130    S.M.     J. Hart
Character and Offices of Christ. Col. 3. 11

1 Christ is the eternal Rock,
  On which his church is built;
  The Shepherd of his little flock;
  The Lamb that took our guilt;
  Our Counsellor, our Guide,
  Our Brother, and our Friend;
  The Bridegroom of his chosen bride,
  Who loves her to the end.

2 [He is the Son to free;
  The Bishop he to bless;
  The full Propitiation he;
  The Lord our Righteousness;
  His body’s glorious Head;
  Our Advocate that pleads;
  Our Priest that prayed, atoned and bled,
  And ever intercedes.]

3 Let all obedient souls
  Their grateful tribute bring,
  Submit to Jesus’ righteous rules,
  And bow before the King.
  Our Prophet, Christ, expounds
  His and our Father’s will;
  This good Physician cures our wounds
  With tenderness and skill.

4 [When sin had sadly made,
  ’Twixt wrath and mercy, strife,
  Our dear Redeemer dearly paid
  Our ransom with his life.
  Faith gives the full release;
  Our Surety for us stood;
  The Mediator made the peace,
  And signed it with his blood.]

5 [Soldiers, your Captain own;
  Domestics, serve your Lord;
  Sinners, the Saviour’s love make known;
  Saints, hymn the incarnate Word;
  The Witness sure and true
  Of God’s good will to men,
  The Alpha and the Omega too,
  The First and Last. Amen.]

6 Poor pilgrims shall not stray,
  Who frighted flee from wrath;
  A bleeding Jesus is the Way,
  And blood tracks all the path.
  Christians in Christ obtain
  The Truth that can’t deceive;
  And never shall they die again,
  Who in the Life believe.