For He who can for sin atone
Must have no failings of his own.
4 The scape-goat on his head
The people s trespass bore,
And to the desert led,
Was to be seen no more :
In him our Surety seem d to say,
" Behold! I bear your sins away."
5 Dipt in his fellow s blood,
The living bird went free ;
The type, well understood,
Express d the sinner s plea;
Described a guilty soul enlarged,
And by a Saviour s death discharged
6 Jesus, I love to trace
Throughout the sacred page
The footsteps of thy grace,
The same in every age!
grant that I may faithful be
To clearer light vouchsafed to me !
133.
The word quick and powerful.—Heb. iv, 12, 13.
1 THE word of Christ our Lord,
With whom we have to do,
Is sharper than a two-edged sword
To pierce the sinner through!
2 Swift as the lightning s blaze
When awful thunders roll,
It fills the conscience with amaze.
And penetrates the soul.
3 No heart can be conceal d
From his all-piercing eyes :
Each thought and purpose stands reveal d,
Naked without disguise.
4 He sees his people s fears,
He notes their mournful cry ;
