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[Eager to repair the wrong]

Straightway he preached Christ in the, &c. —ix. 20.

Eager to repair the wrong
He to the church had done,
Christ he spreads before the throng
And makes his Saviour known;
Jesu's love his heart constrains,
And all who know the precious grace
Spend their utmost strength and pains
To save the sinful race.

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Jesu's love I cannot feel
And hide it in my heart;
No: I must the secret tell,
I must to all impart,
Publish God's eternal Son—
Sinner, He bought us on the tree,
Tasted death for every one,
And offers life to Thee!