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HYMN XVIII.
PART II.
[Soon as the warning angel came]
Soon as the warning angel came,
That call'd her up to worlds on high,
Meek as a death-devoted lamb,
Yet starting as unfit to die,
Her nature's frailty she confess'd,
And sunk upon her Saviour's breast.
That call'd her up to worlds on high,
Meek as a death-devoted lamb,
Yet starting as unfit to die,
Her nature's frailty she confess'd,
And sunk upon her Saviour's breast.
He own'd the soul so dearly loved,
And cutting short His work of grace,
Her sins insensibly removed,
Made meet at once to see His face,
And lo! her latest fears are o'er,
And pain and suffering is no more.
And cutting short His work of grace,
Her sins insensibly removed,
Made meet at once to see His face,
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And pain and suffering is no more.
One only labour yet remains,
Her genuine faith to justify,
One only care the spirit detains,
When wing'd, and ready for the sky:
That agony of love unknown,
That cry in death, “My son, my son!”
Her genuine faith to justify,
One only care the spirit detains,
When wing'd, and ready for the sky:
That agony of love unknown,
That cry in death, “My son, my son!”
Can she her sucking child forget,
In travail for his soul so long?
Discharging nature's double debt,
She warns him with a faltering tongue;
She wins him by her latest breath,
The mother of his soul in death.
In travail for his soul so long?
Discharging nature's double debt,
She warns him with a faltering tongue;
She wins him by her latest breath,
The mother of his soul in death.
By all the powers of love pursued,
To Christ with holy violence driven,
She claims him for the Saviour God,
She turns, and lifts his heart to heaven:
In faith's almighty arms she bears,
And crowns her counsels with her prayers.
To Christ with holy violence driven,
She claims him for the Saviour God,
She turns, and lifts his heart to heaven:
In faith's almighty arms she bears,
And crowns her counsels with her prayers.
In vain her strength and language fail,
Speechless she urges her request,
She will with the God-Man prevail:
And now of all her wish possess'd,
Smiling, she looks Him back the praise,
And heaven is open'd in her face.
Speechless she urges her request,
She will with the God-Man prevail:
And now of all her wish possess'd,
Smiling, she looks Him back the praise,
And heaven is open'd in her face.
Those heavenly smiles distinctly tell
The rapturous bliss her spirit feels,
The glorious joy unspeakable,
Which Christ to dying saints reveals:
The sight, which none can here conceive,
The sight, which none can see and live.
The rapturous bliss her spirit feels,
The glorious joy unspeakable,
Which Christ to dying saints reveals:
The sight, which none can here conceive,
The sight, which none can see and live.
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Like Moses on the mountain laid
With longing looks, and ravish'd eyes,
She sees the Saviour's arms display'd,
She sees His open face, and dies!
Drops at His kiss the mortal clod,
And plunges in the depths of God.
With longing looks, and ravish'd eyes,
She sees the Saviour's arms display'd,
She sees His open face, and dies!
Drops at His kiss the mortal clod,
And plunges in the depths of God.
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