English poem
Christians risen and exalted with CHRIST to heavenly Places. Eph. ii. 5, 6
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Stupendous Grace! and can it be Design'd for Rebels such as we? O let our ardent Praises rise, High as our Hopes beyond the Skies!
This Flesh, by righteous Vengeance slain, Might ever in the Dust remain: These guilty Spirits sent to dwell 'Midst all the Flames and Fiends of Hell.
But lo! incarnate Love descends; Down to the Sepulchre it bends; Rising, it tears the Bars away, And springs to its own native Day.
Then was our Sepulchre unbar'd; Then was our Path to Glory clear'd; Then, if that Saviour be our own, Did we ascend a heav'nly Throne.
A Moment shall our Joy compleat, And fix us in that shining Seat, Bought by the Pangs our Lord endur'd, And by unchanging Truth secur'd.
O may that Love, in Strains sublime, Be sung to the last Hour of Time! And let Eternity confess, Thro' all its Rounds, the matchless Grace.
More by Philip Doddridge
- Christian Sympathy. Galat. vi. 2
- Christian Watchfulness. Mark xiii. 37
- Christians begotten to GOD as the First-Fruits of his Creatures. James i. 18
- Christians quickened and raised by the Spirit. Rom. viii. 11
- Christians, as risen with CHRIST, exhorted to seek Things above. Coloss. iii. 1
- Comfort on the Death of pious Friends 1 Thess. iv. 17, 18
- Coming to CHRIST as a living Stone. 1 Pet. ii. 4, 5
- Communing with our Hearts. Psal. iv. 4