We hear the words of love,
  We gaze upon the blood,
     We see the mighty sacrifice,
  And we have peace with God.

'Tis everlasting peace !
  Sure as Jehovah's name;
     'Tis stable as His stedfast throne,
  For evermore the same.

Our love is ofttimes low,
  Our joy still ebbs and flows;
     But peace with Him remains the same,
  No change Jehovah knows.

We change--He changes not;
  Our Christ can never die:
     His love, not ours, the resting-place,
  We on His truth rely.

The cross still stands unchanged,
  Though heaven is now His home;
     The mighty stone is rolled away,
  But yonder is His tomb !

And yonder is our peace,
  The grave of all our woes;
     We know the Son of God has come,
  We know He died and rose.

We know He liveth now
  At God's right hand above;
     We know the throne on which He sits,
  We know His truth and love !

S.M.       H. Bonar