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Beneath the Cross.

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I. DESPISED is the man of grief,

Rejected and denied belief,

By them whose sorrows He hath worn,—
For whom He bears the bitter scorn,
The shameful robe, the scourge, the thorn.

2. We all like sheep have gone astray,
And turned aside from wisdom's way:
But He the path of death hath trod,
And humbly kissed affliction's rod,
To lead our stricken souls to God.

3. O let us cast each vice away,

Beneath the Cross each passion lay;
With contrite heart and weeping eye
Behold the Saviour lifted high,

And every sin and folly fly.

The Lessons of the Cross.

1. NEVER further than Thy Cross ;

Never higher than Thy feet;

C. Davison.

Here earth's precious things seem dross;
Here earth's bitter things grow sweet.

2. Gazing thus, our sin we see,

Learn Thy love while gazing thus-
Sin, which laid the Cross on Thee,
Love, which bore the Cross for us.

3. Here we learn to serve and give,
And, rejoicing, self deny :
Here we gather love to live,

Here we gather faith to die.

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4. Symbols of our liberty

And our service here unite;

Captives by Thy Cross set free,
Soldiers of Thy Cross, we fight.

5. Pressing onwards as we can,

Still to this our hearts must tend-
Where our earliest hopes began,
There our last aspirings end.

The Cross our Symbol.

IN the Cross of Christ I glory:

Elizabeth Charles.

Towering o'er the wrecks of time,

All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.

2. When the woes of life o'ertake me,
Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the Cross forsake me :

Lo! it glows with peace and joy.

3. When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way:
From the Cross the radiance streaming
Adds more lustre to the day.

4. Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the Cross are sanctified;

Peace is there, that knows no measure,
Joys, that through all time abide.

5. In the Cross of Christ I glory;
Towering o'er the wrecks of time,
All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.

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Sir J. Bowring.

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Fellowship in Sacrifice.

1. WHEREVER through the ages rise

The altars of self-sacrifice,

Where love its arms hath opened wide,
Or man for man has calmly died,

2. We see the same white wings outspread,
That hovered o'er the Master's head;
And in all lands beneath the sun
The heart affirmeth, "Love is one."
3. Up from undated time they come,
The martyr-souls of heathendom,
And to His Cross and passion bring
Their fellowship of suffering.

4. And the great marvel of their death
To the one order witnesseth,—
Each, in his measure, but a part
Of God's unmeasured loving heart.

The Divine Sympathy.

L.M.

J. G. Whittier.

LOVE Divine, that stoopst to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear,
On Thee we cast each earth-born care :
We smile at pain while Thou art near!
2. Though long the weary way we tread,

And sorrow crown each lingering year;
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, Thou art near!
3. When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear;
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, Thou art near!

L.M.

4. On Thee we fling our burdening woe,

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O Love Divine, for ever dear;
Content to suffer, while we know,
Living and dying, Thou art near !

Easter Eve.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.

I. ALL is over-fought the fight;

Heaviness is for a night,

Joy comes with the morning light.

2. Leave we in the grave with Him
Sins that shame and doubts that dim,
If our souls would rise with Him.

3. Glory to the Lord who gave
His pure Body to the grave,
Us from sin and death to save.

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The Living Christ.

Easter.

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W. S. Raymond.

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are the Cross, the scourge, the thorn, The scoffing tongue, the gibe, the scorn,

And brightly breaks the Easter morn.

Hallelujah !

2. Gone are the gloomy clouds of night; The shades of death are put to flight; And from the tomb beams heavenly light.

3. And so, in sorrow dark and drear,

Hallelujah!

Though black the night, the morn is near;
Soon shall the heavenly day appear.

Hallelujah!

4. And when death's darkness dims our eyes,

From out the gloom our souls shall rise

In deathless glory to the skies.

5. Then let us raise the glorious strain, Love's triumph over sin and pain, Faith's victory over terror's reign.

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen.

A. C. Jewitt.

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Easter Morn.

ON eyes that watch through sorrow's night,

On aching hearts and worn,

Rise thou with healing in thy light,

O happy Easter morn!

2. The dead earth wakes beneath thy rays,
The tender grasses spring;

The woods put on their robes of praise,
And flowers are blossoming.

3. O shine within the spirit's skies,
Till in thy kindling glow,
From out the buried memories
Immortal hopes shall grow :

4. Till from the seed oft sown in grief,
And wet with bitter tears,

Our faith shall bind the harvest sheaf

Of the eternal years.

C.M.

F. L. Hosmer