Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd <br />To satisfy the law's demand; <br />By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, <br />Before the Father's face I stand. <br /> <br />To reconcile offending man, <br />Make Justice drop her angry rod; <br />What creature could have form'd the plan, <br />Or who fulfil it but a God? <br /> <br />No drop remains of all the curse, <br />For wretches who deserved the whole; <br />No arrows dipt in wrath to pierce <br />The guilty, but returning soul. <br /> <br />Peace by such means so dearly bought, <br />What rebel could have hoped to see? <br />Peace by his injured Sovereign wrought, <br />His Sovereign fasten'd to a tree. <br /> <br />Now, Lord, Thy feeble worm prepare! <br />For strife with earth and hell begins; <br />Conform and gird me for the war; <br />They hate the soul that hates his sins. <br /> <br />Let them in horrid league agree! <br />They may assault, they may distress; <br />But cannot quench Thy love to me, <br />Nor rob me of the Lord my peace.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/olney-hymn-5-jehovah-shalom-the-lord-send-peace/
