T. Kelly
WE sing the praise of Him who died,
Of Him who died upon the Cross:
The sinner’s hope let men deride:
For this we count the world but loss.
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Inscribed upon the Cross we see
In shining letters, God is love:
He bears our sins upon the tree:
He brings us mercy from above.
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The Cross: it takes our guilt away;
It holds the fainting spirit up,
It cheers with hope the gloomy day,
And sweetens every bitter cup.
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It makes the coward spirit brave,
And nerves the feeble arm for fight;
It takes its terror from the grave,
And gilds the bed of death with light.
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The balm of life, the cure of woe,
The measure and the pledge of love,
The sinner’s refuge here below,
The angels’ theme in heaven above.