A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth<\/em>.<\/p>\n-a hymn by Paul Herhardt<\/p>\n
1. A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth,
\nThe guilt of all men bearing;
\nAnd laden with the sins of earth,
\nNone else the burden sharing!
\nGoes patient on, grows weak and faint,
\nTo slaughter led without complaint,
\nThat spotless life to offer;
\nBears shame and stripes,
\nand wounds and death,
\nAnguish and mockery and saith,
\n\u201cWilling all this I suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. This Lamb is Christ, the soul\u2019s great friend,
\nThe Lamb of God, our Savior;
\nHim God the Father chose to send
\nTo gain for us His favor.
\n\u201cGo forth, My Son,\u201d the Father saith,
\n\u201cAnd free men from the fear of death,
\nFrom guilt and condemnation.
\nThe wrath and stripes are hard to bear,
\nBut by Thy passion men shall share
\nThe fruit of Thy salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cYea, Father, yea most willingly
\nI\u2019ll bear what Thou commandest;
\nMy will conforms to Thy decree,
\nI do what Thou demandest.\u201d
\nO wondrous Love, what hast Thou done!
\nThe Father offers up His Son!
\nThe Son, content, descendeth!
\nO Love, how strong Thou art to save!
\nThou beddest Him within the grave
\nWhose word the mountains rendeth.<\/p>\n
4. Thou lay\u2019st Him, Love upon the cross,
\nWith nails and spear Him bruising;
\nThou slay\u2019st Him as a lamb, His loss
\nFrom soul and body oozing;
\nFrom body \u2019tis the crimson flood
\nOf precious sacrificial blood,
\nFrom soul, the strength of anguish.
\nMy gain it is; sweet Lamb, to Thee
\nWhat can I give whose love to me
\nFor me doth make Thee languish?<\/p>\n
5. Lord, all my life I\u2019ll cleave to Thee,
\nThy love fore\u2019er beholding,
\nThee ever, as Thou ever me,
\nWith loving arms enfolding.
\nYea, Thou shalt be my Beacon-light,
\nTo guide me safe through death\u2019s dark night,
\nAnd cheer my heart in sorrow;
\nHenceforth myself and all that\u2019s mine
\nTo Thee, my Savior, I consign,
\nFrom whom all things I borrow.<\/p>\n
6. From morn till eve my theme shall be
\nThy mercy\u2019s wondrous measure;
\nTo sacrifice myself for Thee
\nShall be my aim and pleasure.
\nMy stream of life shall ever be
\nA current flowing ceaselessly,
\nThy constant praise outpouring.
\nI\u2019ll treasure in my memory,
\nO Lord, all Thou hast done for me,
\nThy gracious love adoring.<\/p>\n
7. Enlarge my heart\u2019s own shrine, and swell,
\nTo thee shall now be given
\na treasure that doth far excel
\nThe worth of earth and heaven.
\nAway with the Arabian gold,
\nWith treasures of an earthly mold!
\nI\u2019ve found a better jewel.
\nMy priceless treasure, Lord, my God,
\nIs Thy most holy, precious blood,
\nWhich flowed from wounds so cruel.<\/p>\n
8. This treasure ever I\u2019ll employ,
\nThis every aid shall yield me;
\nIn sorrow it shall be my joy,
\nIn conflict it shall shield me;
\nIn joy, the music of my feast,
\nAnd when all else has lost its zest,
\nThis manna still shall feed me;
\nIn thirst my drink; in want my food;
\nMy company in solitude,
\nTo comfort and to lead me.<\/p>\n
9. Of death I am no more afraid,
\nNew life from Thee is flowing;
\nThy cross affords me cooling shade
\nWhen noonday\u2019s sun is glowing.
\nWhen by my grief I am opprest,
\nOn Thee my weary soul shall rest
\nSerenely as on pillows.
\nThou art my Anchor when by woe
\nMy boat is driven to and fro
\nOn trouble\u2019s surging billows.<\/p>\n
10. And when Thy glory I shall see
\nAnd taste Thy kingdom\u2019s pleasure,
\nThy blood my royal robe shall be,
\nMy joy beyond all measure.
\nWhen I appear before Thy throne,
\nThy righteousness shall be my crown,
\nWith these I need not hide me.
\nAnd there in garments richly wrought
\nAs Thine own bride, I shall be brought
\nTo stand in joy beside Thee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As you reflect on Jesus sacrifice I encourage you to read Mr. Andersons well thought out reflections… “…We become what we worship, which means cultivating our love and affection for the one who died for us means going and doing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gospelwater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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