at each step let higher wonder rise!
Pardon for infinite offence! and pardon
Through means that speak its value infinite!
A pardon bought with blood! with blood divine!
With blood divine of Him I made my foe!
Persisted to provoke! though wooed and awed,
Blest and chastised, a flagrant rebel still:

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A rebel 'midst the thunders of His throne !
Nor I alone-a rebel universe!

My species up in arms, not one exempt!
Yet for the foulest of the foul He dies!
Most joy'd for the redeem'd from deepest guilt!
Bound ev'ry heart; and ev'ry bosom burn-
O what a scale of miracles is here!

Its lowest round high planted in the skies:
Its tow'ring summit lost beyond the thought
Of man or angel! O that I could climb
The wonderful ascent with equal praise!
Praise! flow for ever (if astonishment

Will give thee leave) my praise, for ever flow ;
Praise, ardent, cordial, constant, to high heav'n,
More fragrant than Arabia sacrificed,

And all her spicy mountains in a flame.

YOUNG.

Plung'd in a gulph of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.

With pitying eyes the Prince of Peace
Beheld our helpless grief;

He saw, and (Oh, amazing love!)
He came to our relief.

Down from the shining courts above,

With joyful haste he fled;

Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

O for this love, let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break ;
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.

Mourner, art thou conscience-stricken,
Deeply now convinced of sin,
Powerless, thy dead soul to quicken
By the serpent stung within?

To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give.

Jesus, on that cross suspended,
Died to expiate thy guilt-

Satisfied God's law offended,

Saved thee by the blood He spilt:

To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give.

God will, for His sake, forgive thee,
Boldly through His name apply,
Perfect soundness He will give thee,
If on Him be fix'd thine eye.

To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give.

"THE INVALID'S HYMN Book."

VII. THE ATONING AND CLEANSING BLOOD OF CHRIST.

YE are bought with a price.-1 COR. vi. 20.

With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.-1 PETER i. 19.

The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.-1 JOHN i. 7.

Exod. xii. 13, 23-Levit. xvi. 21, 22-Num. xvi. 47, 48-xxv. 11-13-Job xxxiii. 24-Psalm li. 1, 2, 7-lxv. 3—lxviii. 13– lxxix 9-cvi. 23-cxviii. 27-Isaiah i. 18, 25-xliii. 25—xliv. 22 -liii. 6-Jer. 1. 20-Dan. xii. 10-Zech. ix. 11-xiii. 1.

Matt. xx. 28-xxvi. 28-John xi. 50-xiii. 8-xv. 13-Acts xx. 28-Rom. iii. 24, 25—v. 8-11-1 Cor. v. 7—vi. 11, 19, 20— xi. 26-xv. 3—Eph. i. 6, 7—iii. 12-v. 25-27-Col. i. 14, 19-22 ii. 13, 14-1 Tim. ii. 5, 6-Tit. ii. 14-iii. 5-7-Heb. i. 3—vii. 26, 27-ix. 7, 8, 11-16, 22-26, 28-x. 4-22-xii. 22-24-xiii. 11-13 1 Pet. i. 2, 18, 19-1 John i. 7—ii. 1, 2—iii. 16-v. 6-Rev. i. 5, 6-v.-vii. 9, 13, 14-xii. 10, 11-xiii. 8.

With blood, but not his own-the awful sign
At once of sin's desert, and guilt's remission,
The Jew besought the clemency divine,
The hope of mercy blending with contrition.