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SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST.
4 He took the dying traitor’s place,
And suffered in his stead;
For man, (O miracle of Grace!)
For man the Saviour bled.
5 Dear Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell
In thy atoning blood :
By this are sinners snatched from hell,
And rebels brought to God.
6 O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill every heart and tongue,
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred song.
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The effects of Christ’s death.
1 TIE dies, the mighty Saviour dies;
1 1 The purple stream runs down :
He closes his resplendent eyes ;
All nature seems to mourn.
2 The heavenly harps remained unstrung,
In silence laid aside,
While ‘on the cross the Saviour hung,
And wept, and bled and died.’
3 His groans awake the sleeping dead;
Like lightning Satan fell;
And when to death he bcwed his head,
He shook the powers of hell.
4 Well might the sun withdraw his ray,
Earth to its centre heave,
And darkness clothe the mourning day,
And all creation grieve.
5 Well might the Roman soldier say,
When he beheld the blood,
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