3 Struck dumb, and left without a plea,
I heard my gracious Saviour say,
" Know, Satan, I this sinner free,
I died to take his sins away.
4 " This is a brand which I in love
To save from wrath and sin design ;
In vain thy accusations prove ;
I answer all, and claim him mine."
5 At this rebuke the tempter fled ;
Then He removed my filthy dress ;
" Poor sinner, take this robe," He said,
" It is thy Saviour s righteousness.
6 " And see a crown of life prepared!
That I might thus thy head adorn ;
I thought no shame of suff ring hard,
But wore for thee a crown of thorn."
7 0, how I heard these gracious words!
They broke and heal d my heart at once ;
Constrained me to become the Lord s,
And all my idol-gods renounce.
8 Now, Satan, thou hast lost thy aim ;
Against this brand thy threats are vain ;
Jesus has pluck d it from the flame,
And who shall put it in again ?
78.
On one Stone shall be seven Eyes.—Zech. iii, 9.
1 JESUS Christ, the Lord s Anointed,
Who his blood for sinners spilt,
Is the Stone by God appointed,
And the church is on him built :
He delivers all who trust him from their guilt.
2 Many eyes at once are fix d
On a person so divine ;
Love, with awful justice rnix d,
In his great redemption shine:
Mighty Jesus! give me leave to call thee mine.
