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II.

The Saviour comes! no outward pomp bespeaks his presence nigh; No earthly beauty shines in him, to draw the carnal eye.

III.

Fair as a beaut'ous tender flow'r
amidst the desart grows,
So, slighted by a rebel-race,
the heav'nly Saviour rose.

IV.

Rejected and despis'd of men, behold a man of wo!

Grief was his close companion still, through all his life below.

V.

Yet all the griefs he felt were ours, ours were the woes he bore; Pangs not his own, his spotless soul with bitter anguish tore.

VI.

We held him as condemn'd by Heav'n, an outcast from his God,

While for our sins he groan'd, he bled, beneath his Father's rod.

VII.

His sacred blood hath wash'd our souls from sin's polluted stain;

His stripes have heal'd us, and his death reviv'd our souls again.

VIII.

We all, like sheep, had gone astray in ruin's fatal road;

On him were our transgressions laid he bore the mighty load.

IX.

Wrong'd and oppress'd, how meekly he in patient silence stood!

Mute, as the peaceful harmless lamb when brought to shed its blood.

X.

Who can his generation tell?

from prison see him led,

With impious shew of law condemn'd, and number'd with the dead.

XI.

'Midst sinners low in dust he lay; the rich a grave supply'd: Unspotted was his blameless life, unstain'd by sin he died.

XII.

Yet God shall raise his head on high, though thus he brought him low; His sacred off'ring, when complete, shall terminate his wo.

XIII.

For, saith the Lord, my pleasure then
shall prosper in his hand;
His shall a num'rous offspring be,
and still his honours stand.

XIV.

His soul, rejoicing, shall behold
the purchase of his pain;
And all the guilty whom he sav'd
shall bless Messiah's reign.

XV.

He with the great shall share the spoil, and baffle all his foes;

Though rank'd with sinners here he fell, a conqueror he rose.

XVI.

He died to bear the guilt of men,
that sin might be forgiv'n:
He lives to bless them and defend,
and plead their cause in heav'n.

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Isaiah, lv.

I.

Ho! ye that thirst, approach the spring

where living waters flow;

Free to that sacred fountain all without a price may go.

II.

How long to streams of false delight in crowds repair?

will ye

How long your strength and substance waste on trifles light as air?

III.

My stores afford those rich supplies that health and pleasure give; Incline your ear, and come to me, the soul that hears shall live.

IV.

With you a cov'nant I will make, that ever shall endure;

The hope which gladden'd David's hear my mercy hath made sure.

Behold he comes!

V.

your leader comes,

with might and honour crown'd; A witness, who shall spread my name to earth's remotest bound.

IV.

See! nations hasten to his call from ev'ry distant shore; Isles yet unknown shall bow to him, and Israel's God adore.

VII.

Seek ye the Lord, while yet his ear is open to your call;

While offer'd mercy still is near,

before his footstool fall.

VIII.

Let sinners quit their evil ways, their evil thoughts forego; And God, when they to him return, returning grace will show.

IX.

He pardons with o'erflowing love; for hear the voice divine:

My nature is not like to yours, nor like your ways are mine?

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