To the Trinity be be glory
Everlasting, as is meet;
Equal to the Father, equal

To the Son and Paraclete ;
Trinal Unity, Whose praises
All created things repeat. Amen.

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men."

62. Thirty years among us dwelling,
His appointed time fulfill'd,

Born for this, He meets His Passion,
For that this he freely will'd ;
On the Cross the Lamb is lifted,
Where His life-blood shall be spill'd.

He endur'd the nails, the spitting,
Vinegar, and spear, and reed;
From that holy Body Broken

Blood and water forth proceed;
Earth and stars, and sky, and ocean,
By that flood from stain are freed.

Faithful Cross! above all other,
One and only noble Tree !
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peers may be !
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron,
Sweetest weight is hung on thee !

Bend thy boughs, O Tree of glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend!
And awhile the ancient rigour,

That thy birth bestow'd, suspend: And the King of Heavenly beauty On thy bosom gently tend.

Thou alone wert counted worthy
This world's ransom to uphold :
For the shipwreck'd world preparing
Harbour like the Ark of old;
With the Sacred Blood anointed,
From the smitten Lamb that roll'd.

To the Trinity be glory
Everlasting, as is meet;
Equal to the Father, equal

To the Son and Paraclete;
Trinal Unity, Whose praises
All created things repeat. Amen.

PALM SUNDAY AND HOLY WEEK.

"Tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold Thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass.'

63. Ride on! ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes, Hosanna cry;
O Saviour meek, pursue Thy road,
With palms and scattered garments strewed.

Ride on ride on in majesty !
In lowly pomp, ride on to die!
O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin
O'er captive death and conquered sin.

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Ride on ride on in majesty !

The Angel armies of the sky

Look down with sad and wondering eyes To see the approaching Sacrifice.

Ride on ride on in majesty!

The last and fiercest strife is nigh:
The Father on His sapphire Throne
Expects His Own anointed Son.

Ride on ride on in majesty !
In lowly pomp ride on to die!

Bow Thy meek Head to mortal pain,

Then take, O God, Thy Power, and reign.

Reign on! reign on in majesty !
Reign on in triumph, Lord most High !
We hymn Thee on Thy Throne of love,
Almighty King, in realms above. Amen.

"And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son.

"And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross, went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha, where they crucified Him."

64. His trial o'er and now beneath

His own Cross faintly bending,

Jesus, true Isaac, to His death
Is wearily ascending.

And now, His hands and feet pierced thro'
Upon the Cross they raise Him,
Where even now, in distant view,
The eye of faith surveys Him.

O wondrous love, which God, most high,
Toward man was pleased to cherish!
His sinless Son He gave to die,

That sinners might not perish.

Our sin's pollution to remove,
His Blood was asked and given,
So mighty was the Saviour's love,
So vast the wrath of heaven.

Yes! 'tis the Cross that breaks the rod
And chain of condemnation,

And makes a league 'twixt man and God,
For our entire salvation.

O praise the Father, praise the Son,
The Lamb for sinners given,

And Holy Ghost, through Whom alone
Our hearts are raised to Heaven.

Amen.

"It is finished."

65. See the destined day arise;
See, a willing sacrifice,

Jesus, to redeem our loss,
Hangs upon the shameful Cross.

Jesu! who but Thou had borne,
Lifted on that tree of scorn,
Every pang and bitter throe,
Finishing Thy life of woe?

Who but Thou had dared to drain,
Steeped in gall, the Cup of pain;
And with tender body bear

Thorns, and Nails, and piercing Spear?

Thence the cleansing Water flowed,
Mingled from Thy Side with Blood;
Sign to all attesting eyes

Of the finish'd sacrifice.