174    L.M.     Samuel Medley
Christ is Precious. 1 Pet. 2. 4, 7; Ps. 73. 25

1 Jesus is precious, says the word;
  What comfort does this truth afford!
  And those who in his name believe,
  With joy this precious truth receive.

2 To them he is more precious far
  Than life and all its comforts are;
  More precious than their daily food;
  More precious than their vital blood.

3 [Not health, nor wealth, nor sounding fame,
  Nor earth’s deceitful, empty name,
  With all its pomp and all its glare,
  Can with a precious Christ compare.]

4 He’s precious in his precious blood,
  That pardoning and soul-cleansing flood;
  He’s precious in his righteousness,
  That everlasting, heavenly dress.

5 [In every office he sustains,
  In every victory he gains,
  In every counsel of his will,
  He’s precious to his people still.]

6 As they draw near their journey’s end,
  How precious is their heavenly Friend!
  And when in death they bow their head,
  He’s precious on a dying bed.

7 In glory, Lord, may I be found,
  And, with thy precious mercy crowned,
  Join the glad song, and there adore
  A precious Christ for evermore.