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THE SIN-OFFERING

Matt. xxvii. 46

               Still, O soul! the sign and wonder
                    Of all ages see--
                                    Christ, thy God, the King of glory,
                    On the Cross for thee;
                                    From the Father's bosom come,
               Wandering soul, to bring thee home.
               
               Wouldst thou know if Jesus loves thee?
                    If He loves thee well?
                                    See Him suffer, broken-hearted,
                    All the pains of hell--
                                    Smitten, bearing in thy room
               All thy guilt, and all thy doom.
               
               See Him of His God forsaken,
                    Hear His bitter cries
                                    Rise unanswered through the darkness
                    Of the silent skies--
                                    See the fountain of the blood
               Shed to bring thee back to God.
               
               Mine the sin, O mighty Saviour,
                    Laid by God on Thee--
                                    Mine eternal condemnation
                    In Thy Cross I see--
                                    In Thine agony divine
               See the curse that else were mine.
               
               See the conquest and the triumph
                    Thou for me hast won;
                                    Justice satisfied for ever,
                    All God's pleasure done.
                                    Thus, O smitten Rock! from Thee,
               Life eternal flows to me.
               
               Unto me, the base, the guilty,
                    Flows that living flood;
                                    I, Thine enemy, am ransomed
                    By Thy precious Blood.
                                    Silent at Thy feet I lie,
               Lost in love's immensity.

G. T. S.


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