Jesus of Nazareth, Look Down

Jesus of Na­za­reth

look down

On those Thou call’st Thy flesh and bone

Thy suf­fer­ing mem­bers here;

Arise

in their de­fense arise

And now

in all the hea­thens’ eyes

Be their pro­tect­or near.

[originally

On Is­ra­el’s part ap­pear.]

Thy weak­est con­fess­ors de­fend

And let them on Thy­self de­pend

For help in their dis­tress:

Support

con­firm the fee­ble mind

And keep them all on Thee re­clined

And keep in per­fect peace.

Let none for­sake the fold and fly

Let none thro’ fear their Lord de­ny

But stand the fie­ry hour;

The great­ness of Thy mer­cy prove

The truth of Thy re­deem­ing love

And all suf­fi­cient pow­er.

Let none un­war­ily give place

To Sa­tan

with his an­gel face

And yield their souls to sell;

To sell their con­science

and their God

Or wea­ry leave the nar­row road

And go for ease—to hell.

Still may they on the world look down

Superior to its smile and frown

Its threats and pro­mis­es;

The tempt­er tread be­neath their feet

And Thee

where Sa­tan keeps his seat

In life

and death con­fess.

O

Sav­ior

now their fears re­move

The sense of Thy re­deem­ing love

Abundantly im­part

To all whose sac­red love we feel;

The pray­er of faith this mo­ment seal

On ev­ery pant­ing heart.