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2 Lo! the angelic bands
In full assembly meet,
To wait his high commands,
And worship at his feet;
Joyful they come, and wing their way
From realms of day to Jesus' tomb.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord,

Who sav'st us with thy blood!
Wide be thy name adored,

Thou rising, reigning God;
With thee we rise, with thee we reign,
And empires gain beyond the skies.

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EJOICE, the Lord is King,
Your God and King adore;
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
2 Rejoice, the Saviour reigns,

The God of truth and love;
When he had purged our stains,
He took his seat above:
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.

3 His kingdom cannot fail,

He rules o'er earth and heaven; The keys of death and hell

Are to our Jesus given;

Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.

4 Rejoice in glorious hope;

Jesus the Judge shall come,

And take his servants up
To their eternal home:

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PWARD I lift my eyes,

From God is all my aid;

The God that built the skies,

And earth and nature made; God is the tower to which I fly; His grace is nigh in every hour. 2 My feet shall never slide, And fall in fatal snares, Since God, my guard and guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes that never sleep Shall Isreel keep when dangers rise.

3 Hast thou not given thy word To save my soul from death? And I can trust my Lord

To keep my mortal breath: I'll go and come, nor fear to die, Till from on high thou call me home.

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We soon shall hear th' archangel's ZION, tune thy voice,

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And lift thy hands on high; Tell all the world thy joys,

And shout salvation nigh; Cheerful in God, arise and shine, While rays divine stream all abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face

With beams that cannot fade; His all-resplendent grace

He pours around thy head: The nations round thy form shall view, With lustre new divinely crowned.

3 In honor to his name

Reflect that sacred light, And loud that grace proclaim

Which makes thy darkness bright: Pursue his praise till sovereign love In worlds above thy glory raise.

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2 Such was his zeal for God,
And such his love for you,
He freely undertook

What angels could not do:
His mighty deeds of love and grace,

All words exceed, and tho'ts surpass.

3 He left his starry crown,

And laid his robes aside;

On wings of love came down,

And wept, and bled, and died:

What he endured O! who can tell,

O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!
They praise thee still; and happy they,
That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark veil of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears;
O glorious seat, when God our King
Shall thither bring our willing feet!

To save our souls from death and hell! 4 The Lord his people loves;

4 From the dark grave he rose,

The mansions of the dead;
And thence his mighty foes,
In glorious triumph led:

Up thro' the sky the Conqueror rode,
And reigns on high, the Saviour God.

5 Jesus, we ne'er can pay

The debt we owe thy love,
Yet tell us how we may,
Our gratitude approve :
Our hearts, our all, to thee we give;
The gift, tho' small, thou wilt receive.

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him that chose us first, Before the world began

To him that bore the curse,

To save rebellious man :

To him that formed our hearts anew, Are endless praise and glory due. 2 The Father's love shall run

Through our immortal songs:
We bring to God the Son

Hosannas on our tongues:
Our lips address the Spirit's name
With equal praise, and zeal the same.

3 Let every saint above,

And angel round the throne,

For ever bless and love

The sacred Three in One:

Thus heaven shall raise his honors high
When earth and time grow old and die.

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His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves ; From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts alone in thee.

FOR SOCIAL AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.

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THY works, not mine, O Christ!
Speak gladness to this heart;
They tell me all is done;

They bid my fear depart:

To whom, save thee who canst alone
For sin atone, Lord! shall I flee.

2 Thy tears, not mine, O Christ,
Have wept my guilt away;
And turned this night of mine
Into a blessed day:

To whom, save thee, &c.

3 Thy wounds, not mine, O Christ,
Can heal my bruised soul;
Thy stripes, not mine, contain

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The balm that makes me whole :
To whom, save thee, &c.

Thy cross, not mine, O Christ,
Has borne the awful load

Of sins that none could bear
But the incarnate God:

To whom, save thee, &c.

Thy death, not mine, O Christ,
Has paid the ransom due;

Ten thousand deaths like mine
Would have been all too few :
To whom, save thee, &c.

6 Thy righteousness alone

Can clothe and beautify;
I wrap it round my soul;
In this I 'll live and die:
To whom, save thee, &c.

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2 For ten thousand blessings given,

For the hope of future joy, [heaven, Sound his praise through earth and Sound Jehovah's praise on high. Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our song we raise; There, enraptured, fall before him, Lost to wonder, love, and praise.

FOR SOCIAL AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.

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JESUS! who on Calv'ry's mountain
Poured thy precious blood for me,
Wash me in its flowing fountain,
That my soul may spotless be.
I have sinned, but, oh, restore me;
For, unless thou smile on me,

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Dark is all the world before me, Darker yet eternity!

In thy word I hear thee saying,

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Come, and I will give you rest;" Glad the gracious call obeying, See, I hasten to thy breast. Grant, oh, grant thy Spirit's teaching, That I may not go astray, Till, the gate of heaven reaching, Earth and sin are passed away!

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SAVIOUR, breathe an evening bless

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Ere repose our spirits seal : Sin and want we come confessing, Thou canst save and thou canst heal. Though destruction walk around us, Though the arrow near us fly, Angel-guards from thee surround us, We are safe if thou art nigh.

Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from thee; Thou art he who, never weary,

Watchest where thy people be. [us, Should swift death this night o'ertake And our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in light and deathless bloom.

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