Within the vail! my blood-bought home!
Jesus is seated there,-
With Him I sit; His work is done;
By faith His rest I share.
In Him I died; in Him I rose;
In Him, ascended too, I sit within " the heavenlies,"
In God the Father's view.

He resteth now to show Himself
For me before the throne :
Not without blood He entered there,
Most precious blood, "His own!"
That blood redemption finished shows,
Sin "purged" and "put away,"
Else the sin-bearing Lamb could ne'er
His blood to God display.

My sins and guilt are in God's thought
Buried in Jesus' grave;
A worshiper once purged, by faith
A conscience free I have.
And should defilement by the way
Hinder my access free, '
Twould cast dishonor on the blood
Within the vail for me.

But I confess as all 'forgiven
Whatever from nature flows;
Judged aud condemned in Jesus' flesh,-
The blood its failure shows.
And would I rest within the vail
Unmoved, in God's own peace,
From confidence in aught that's mine
I evermore must cease.

Within the vail He's hidden now,
And now from human view
My " life is hid with Christ in God,"
My risen life, and true.
That life is His creation new:
" Christ in me," saith the word,
Eternal life !It cannot sin,
Because 'tis born of God.
My place of prayer! no more afar
From earth to heaven I cry,
But whisper in the Father's ear
Through Him who brought me nigh.
God hears the Spirit's pleading voice,
He knows the Spirit's mind,
And I in it the earnest have
Of what I see and find.

Within the vail! A royal priest-
Through Christ my lips may raise
Continually, as incense sweet,
Their sacrifice of praise.
A worshiper in spirit there,
My soul delighteth much
With God to rest, and feast on Christ:
"The Father seeketh such."

And, coming from my secret place
Beneath Jehovah's wings,
My happy spirit longs to tell
Of all these precious things
To those who know no light of life,
No home with Christ in God,
And of the way within the vail
Opened by Jesus' blood.

For soon from out the holy place
Our great High-Priest shall come,
To bless His waiting Bride, the Church,
And take her to His home.
And when in glory He appears,
His " wife" the Lamb will own ; "
Forever with" and "like" her Lord,
With her He shares His throne.