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How should the Lord keep back His sword

1.How should the Lord keep back His sword
from blood?
"The soul that sinneth it shall surely die:"
But ah, can Justice make His counsels good?
Can Law bring in the glory from on high?
Grace must provide a Lamb-a Ransom find;
Redeem by One whom death no more may
bind.
2."One poor wise man" hath cried, O God, to
Thee;
His blood is counted precious in Thy sight.
He liveth, and His name shall ever be
Thy praise, Thy glory, Thy supreme delight.
By Jesus' blood-that new and living way-
God's priests shall now within the holiest stay.
3.The blood of bulls and goats for ages failed
To purge the conscience, burdened sore with
sins;
Thy precious blood, O Lamb of God,
prevailed-
Through Thee, sweet Peace her endless reign
begins.
Thy blood hath made redemption e'en for me;
Complete I stand, O risen Christ, in Thee.
4.The precious blood of Christ, it speaketh
peace
To guilty sinners, groaning 'neath their load;
To captive spirits it proclaims release,
And Pharaoh's slaves become the "hosts of
God."
His flesh is meat-His blood is drink indeed;
He died, He rose, His people's cause to plead.
5.Oh, precious blood! poured freely forth for
me,
My sins are sunk beneath thy crimson tide.
No more before th' Avenger's sword I flee!
Christ is the Refuge-City, where I hide.
My life's dark page, blood-sprinkled, gleameth
white;
My name shines forth in heaven in words of
light.