CCCXX.-8s.

1 OURS is a pardon bought with blood, Amazing truth! the blood of One Who, without usurpation, could

Lay claim to heav'n's eternal throne.

2 No victim of inferior worth

Could ward the stroke that justice aim'd; For none but He, in heav'n or earth, Could offer that which justice claim'd.

3 But He, the Lord of glory, came;

On yonder cross He bow'd His head; He suffer'd pain, He suffer'd shame, And lay a pris'ner with the dead.

4 But lo! He rises from the grave,

And bears the greatest, sweetest name; The Lord, almighty now to save,

From sin, from death, from endless shame.

CCCXXI.-8, 7.

1 SAVIOUR, through the desert lead us, Without Thee we cannot go ;

Thou from cruel chains hast freed us,

Thou hast laid the tyrant low:
Let Thy presence

Cheer us all our journey through.

2 With a price Thy love has bought us, (Saviour, what a love is Thine!)

Hitherto Thy pow'r has brought us, (Pow'r and love in Thee combine): Lord of glory,

Ever on Thy household shine.

3 Through a desert waste and cheerless, Though our destin'd journey lie, Render'd by Thy presence fearless, We may ev'ry foe defy:

Nought shall move us,

While we see the Saviour nigh.

4 When we halt, (no track discov'ring), Fearful lest we go astray,

O'er our path Thy pillar hoy'ring,

Fire by night, and cloud by day,

Shall direct us;

'Thus we shall not miss our way.

5 When we hunger, Thou wilt feed us, Manna shall our camp surround;

Faint and thirsty, Thou wilt heed us,
Streams shall from the Rock abound:
Happy people!

What a Saviour have we found!

6 When our foes in arms assemble, Ready to obstruct our way, Suddenly their hearts shall tremble, Thou wilt strike them with dismay; And Thy people,

Led by Thee, shall win the day.

7 Then lead on, Almighty Victor,
Scatter ev'ry hostile band;

Be our guide and our protector,
Till on Canaan's shores we land:
Where in glory

Soon we hope with Thee to stand.

CCCXXII.-8, 7.

1 RISE, my soul, thy God directs thee, Stranger hands no more impede ; Pass thou on, His hand protects thee, Strength that has the captive freed.

2 Is the wilderness before thee,

Desert lands where drought abides?

Heavenly springs shall there restore thee,

Fresh from God's exhaustless tides.

3 Light divine surrounds thy going,
God Himself shall mark thy way,
Secret blessings, richly flowing,
Lead to everlasting day.

4 God, thine everlasting portion,
Feeds thee with the mighty's meat,
Price of Egypt's hard extortion,
Egypt's food no more to eat.

5 Art thou wean'd from Egypt's pleasures?
God in secret thee shall keep,
There unfold His hidden treasures,
There His love's exhaustless deep.

In the desert God will teach thee
What the God that thou hast found,

Patient, gracious, powerful, holy,
All His grace shall there abound.

7 On to Canaan's rest still wending,

E'en thy wants and woes shall bring Suited grace from high descending, Thou shalt taste of mercy's spring.

8 Though thy way be long and dreary, Eagle strength He 'll still renew: Garments fresh, and foot unweary

Tell how God hath brought thee through.

9 When to Canaan's long-loved dwelling
Love divine thy foot shall bring,
There with shouts of triumph swelling
Zion's songs in rest to sing:

10 Then no stranger God shall meet thee,
Stranger thou in courts above,

He who to His rest shall greet thee,
Greets thee with a well-known love.

CCCXXIII-8, 7.

1 WOULD we view God's brightest glory,
We must look in Jesu's face;
Sing, and tell the pleasing story,
O ye sinners sav'd by grace;
And with pleasure,

Bid the guilty Him embrace.

2 In His highest work, redemption, See His glory fully blaze.