4" Who is the King of glory, who ?" The Lord that all his foes o'ercame; The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew ; And Jesus is the conqueror's name. 5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits, And angels chaunt the solemn lay; "Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates! "Ye everlasting doors, give way.'

6 "Who is the King of glory, who?"
The Lord of boundless power possess'd,
The King of saints and angels too,
God over all for ever bless'd.

454. Christ our Intercessor. Heb. vii. 25. (L. M.)

1

HE

E lives, the great Redeemer lives!
(What joy the blest assurance gives!)
And now before his Father, God,
Pleads the full merit of his blood.

2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice arm'd with frowns appears;
But in the Saviour's lovely face,
Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.

3 Hence then, ye black despairing thoughts,
Above our fears, above our faults,
His pow'rful intercessions rise,
And guilt recedes, and terror dies.

4 In ev'ry dark distressing hour,
When sin and Satan join their pow'r,
Let this dear hope repel the dart,
That Jesus bears us on his heart.

5 Great Advocate, Almighty Friend,
On him our humble hopes depend :
Our cause can never, never fail,
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail.

TYPES OF CHRIST.

155. Christ the true David. (L. M.)

OR ever shall my song record,

1 FOR

The truth and mercy of the Lord; Mercy and truth for ever stand, Like heaven, establish'd by his hand. 2 Thus to his Son he sware, and said, "With thee my cov❜nant first is made; "In thee shall dying sinners live,

Glory and grace are thine to give. 3"Be thou my Prophet, thou my Priest; "Thy children shall be ever blest; "Thou art my chosen King; thy throne "Shall stand eternal, like my own. 4" There's none of all my sons above, "So much my image or my love; "Celestial powers thy subjects are, "Then what can earth to thee compare? 5" David, my servant, whom I chose, "To guard my flock, to crush my foes, "And rais'd him to the Jewish throne, "Was but a shadow of my Son.

6 Now let the church rejoice, and sing
Jesus her Saviour and her King:
Angels his heavenly wonders show,
And saints declare his works below.

456. The brazen Serpent. John iii. 14—16.

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(C. M.)

O did the Hebrew prophet raise,
The brazen serpent high,

The wounded felt immediate ease,
The camp forbore to die.

2" Look upward in the dying hour,
"And live," the prophet cries;
But Christ performs a nobler cure,
When faith lifts up her eyes.

3 High on the cross the Saviour hung,
High in the heav'ns he reigns;
Here sinners, by the old serpent stung,
Look, and forget their pains.

4 When God's own Son is lifted up,
A dying world revives ;

The Jew beholds the glorious hope,
Th' expiring Gentile lives.

457. Christ and Moses. John i. 17. (S. M.)

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2

3

HE law by Moses came,

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But peace, and truth, and love,

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.

Amidst the house of God,

Their different works were done;

Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

Then to his new commands,

Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands,
The sov'reign and the head.

The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought,
Behold! how terribly he dies,
For his presumptuous fault..

5 But sorer vengeance falls.
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.

8. Christ and Aaron. Heb. vii. and ix. (C. M.)

JESUS, in thee our eyes behold

A thousand glories more,
Than the rich gems and polish'd gold,
The sons of Aaron wore.

They first their own burnt-offerings brought,
To purge themselves from sin;

Thy life was pure without a spot,
And all thy nature clean.

Fresh blood as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guilt.

Their priesthood ran through several hands,

For mortal was their race;

Thy never-changing office stands

Eternal as thy days.

Once in the circuit of a year,

With blood, but not his own,

Aaron within the veil appears,

Before the golden throne;

6 But Christ by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies,
And in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

7 Jesus, the King of glory, reigns
On Sion's heav'nly hill,

Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

8 He ever lives to intercede
Before his Father's face;

Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.

459. Characters of Christ, borrowed from inanimate Things in Scripture. (L. M.)

1 GO worship at Immanuel's feet,

See in his face what wonders meet;

Earth is too narrow to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.

2 The whole creation can afford

But some faint shadows of my Lord:
Nature, to make his beauties known,
Must mingle colours not her own.

3 Is he compar❜d to wine or bread ?
Dear Lord, our souls would thus be fed;
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heav'nly wine.

4 Is he a tree? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves;
That righteous branch, that fruitful bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.