982 8.7.4. T. Kelly
“It is finished.” John 19. 30; 4. 34; 17. 4
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“It is finished!” Sinners, hear it;
 
’Tis the dying Victor’s cry;
 
“It is finished!” Angels bear it,
 
Bear the joyful truth on high :
 
“It is finished!”
 
Tell it through the earth and sky!
2
Justice, from her awful station,
 
Bars the sinner’s peace no more;
 
Justice views with approbation
 
What the Saviour did and bore;
 
Grace and mercy
 
Now display their boundless store.
3
Hear the Lord himself declaring
 
All performed he came to do;
 
Sinners, in yourselves despairing,
 
This is joyful news to you.
 
Jesus speaks it,
 
His are faithful words and true.
4
“It is finished!” all is over;
 
Yes, the cup of wrath is drained;
 
Such the truth these words discover;
 
Thus the victory was obtained;
 
’Tis a victory
 
None but Jesus could have gained.
5
Crown the mighty Conqueror, crown him,
 
Who his people’s foes o’ercame!
 
In the highest heaven enthrone him!
 
Men and angels, sound his fame!
 
Great his glory!
 
Jesus bears a matchless name.