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HARK!

II.

ARK! the song of Jubilee; Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fullness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore : Hallelujah! for the Lord,

God omnipotent, shall reign; Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 Hallelujah! hark! the sound,

From the centre to the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:
See Jehovah's banner's furled,
And the kingdoms of this world [done,
Sheathed his sword: he speaks-'tis
Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole,
With illimitable sway;
He shall reign, when like a scroll
Yonder heavens have passed away:
Then the end;-beneath his nod,
Man's last enemy shall fall;
Hallelujah! Christ is God,

God in Christ is all in all.

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PEOPLE of the living God,

I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found:
Now to you my spirit turns,

Turns a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
O! receive me into rest.

2 Lonely, I no longer roam,

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Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; Where you dwell shall be my home, Where you die shall be my grave. Mine the God whom you adore,

Your Redeemer shall be mine; Earth shall fill my soul no more, Every idol I resign.

3 Tell me not of gain or loss,

Ease, enjoyment, pomp or power,
Welcome poverty and cross,
Shame, reproach, affliction's hour:
"Follow me;" I know thy voice;
Jesus, Lord, thy steps I see;
Now I take thy yoke, by choice;
Light thy burden now to me.

W What its signs of promise are.

ATCHMAN, tell us of the night,

Traveller, o'er yon mountain's height,
See that glory-beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous rays
Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Traveller, yes, it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.

2 Watchman tell us of the night;
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveller, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends.
Traveller, ages are its own,
Watchman, will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?

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See it bursts o'er all the earth.

Watchman, tell us of the night,

For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveller, darkness takes its flight,
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wanderings cease;
Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveller, lo! the Prince of peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come.

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HILE with ceaseless course the sun

W Hasted through the former year,

Many souls their race have run,

Never more to meet us here;
Fixed in their eternal state,
They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,

But how little none can know.

2 As the winged arrow flies

Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind :
Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.

3 Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view.
Bless thy word to young and old,

Fill us with a Saviour's love;
And when life's short tale is told

May we dwell with thee above.

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BOUNDLESS glory, Lord, be thine;

Thou hast made the darkness shine:
Thou hast sent a cheering ray ;
Thou hast turned our night to day.
2 Darkness long involved us round,
Till we knew the joyful sound:
Then our darkness fled away,
Chased by truth's effulgent ray.
3 They are blest, and none beside,
They who in the truth abide;
Clear the light that marks their way
Leading to eternal day.

4 Guide us, Saviour, through the road,
Till we reach the saint's abode;
Till we see thee throned above,
As thou art, the God of love.

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13 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell:
Death in vain forbids him rise,
Christ has opened Paradise.
Lives again our glorious King;
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once he died our souls to save:
Where's thy victory, boasting grave?
5 What though once we perished all,
Partners of our parent's fall?
Second life we now receive,
And in Christ forever live.

6 Hail! thou dear almighty Lord,
Hail! thou great incarnate Word,
Hail! thou suffering Son of God,
Take the trophies of thy blood.

ORD of hosts, how lovely fair,

Here thy waiting people see
Much of heaven, and much of thee.

2 From thy gracious presence flows
Bliss that softens all our woes;
While thy Spirit's holy fire
Warms our hearts with pure desire.
3 Here we suplicate thy throne,
Here thou makest thy glories known;
Here we learn thy righteous ways,
Taste thy love, and sing thy praise.

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4 Let me never from thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Fill my soul with joy divine,
Keep me, Lord, forever thine.

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II.

O! the stone is rolled away,
Death yields up his mighty prey;
Jesus, rising from the tomb,
Scatters all its fearful gloom.

2 Praise him, ye celestial choirs,
Praise and sweep your golden lyres;
Praise him in the noblest songs,
From ten thousand thousand tongues.
3 Every note with rapture swell,
And the Saviour's triumph tell;
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Where thy terrors, vanquished king?

4 Let Immanuel be adored,
Ransom, Mediator, Lord!
To creation's utmost bound
Let the eternal praise resound.

HILDREN of the heavenly King,

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As ye journey sweetly sing:
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.

2 Ye are traveling home to God,
In the way the fathers trod;
They are happy now, and ye
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 Shout ye little flock, and blest,
Soon you'll enter into rest;
There your seat is now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.
Fear not, brethren, joyful stand
On the borders of your land;
Jesus Christ, our Father's Son,
Bids us undismayed go on.

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5 Lord, submissive make us go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only thou our leader be,

And we still will follow thee.

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For this rest upon our way,
Thanks to thee alone be given,
Lord of earth and King of heaven.
2 Let these earthly Sabbaths prove
Fore-tastes of our joys above;
While their steps thy children bend
To the rest which knows no end.

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