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excerpt from "The Atonement," by William Blane The Atonement was no business act In which the Savior did contract, To undergo so many pains, That He might cleanse so many's stains. He gave His all — His life's blood flowed To reconcile the World to God. 'Twixt God and man, to close the rent, The spotless Lamb of God was sent, If all the sins of Adam's race, With perfect justice to each case, In Heaven's balances were laid, They would be utterly outweigh'd By Jesus' death. The value lies All in th'infinite sacrifice: When Christ for man was crucified, Th' Creator for the creature died. . . . What means a universal call If there be not enough for all? As if the Saviour passed some by While He for others' sins did die, And that, though all are told to come, There's but provision made for some; Or that, in some mysterious way, God means not what the Scriptures say. Let hampered minds the...

Th’ Atonement was no business act,        In which the Saviour did contract, To undergo so many pains, That He might cleanse so many’s stains. He gave His all—His life’s blood flowed To reconcile the world to God. ‘Twixt God and man, to close the rent, The spotless Lamb of God was sent. If all the sins of Adam’s race, With perfect justice to each case, In Heaven’s balances were laid, They would be utterly outweigh’d By Jesus’ death. The value lies All in th’ infinite sacrifice: When Christ for man was crucified, Th’ Creator for the creature died. extract of his poem, from the book Lays Of Life and Hope

William Blane of South Africa wrote a poem called THE ATONEMENT. It takes up 22 pages in his book titled: Lays of Life and Hope. This is just one little part of his superb work. Th’ Atonement was no business act In which the Saviour did contract To undergo so many pains That He might cleanse so many’s stains. He gave His all—His life’s blood flowed To reconcile the world to God. ‘Twixt God and man, to close the rent, The spotless Lamb of God was sent. If all the sins of Adam’s race, With perfect justice to each case, In Heaven’s balances were laid, They would be utterly outweigh’d By Jesus’ death. The value lies All in th’ infinite sacrifice: When Christ for man was crucified, Th’ Creator for the creature died.