106    L.M.     J. Hart
“Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” Zech. 3. 2

1 Thus saith the Lord to those that stand
  And wait to hear his great command,
  “I have a sinner to renew,
  And, lo! this charge I give to you.

2 “Pull his polluted garments off;
  Here, soul, here’s raiment rich enough;
  Clothe thee with righteousness divine;
  Not creature’s righteousness, but mine.

3 “Satan avaunt; stand off, ye foes;
  In vain ye rail, in vain oppose;
  Your cancelled claim no more obtrude;
  He’s mine; I bought him with my blood.

4 “Sinner, thou stand’st in me complete;
  Though they accuse thee, I acquit;
  I bore for thee the avenging ire,
  And plucked thee burning from the fire.”