Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...And well fulfils the names He bears. 5 The King of Kings, The Lord Moat-high; He leads the armies of the sky, Clad in a vesture dyed in blood, And breaks the nations with His rod. 6 Where grace can neither melt nor move, The Lamb resents His injured love; Then wakes His wrath without delay, And Judah's Lion tears the prey. 7 At length, The Judge His throne ascends, Divides the rebels from His friends, And saints in full fruition prove His boundless plenitude of love. XLVIII.--u. 91. The glory of Christ in heaven. C. M. 1 CH, the delights, the heavenly joys, The glories of the place, Where Christ sheds down the brightest beams Of His o'erflowing grace! 2 Sweet majesty and awful love Sit smiling on His brow; And all the glorious ranks above At humble distance bow. 3 Princes to His imperial name Bend their bright sceptres down: Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice To see Him wear the crown. 4 Archangels sound His lofty praise Through every heavenly street, And lay their highest honours down Submissive at His feet. 5 Behold those blessed feet of His, Which once rude iron tore! High on a throne of light they stand, And all the saints adore. 6 His head, the dear majestic head Which cruel thorns did wound, See, what immortal glories shine And circle it around! 7 This is the Man, the exalted Man, Unseen whom we adore; But, when our eyes behold His face, Our hearts shall love Him more. XLIX.--n. 54. OocTs presence is Ught in darhneu. C. M. l TUIY Lord, the spring of all my joys, .!.." The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights! 2 In darkest shades if Christ appear, My dawning is begun: He is my soul's bright morning-star, And He my rising sun. 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, When to my he...