Christ our Substitute and Head

God’s wisdom formed the vast design
To ransom us when lost;
And Christ’s own blood and righteousness
Provided all the costs.

Strict justice with approving look,
God’s covenant was sealed;
When God incarnate undertook
To see the whole fulfilled.

Now sin appears deserving death
And would its curse impose;
But Christ our Substitute and Head
Has lived and died and rose.

Upon the merits of His blood,
Secure and saved by grace;
We dare approach the throne of God
In Christ who took our place.

Hymn: “O For A Thousand Tongues”