Up to Jerusalem by J. Q. Waters

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 6, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 19.

Up to Jerusalem.

By J. Q. Waters

LIKE a lamb to the slaughter led, Sinless, He, in the sinner's stead, Goes up to die. And shall not we His steps pursue, That last eventful journey thru To Calvary?

Up to Jerusalem He goes, With all impending pains and woes Fully foreknown. Ready to pay the awful price, Ready to make the sacrifice, Our sin t'atone.

Each act He did, each word He said, Each drop of blood, each tear He shed, Along the way, The heinousness of sin reveals, And to heaven for man appeals, Judgment to stay.

O, wondrous love! O, matchless grace! He goes to take the sinner's place, Your place and mine. Our condemnation to endure, And righteous pardon to secure, Thru blood divine.

Then let us go with Him to die, Our carnal selves to crucify, That so likewise, From out the grave of buried sin, The new-created man within May daily rise. —J. Q. Waters.