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The Atonement

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 15, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 31.

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The Atonement.

By L. D. Santee

I KNOW that the Saviour on Calvary died To save fallen man from death's dark control; His temples were wounded, and pierced was his side, And in death on the cross, he poured out his soul; Yes, Jesus the Saviour came down from above, That mortals might enter the haven of bliss; Oh! if there is aught that can fill me with love, It is this, it is this!
And now he is pleading the penitent's part; He offers his blood in atonement for sin; He says to the fallen, O give me thy heart, And through gateways of crystal you'll soon enter in. He offers a home with the skies ever blue, In that beautiful region of joy and of bliss; Oh! if there is aught that could make us be true, It is this, it is this!
Our glorified Saviour will soon come again, Surrounded by clouds while bright angels attend, He'll banish from Zion all sorrow and pain, His saints will rejoice, for their sorrows will end; With glorified bodies they'll leave this dark earth, And soar through the skies to the city of bliss; Oh! if there is aught that to joy can give birth, It is this, it is this!
L. D. SANTEE.