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Page 193 "Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right-hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Matt. xxvi. 64. How unlike the person now Which he shall soon appear, When he doth the heavens bow In glorious pomp severe! Cloath'd with majesty and power, Seated on his Father's throne! Hasten, Lord, that happiest hour, Eternal judge, come down! "They answered and said, HE is guilty of death." Matt. xxvi. 66. And shall thy followers, Lord, complain, Unjustly doom'd by sinful men, Or patiently thy lot receive, Judg'd by the world "not fit to live?" "I know not the man." Matt. xxvi. 74. Not know the man (that God below) With whom so late thou vowd'st to die! Alas, thyself thou didst not know, Or would'st not now thy Lord deny: Go, Peter, weep thy shameful fall, And let thy grief o'erwhelm us all. "Peter remembred the words of Jesus." Matt. xxvi. 75. But he who gave the slighted word, Brought it again to mind, The sinner's sleeping conscience stir'd, By shame and sorrow join'd; For him who, had his Lord forsook, He pray'd before the throne, And cast the kind upbraiding look Which broke his heart of stone. Page 194 "He went out, and wept bitterly." Matt. xxvi. 75. See, the sad fruit of sin appears, While Peter pours a briny flood! But that which costs the servant tears Must cost the Lord his richest blood! The sea of tears which Peter sheds Can never purge his crimson sin, But Jesus for the sinner pleads, And pours his blood to make him clean. "Jesus stood before the governor." Matt. xxvii. 11. Lo! The Son of man appears, To bonds and death pursued, In a wicked judge reveres Th' authority of God! Subject to his foe's command, Mark that humble prisoner there! All mankind shall shortly stand, And tremble at his bar! "He answered nothing." Matt. xxvii. 12. Speechless the Saviour stood Beneath my guilty load, He answer'd not, for I Have nothing to reply: But when condemn'd and dumb I before God become, His mouth is open'd then for me, His blood proclaims the sinner free. "They cried out the more, Let him be crucified!" Matt. xxvii. 23. No, there can be no reprieve; Blood alone can satisfy; That our guilty souls may live, Innocence itself must die!