Verse 1
How different Christ from Moses here!
He came, not to destroy, but save,
Not death, but life to minister,
And ransom sinners from the grave:
He came, our sins, not us, to kill,
Our souls and God again to join,
With life, and larger life, to fill,
With love, and sanctity Divine.
Verse 2
But slighted, and repuls’d by men
The people whom he lov’d so well,
He bids his servants count the gain
Of all their ministerial zeal:
Lord, we expect the same return,
If sharers of thy charity
Objects of universal scorn,
And hated by the world, like Thee.