67. THE LAST WORDS OF A MINISTER.Christand redeeming mercy,—these aloneHis themes, as soon his life would cease to move;Then hear as if his voice still with you strove:—"My Friends! whom I would meet before Christ's throne,And welcome where all ransom'd souls are one,The Son of God from his high throne aboveCame down to this low world in boundless loveBy anguish of the cross our guilt t' atone,Immortal life by rising bring to light,For the deprav'd God's Spirit to procure,For weakest Christian all his promis'd might,And thus the failing hope to re-assure:—Compar'd with Christ count all things then but loss,Nor glory save in Christ and in his cross!"
67. THE LAST WORDS OF A MINISTER.
Christand redeeming mercy,—these aloneHis themes, as soon his life would cease to move;Then hear as if his voice still with you strove:—"My Friends! whom I would meet before Christ's throne,And welcome where all ransom'd souls are one,The Son of God from his high throne aboveCame down to this low world in boundless loveBy anguish of the cross our guilt t' atone,Immortal life by rising bring to light,For the deprav'd God's Spirit to procure,For weakest Christian all his promis'd might,And thus the failing hope to re-assure:—Compar'd with Christ count all things then but loss,Nor glory save in Christ and in his cross!"
Christand redeeming mercy,—these alone
His themes, as soon his life would cease to move;
Then hear as if his voice still with you strove:—
"My Friends! whom I would meet before Christ's throne,
And welcome where all ransom'd souls are one,
The Son of God from his high throne above
Came down to this low world in boundless love
By anguish of the cross our guilt t' atone,
Immortal life by rising bring to light,
For the deprav'd God's Spirit to procure,
For weakest Christian all his promis'd might,
And thus the failing hope to re-assure:—
Compar'd with Christ count all things then but loss,
Nor glory save in Christ and in his cross!"