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IV. The Holy Eucharist as it implies a Sacrifice.
HYMN CXVI.
[Victim Divine, Thy grace we claim]
Victim Divine, Thy grace we claim
While thus Thy precious death we show;
Once offer'd up, a spotless Lamb,
In Thy great temple here below,
Thou didst for all mankind atone,
And standest now before the throne.
While thus Thy precious death we show;
Once offer'd up, a spotless Lamb,
In Thy great temple here below,
Thou didst for all mankind atone,
And standest now before the throne.
Thou standest in the holiest place,
As now for guilty sinners slain;
Thy blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays,
All-prevalent for helpless man;
Thy blood is still our ransom found,
And spreads salvation all around.
As now for guilty sinners slain;
Thy blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays,
All-prevalent for helpless man;
Thy blood is still our ransom found,
And spreads salvation all around.
The smoke of Thy atonement here
Darken'd the sun and rent the veil,
Made the new way to heaven appear,
And show'd the great Invisible;
Well pleased in Thee our God look'd down,
And call'd His rebels to a crown.
Darken'd the sun and rent the veil,
Made the new way to heaven appear,
And show'd the great Invisible;
Well pleased in Thee our God look'd down,
And call'd His rebels to a crown.
He still respects Thy sacrifice,
Its savour sweet doth always please;
The offering smokes through earth and skies,
Diffusing life, and joy, and peace;
To these Thy lower courts it comes,
And fills them with divine perfumes.
Its savour sweet doth always please;
The offering smokes through earth and skies,
Diffusing life, and joy, and peace;
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And fills them with divine perfumes.
We need not now go up to heaven,
To bring the long-sought Saviour down;
Thou art to all already given,
Thou dost even now Thy banquet crown:
To every faithful soul appear,
And show Thy real presence here!
To bring the long-sought Saviour down;
Thou art to all already given,
Thou dost even now Thy banquet crown:
To every faithful soul appear,
And show Thy real presence here!
HYMN CXVII.
[Thou Lamb that sufferedst on the tree]
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Thou Lamb that sufferedst on the tree,
And in this dreadful mystery
Still offers't up Thyself to God,
We cast us on Thy sacrifice,
Wrapp'd in the sacred smoke arise,
And cover'd with the' atoning blood.
And in this dreadful mystery
Still offers't up Thyself to God,
We cast us on Thy sacrifice,
Wrapp'd in the sacred smoke arise,
And cover'd with the' atoning blood.
Thy death presented in our stead
Enters us now among the dead,
Parts of Thy mystic body here,
By Thy Divine oblation raised,
And on our Aaron's ephod placed
We now with Thee in heaven appear.
Enters us now among the dead,
Parts of Thy mystic body here,
By Thy Divine oblation raised,
And on our Aaron's ephod placed
We now with Thee in heaven appear.
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Thy death exalts Thy ransom'd ones,
And sets 'midst the precious stones,
Closest Thy dear, Thy loving breast;
Israel as on Thy shoulders stands,
Our names are graven on the hands,
The heart of our Eternal Priest.
And sets 'midst the precious stones,
Closest Thy dear, Thy loving breast;
Israel as on Thy shoulders stands,
Our names are graven on the hands,
The heart of our Eternal Priest.
For us He ever intercedes,
His heaven-deserving passion pleads,
Presenting us before the throne;
We want no sacrifice beside,
By that great Offering sanctified,
One with our Head, for ever one.
His heaven-deserving passion pleads,
Presenting us before the throne;
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By that great Offering sanctified,
One with our Head, for ever one.
HYMN CXVIII.
[Live, our Eternal Priest]
Live, our Eternal Priest,
By men and angels blest!
Jesus Christ the Crucified,
He who did for us atone,
From the cross where once He died,
Now He up to heaven is gone.
By men and angels blest!
Jesus Christ the Crucified,
He who did for us atone,
From the cross where once He died,
Now He up to heaven is gone.
He ever lives, and prays
For all the faithful race;
In the holiest place above
Sinners' Advocate He stands,
Pleads for us His dying love,
Shows for us His bleeding hands.
For all the faithful race;
In the holiest place above
Sinners' Advocate He stands,
Pleads for us His dying love,
Shows for us His bleeding hands.
His body torn and rent
He doth to God present,
In that dear memorial shows
Israel's chosen tribes imprest;
All our names the Father knows,
Reads them on our Aaron's breast.
He doth to God present,
In that dear memorial shows
Israel's chosen tribes imprest;
All our names the Father knows,
Reads them on our Aaron's breast.
He reads, while we beneath
Present our Saviour's death,
Do as Jesus bids us do,
Signify His flesh and blood,
Him in a memorial show,
Offer up the Lamb to God.
Present our Saviour's death,
Do as Jesus bids us do,
Signify His flesh and blood,
Him in a memorial show,
Offer up the Lamb to God.
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From this thrice hallow'd shade
Which Jesus' cross hath made,
Image of His sacrifice,
Never, never will we move,
Till with all His saints we rise,
Rise, and take our place above.
Which Jesus' cross hath made,
Image of His sacrifice,
Never, never will we move,
Till with all His saints we rise,
Rise, and take our place above.
HYMN CXIX.
[Father, God, who seest in me]
Father, God, who seest in me
Only sin and misery,
See Thine own Anointed One,
Look on Thy beloved Son.
Only sin and misery,
See Thine own Anointed One,
Look on Thy beloved Son.
Turn from me Thy glorious eyes
To that bloody Sacrifice,
To the full atonement made,
To the utmost ransom paid;
To that bloody Sacrifice,
To the full atonement made,
To the utmost ransom paid;
To the blood that speaks above,
Calls for Thy forgiving love;
To the tokens of His death
Here exhibited beneath.
Calls for Thy forgiving love;
To the tokens of His death
Here exhibited beneath.
Hear His blood's prevailing cry,
Let Thy bowels then reply,
Then through Him the sinner see
Then in Jesus look on me.
Let Thy bowels then reply,
Then through Him the sinner see
Then in Jesus look on me.
HYMN CXX.
[Father, see the Victim slain]
Father, see the Victim slain,
Jesus Christ, the just, the good,
Offer'd up for guilty man,
Pouring out His precious blood;
Him, and then the sinner see,
Look through Jesu's wounds on me.
Jesus Christ, the just, the good,
Offer'd up for guilty man,
Pouring out His precious blood;
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Look through Jesu's wounds on me.
Me, the sinner most distrest,
Most afflicted and forlorn,
Stranger to a moment's rest,
Rueing that I e'er was born,
Pierced with sin's envenom'd dart,
Dying of a broken heart.
Most afflicted and forlorn,
Stranger to a moment's rest,
Rueing that I e'er was born,
Pierced with sin's envenom'd dart,
Dying of a broken heart.
Dying, whom Thy hands have made
All Thy blessings to receive;
Dying, whom Thy love hath stay'd,
Whom Thy pity would have live;
Dying at my Saviour's side,
Dying, for whom Christ hath died.
All Thy blessings to receive;
Dying, whom Thy love hath stay'd,
Whom Thy pity would have live;
Dying at my Saviour's side,
Dying, for whom Christ hath died.
Can it, Father, can it be?
What doth Jesu's blood reply?
If it doth not plead for me,
Let my soul for ever die;
But if mine through Him Thou art,
Speak the pardon to my heart.
What doth Jesu's blood reply?
If it doth not plead for me,
Let my soul for ever die;
But if mine through Him Thou art,
Speak the pardon to my heart.
HYMN CXXI.
[Father, behold Thy favourite Son]
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Father, behold Thy favourite Son,
The glorious Partner of Thy throne,
For ever placed at Thy right hand;
O look on Thy Messiah's face,
And seal the covenant of Thy grace
To us who in Thy Jesus stand.
The glorious Partner of Thy throne,
For ever placed at Thy right hand;
O look on Thy Messiah's face,
And seal the covenant of Thy grace
To us who in Thy Jesus stand.
To us Thou hast redemption sent;
And we again to Thee present
The blood that speaks our sins forgiven,
That sprinkles all the nations round;
And now Thou hear'st the solemn sound
Loud echoing through the courts of heaven.
And we again to Thee present
The blood that speaks our sins forgiven,
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And now Thou hear'st the solemn sound
Loud echoing through the courts of heaven.
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The cross on Calvary He bore,
He suffer'd once to die no more,
But left a sacred pledge behind:
See here!—It on Thy altar lies,
Memorial of the sacrifice
He offer'd once for all mankind.
He suffer'd once to die no more,
But left a sacred pledge behind:
See here!—It on Thy altar lies,
Memorial of the sacrifice
He offer'd once for all mankind.
Father, the grand oblation see,
The death as present now with Thee
As when He gasp'd on earth—Forgive!
Answer, and show the curse removed,
Accept us in the Well-beloved,
And bid Thy world of rebels live.
The death as present now with Thee
As when He gasp'd on earth—Forgive!
Answer, and show the curse removed,
Accept us in the Well-beloved,
And bid Thy world of rebels live.
HYMN CXXII.
[Father, let the sinner go]
Father, let the sinner go,
The Lamb did once atone,
Lo! we to Thy justice show
The passion of Thy Son:
Thus to Thee we set it forth;
He the dying precept gave,
He that hath sufficient worth
A thousand worlds to save.
The Lamb did once atone,
Lo! we to Thy justice show
The passion of Thy Son:
Thus to Thee we set it forth;
He the dying precept gave,
He that hath sufficient worth
A thousand worlds to save.
Can Thy justice aught reply
To our prevailing plea?
Jesus died Thy grace to buy
For all mankind and me;
Still before Thy righteous throne
Stands the Lamb as newly slain:
Canst Thou turn away Thy Son,
Or let Him bleed in vain?
To our prevailing plea?
Jesus died Thy grace to buy
For all mankind and me;
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Stands the Lamb as newly slain:
Canst Thou turn away Thy Son,
Or let Him bleed in vain?
Still the wounds are open wide,
The blood doth freely flow
As when first His sacred side
Received the deadly blow:
Still, O God, the blood is warm,
Cover'd with the blood we are;
Find a part it doth not arm,
And strike the sinner there!
The blood doth freely flow
As when first His sacred side
Received the deadly blow:
Still, O God, the blood is warm,
Cover'd with the blood we are;
Find a part it doth not arm,
And strike the sinner there!
HYMN CXXIII.
[O Thou whose offering on the tree]
O Thou whose offering on the tree
The legal offerings all foreshow'd,
Borrow'd their whole effects from Thee,
And drew their virtue from Thy blood:
The blood of goats and bullocks slain
Could never for one sin atone:
To purge the guilty offerer's stain
Thine was the work, and Thine alone.
The legal offerings all foreshow'd,
Borrow'd their whole effects from Thee,
And drew their virtue from Thy blood:
The blood of goats and bullocks slain
Could never for one sin atone:
To purge the guilty offerer's stain
Thine was the work, and Thine alone.
Vain in themselves their duties were,
Their services could never please,
Till join'd with Thine, and made to share
The merits of Thy righteousness;
Forward they cast a faithful look
On Thy approaching sacrifice,
And thence their pleasing savour took,
And rose accepted in the skies.
Their services could never please,
Till join'd with Thine, and made to share
The merits of Thy righteousness;
Forward they cast a faithful look
On Thy approaching sacrifice,
And thence their pleasing savour took,
And rose accepted in the skies.
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Those feeble types and shadows old
Are all in Thee, the Truth, fulfill'd,
And through this sacrament we hold
The substance in our hearts reveal'd;
By faith we see Thy sufferings past
In this mysterious rite brought back,
And on Thy grand oblation cast
Its saving benefit partake.
Are all in Thee, the Truth, fulfill'd,
And through this sacrament we hold
The substance in our hearts reveal'd;
By faith we see Thy sufferings past
In this mysterious rite brought back,
And on Thy grand oblation cast
Its saving benefit partake.
Memorial of Thy sacrifice,
This Eucharistic mystery
The full atoning grace supplies,
And sanctifies our gifts in Thee:
Our persons and performance please,
While God in Thee looks down from heaven,
Our acceptable service sees,
And whispers all our sins forgiven.
This Eucharistic mystery
The full atoning grace supplies,
And sanctifies our gifts in Thee:
Our persons and performance please,
While God in Thee looks down from heaven,
Our acceptable service sees,
And whispers all our sins forgiven.
HYMN CXXIV.
[All hail, Redeemer of mankind!]
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All hail, Redeemer of mankind!
Thy life on Calvary resign'd
Did fully once for all atone;
Thy blood hath paid our utmost price,
Thine all-sufficient sacrifice
Remains eternally alone:
Thy life on Calvary resign'd
Did fully once for all atone;
Thy blood hath paid our utmost price,
Thine all-sufficient sacrifice
Remains eternally alone:
Angels and men might strive in vain,
They could not add the smallest grain
To' augment Thy death's atoning power,
The sacrifice is all complete,
The death Thou never canst repeat,
Once offer'd up to die no more.
They could not add the smallest grain
To' augment Thy death's atoning power,
The sacrifice is all complete,
The death Thou never canst repeat,
Once offer'd up to die no more.
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Yet may we celebrate below,
And daily thus Thine offering show
Exposed before Thy Father's eyes;
In this tremendous mystery
Present Thee bleeding on a tree,
Our everlasting Sacrifice;
And daily thus Thine offering show
Exposed before Thy Father's eyes;
In this tremendous mystery
Present Thee bleeding on a tree,
Our everlasting Sacrifice;
Father, behold Thy dying Son!
Even now He lays our ransom down,
Even now declares our sins forgiven;
His flesh is rent, the living way
Is open'd to eternal day,
And lo, through Him we pass to heaven!
Even now He lays our ransom down,
Even now declares our sins forgiven;
His flesh is rent, the living way
Is open'd to eternal day,
And lo, through Him we pass to heaven!
HYMN CXXV.
[O God of our forefathers, hear]
O God of our forefathers, hear,
And make Thy faithful mercies known;
To Thee through Jesus we draw near,
Thy suffering, well-beloved Son,
In whom Thy smiling face we see,
In whom Thou art well pleased with me.
And make Thy faithful mercies known;
To Thee through Jesus we draw near,
Thy suffering, well-beloved Son,
In whom Thy smiling face we see,
In whom Thou art well pleased with me.
With solemn faith we offer up,
And spread before Thy glorious eyes
That only ground of all our hope,
That precious bleeding Sacrifice,
Which brings Thy grace on sinners down,
And perfects all our souls in one.
And spread before Thy glorious eyes
That only ground of all our hope,
That precious bleeding Sacrifice,
Which brings Thy grace on sinners down,
And perfects all our souls in one.
Acceptance through His only name,
Forgiveness in His blood we have;
But more abundant life we claim
Through Him who died our souls to save,
To sanctify us by His blood,
And fill with all the life of God.
Forgiveness in His blood we have;
But more abundant life we claim
Through Him who died our souls to save,
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And fill with all the life of God.
Father, behold Thy dying Son,
And hear His blood that speaks above;
On us let all Thy grace be shown,
Peace, righteousness, and joy, and love;
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
And all Thou hast, and all Thou art.
And hear His blood that speaks above;
On us let all Thy grace be shown,
Peace, righteousness, and joy, and love;
Thy kingdom come to every heart,
And all Thou hast, and all Thou art.
HYMN CXXVI.
[Father, to Him we turn our face]
Father, to Him we turn our face
Who did for all atone,
And worship toward Thy holy place,
And seek Thee in Thy Son.
Who did for all atone,
And worship toward Thy holy place,
And seek Thee in Thy Son.
Him the true ark and mercy-seat
By faith we call to mind,
Faith in the blood atoning yet
For us and all mankind.
By faith we call to mind,
Faith in the blood atoning yet
For us and all mankind.
To Thee His passion we present,
Who for our ransom dies;
We reach by this great instrument
The' eternal sacrifice.
Who for our ransom dies;
We reach by this great instrument
The' eternal sacrifice.
The Lamb as crucified afresh
Is here held out to men,
The tokens of His blood and flesh
Are on this table seen.
Is here held out to men,
The tokens of His blood and flesh
Are on this table seen.
The Lamb His Father now surveys,
As on this altar slain,
Still bleeding and imploring grace
For every soul of man.
As on this altar slain,
Still bleeding and imploring grace
For every soul of man.
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Father, for us, even us, He bleeds;
The sacrifice receive;
Forgive, for Jesus intercedes,
He gasps in death—Forgive!
The sacrifice receive;
Forgive, for Jesus intercedes,
He gasps in death—Forgive!
HYMN CXXVII.
[Did Thine ancient Israel go]
Did Thine ancient Israel go
With solemn praise and prayer
To Thy hallow'd courts below,
To meet and serve Thee there?
To Thy body, Lord, we flee;
This the consecrated shrine,
Temple of the Deity,
The real house Divine.
With solemn praise and prayer
To Thy hallow'd courts below,
To meet and serve Thee there?
To Thy body, Lord, we flee;
This the consecrated shrine,
Temple of the Deity,
The real house Divine.
Did they toward the altar turn
Their hopes, their heart, and face,
Whence the victim's blood was borne
Into the holiest place?
Toward the cross we still look up,
Toward the Lamb for sinners given,
Through Thine only death we hope
To find our way to heaven.
Their hopes, their heart, and face,
Whence the victim's blood was borne
Into the holiest place?
Toward the cross we still look up,
Toward the Lamb for sinners given,
Through Thine only death we hope
To find our way to heaven.
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