405    L.M.     J. Kent
Exulting in Eternal Union with Jesus. John 17. 21-23

1 ’Twixt Jesus and the chosen race,
  Subsists a bond of sovereign grace,
  That hell, with its infernal train,
  Shall ne’er dissolve nor rend in twain!

2 This sacred bond shall never break,
  Though earth should to her centre shake;
  Rest, doubting saint, assured of this,
  For God has pledged his holiness.

3 [He swore but once; the deed was done;
  ’Twas settled by the great Three-One;
  Christ was appointed to redeem
  All that his Father loved in him.]

4 Hail, sacred union, firm and strong!
  How great the grace! how sweet the song!
  That worms of earth should ever be
  One with incarnate Deity!

5 [One in the tomb; one when he rose;
  One when he triumphed o’er his foes;
  One when in heaven he took his seat,
  While seraphs sang all hell’s defeat.]

6 This sacred tie forbids their fears,
  For all he is or has is theirs;
  With him, their Head, they stand or fall –
  Their Life, their Surety, and their All.

7 [The sinner’s Peace, the Daysman he,
  Whose blood should set his people free;
  On them his fond affections ran,
  Before creation-work began.]

8 Blessed be the wisdom and the grace,
  The eternal love and faithfulness,
  That’s in the gospel-scheme revealed,
  And is by God the Spirit sealed.