Lamb of God, Who Bear’st Away

Lamb of God

who bear’st away

All the sins of all man­kind

Bow a na­tion to Thy sway

While we may ac­cept­ance find;

Let us thank­ful­ly em­brace

The last of­fers of Thy grace.

Thou Thy mes­sen­gers hast sent

Joyful tid­ings to pro­claim

Willing we should all re­pent

Know sal­va­tion in Thy name

Feel our sins by grace for­giv­en

Find in Thee the way to Heav’n.

Jesu

roll away the stone

Good Phy­si­cian

show Thine art;

Make Thine heal­ing vir­tue known

Break the un­be­liev­ing heart

Soften the ob­dur­ate crowd

Melt the re­bels by Thy blood.

Let Thy dy­ing love con­strain

Those that dis­re­gard Thy frown;

Sink the mount­ain to a plain

Bring the pride of sin­ners down;

By Thy bloody cross sub­due

Tell them

I have died for you!

Or if yet they will not turn

In their ac­cept­able day

Will not look on Thee and mourn

Will not cast their sins away

Them at last by judg­ments shake

By Thy thun­der’s voice awake.

Force our hard­ened souls to fear

Visit with af­flict­ion’s rod

Let us have our chast­en­ing here

Fall in­to the hands of God;

Scourge

but make not a full end

Punish us

but

Lord

amend.

Let th’ef­fect of Ja­cob’s pain

Be to purge his sin away

Let the stock take root again

Flourish in a Gos­pel day

Forth in gra­cious blos­soms shoot

Fill the earth with gold­en fruit.

If the ruin be de­creed

Turn it to Thy peo­ple’s good

Still pre­serve the ho­ly seed

Arm us with Thy sprin­kled blood

Till the ut­most grace we prove

Perfect in all-pa­tient love.