Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE TYPE OF THE ATONEMENT. |
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THE TYPE OF THE ATONEMENT.
“For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians, and
when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts,
the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer
to come in unto your houses to smite you.”
—Exodus, xii. 23.
Horror was in the cry!
Tears were in many an eye,
And fearful anguish breath'd a fruitless prayer,
When, at the dead of night,
The stern destroyer's flight
Where danger seem'd not scatter'd wild despair.
Tears were in many an eye,
And fearful anguish breath'd a fruitless prayer,
When, at the dead of night,
The stern destroyer's flight
Where danger seem'd not scatter'd wild despair.
But where the sprinkled blood
A pledge of safety stood,
The messenger of wrath pass'd harmless o'er;
In quietness they slept,
Or holy vigils kept,
Clos'd until morning every guarded door.
A pledge of safety stood,
The messenger of wrath pass'd harmless o'er;
In quietness they slept,
Or holy vigils kept,
Clos'd until morning every guarded door.
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If Israel's sons delight
To celebrate a rite
To which their faithful memory fondly clings,
Should not the Christian too
Herein an emblem view
Of blood more holy, speaking better things?
To celebrate a rite
To which their faithful memory fondly clings,
Should not the Christian too
Herein an emblem view
Of blood more holy, speaking better things?
O Thou! who on the tree,
Our souls from death to free,
Thy cleansing and atoning blood outpour'd,
Incline our hearts to prize
Thy pure self-sacrifice,
And be our Paschal Lamb! Redeeming Lord!
Our souls from death to free,
Thy cleansing and atoning blood outpour'd,
Incline our hearts to prize
Thy pure self-sacrifice,
And be our Paschal Lamb! Redeeming Lord!
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