The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns ‎#CCCXI

CCCXI. What think you of Christ

1 What think you of Christ? is the Test
To try both your State and your Scheme;
You cannot be right in the Rest,
Unless you think rightly of him.
As Jesus appears in your View,
As he is beloved or not;
So God is disposed to you
And Mercy or Wrath are your Lot.

2 Some take him a Creature to be,
A Man, or an Angel at most;
Sure these have not Feelings like me,
Nor know themselves wretched, and lost;
So Guilty, so Helpless, am I,
I durst not confide in his Blood,
Nor on his Protection rely,
Unless I were sure he is God.

3 Some stile him The Pearl of great Price,
And say, "He's the Fountain of Joys;"
Ye feed upon Folly and Vice,
And cleave to the World and its Toys;
Like Judas the Saviour they kiss,
And while they salute him betray;
Ah! what will Profession like this
Avail in his terrible Day?

4 If ask'd, what of Jesus I think?
Tho' still my best Thoughts are but poor;
I say, He's my Meat and my Drink,
My Life, and my Strength, and my Store;
My Shepherd, my Husband my Friend,
My Saviour from Sin and from Thrall;
My Hope from Beginning to End,
My Portion, my Lord, and my All.

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• First Line: What think you of Christ? is the Test
• Title: What think you of Christ
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1791

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