The Choir and The Oratory or Praise and Prayer. By Josiah Conder |
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INFANT SALVATION.
“Death reigned.......over them that had not sinned.”—Rom. v. 14.
“Their angels do always behold the face of my Father.”—Matt. xviii. 10.
Death—in the drear oppression
That marks his penal sway—
Death claims for his possession
Our infants as a prey:
Lost in the first transgression;
But saved through intercession.
That marks his penal sway—
Death claims for his possession
Our infants as a prey:
Lost in the first transgression;
But saved through intercession.
As by one fatal action,
Made subjects of his reign,
They through the dread contraction
Inherit sin's deep stain:
So did one great transaction
For them make satisfaction.
Made subjects of his reign,
They through the dread contraction
Inherit sin's deep stain:
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For them make satisfaction.
Ye stricken and bereaved,
Your dearer selves resign
To Him whose bosom heaved
With tenderness benign:
No heart hath yet conceived
Their joys for whom He grieved.
Your dearer selves resign
To Him whose bosom heaved
With tenderness benign:
No heart hath yet conceived
Their joys for whom He grieved.
His one entire oblation
Did for all stain atone:
And He their presentation
Has made before the throne,—
Heirs of His great salvation;
Fruits of His mediation.
Did for all stain atone:
And He their presentation
Has made before the throne,—
Heirs of His great salvation;
Fruits of His mediation.
Already breaks the gleaming
That marks the night far spent:
The herald star its beaming
Strikes through the firmament.
The earth with hope is teeming,
And waits for her redeeming.
That marks the night far spent:
The herald star its beaming
Strikes through the firmament.
The earth with hope is teeming,
And waits for her redeeming.
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Then shall each warm petition
Its full response obtain,
And love's bereft condition
Be turned to endless gain;
The rich and full fruition
Of the Incarnate Mission.
Its full response obtain,
And love's bereft condition
Be turned to endless gain;
The rich and full fruition
Of the Incarnate Mission.
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