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THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS.
WRITTEN TO ILLUSTRATE A PRINT FROM RUBENS'S CELEBRATED PICTURE.
“It is finished!”—John xix. 30.
“It is finished!” All is
done
As the Eternal Father willed;
Now his well-beloved Son
Hath His gracious word fulfilled:
Even he who runs may read
Here accomplished what was said,
That the woman's promised Seed
Yet should bruise the serpent's head!
As the Eternal Father willed;
Now his well-beloved Son
Hath His gracious word fulfilled:
Even he who runs may read
Here accomplished what was said,
That the woman's promised Seed
Yet should bruise the serpent's head!
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“It is finished!” Needs no more
Blood of heifer, goat, or ram;
Typical, in days of yore,
Of the one incarnate Lamb!
Lamb of God! for sinners slain,
Thou the curse of sin hast braved;
Braved and borne it—not in vain;
Thou hast died—and man is saved!
Blood of heifer, goat, or ram;
Typical, in days of yore,
Of the one incarnate Lamb!
Lamb of God! for sinners slain,
Thou the curse of sin hast braved;
Braved and borne it—not in vain;
Thou hast died—and man is saved!
“It is finished!” Wrath of man
Here hath wrought, and done its worst;
Still subservient to His plan,
Greatest, Wisest, Last, and First!
God shall magnify His praise
By that very act of shame;
And, through hatred's hellish ways,
He shall glorify His name!
Here hath wrought, and done its worst;
Still subservient to His plan,
Greatest, Wisest, Last, and First!
God shall magnify His praise
By that very act of shame;
And, through hatred's hellish ways,
He shall glorify His name!
“It is finished!” From the tree
Where the Lord of life hath died,
His attendant mourners, see,
Gently lower The Crucified!
With a sister's tender care,
With a more than brother's love,
Manhood, womanhood are there,
Truth's devotedness to prove.
Where the Lord of life hath died,
His attendant mourners, see,
Gently lower The Crucified!
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With a more than brother's love,
Manhood, womanhood are there,
Truth's devotedness to prove.
“It is finished!” By the veil
Of the temple, rent in twain;
By the yet more fearful tale
Of the dead, up-risen again;
By that dense and darkened sky,
By each rent and rifted rock,
By that last expiring cry,
Heard amid the earthquake's shock!
Of the temple, rent in twain;
By the yet more fearful tale
Of the dead, up-risen again;
By that dense and darkened sky,
By each rent and rifted rock,
By that last expiring cry,
Heard amid the earthquake's shock!
“It is finished!” Bear away
To the garden-tomb its dead:
Boast not, Death! thy transient prey;
Watchers! vain your nightly tread;
“Shining ones” are there, who wait
Till their Lord shall burst his prison,
To ascend in glorious state:—
“It is finished!” Christ hath risen.
To the garden-tomb its dead:
Boast not, Death! thy transient prey;
Watchers! vain your nightly tread;
“Shining ones” are there, who wait
Till their Lord shall burst his prison,
To ascend in glorious state:—
“It is finished!” Christ hath risen.
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