Christ My Song - 1113
The Father sent the Son - The Sent One
(Hannah K. Burlingham/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The Sent One.
1. The Father sent the Son
a ruined world to save;
man meted to the sinless One
the cross – the grave:
blessed Substitute from God,
wrath's awful cup he drained;
laid down his life, and e'en the tomb's
reproach sustained. PDF - Midi
2. Earth shuddered as he died –
God's well-belovèd Son:
the darkness sought his woes to hide:
his work is done!
He lives! to die no more:
joy dwells upon his brow;
his agonies untold are o'er;
he triumphs now!
3. The new and living Way
stands open now to heaven;
thence, where the blood is seen alway
God's Gift is given.
The river of his grace,
through righteousness supplied,
is flowing o'er the barren place
where Jesus died!
4. The Lord shall come again!
The Conqueror must reign!
No tongue but shall confess him then,
the Lamb once slain:
Jesus is worthy now
all homage to receive;
worthy that all to him shall bow,
the Truth believe!
Hannah K. Burlingham, Wayside Songs, 1901, 136-138.