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And here our children bring,

To shout thy praise.

2 Thou art our holy Lord,
O all-subduing Word,
Healer of strife:

Thou didst thyself abase,
That from sin's deep disgrace
Thou mightest save our race,
And give us life.

3 Ever be near our side,

Our Shepherd and our Guide,
Our staff and song;
Jesus, thou Christ of God,
By thine enduring word
Lead us where thou hast trod;
Make our faith strong.

4 So now, and till we die,
Sound we thy praises high,
And joyful sing:
Let all the holy throng,
Who to thy church belong,
Unite and swell the song
To Christ our King!

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LORY to God on high!
U Let earth and skies reply,
Praise ye his name;
His love and grace adore,
Who all our sorrows bore:
Sing loud for evermore,
Worthy the Lamb.

2 Jesus, our Lord and God,
Bore sin's tremendous load,
Praise ye his name;

Tell what his arm has done,
What spoils from death he won:
Sing his great name alone,
Worthy the Lamb.

3 While they around the throne
Cheerfully join in one,

Praising his name;
Those who have felt his blood,
Sealing their peace with God,
Sound his dear fame abroad,
Worthy the Lamb.

4 Join, all ye ransomed race,
Our holy Lord to bless;

Praise ye his name;
In him we will rejoice,
And make a joyful noise,
Shouting with heart and voice,
Worthy the Lamb.

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II.

THOU, whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight,
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And, where the gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
"Let there be light."

2 Thou, who didst come to bring,
On thy redeeming wing,
Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,
Oh, now to all mankind
"Let there be light."

3 Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving, Holy Dove,
Speed forth thy flight;
Move on the water's face,
Bearing the lamp of grace;
And in earth's darkest place
"Let there be light."

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MY faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine:

Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
O let me from this day
Be wholly thine.

2 May thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire:

As thou hast died for me,
O may my love to thee,
Pure, warm, and changeless be-
A living fire.

3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray

From thee aside.

4 When ends life's transient dream, When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll;

Blest Saviour, then, in love,
Fear and distrust remove;

O bear me safe above

A ransomed soul.

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THINK, when I read that sweet story of old,

When Jesus was here among men,

2 O, why should I wander, an alien from Or cry in the desert for bread? [thee, How he called little children as lambs to

Thy foes will rejoice when my sorrows they see,

And smile at the tears I have shed.

3 Ye daughters of Zion, declare, have you seen,

The star that on Israel shone? Say, if in your tents my Beloved has been,

And where with his flock he has gone.

his fold,

[then.

I should like to have been with them

2 I wish that his hands had been placed on my head, [me, That his arm had been thrown around And that I might have seen his kind look when he said,

4 His voice, as the sound of the dulcimer 3 sweet,

Is heard thro' the shadows of death; The cedars of Lebanon bow at his feet, The air is perfumed with his breath.

"Let the little ones come unto me."

Yet still to his footstool in prayer I may go,

And ask for a share in his love; And if I thus earnestly seek him below, I shall see him and hear him above.

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Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;

HE Lord is my Shepherd, no want Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

THE shall I know,

[rest;

I feed in green pastures, safe-folded I He leadeth my soul where the still waters

flow, Restores me when wandering, redeems when oppressed.

2 Thro' the valley and shadow of death tho' I stray,

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[fear, Since thou art my guardian, no evil Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay,

No harm can befall, with my Comforter

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Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining;

Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;

Angels adore him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.

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Richer by far is the heart's adoration,

RIGHTEST and best of the sons of Dearer to God are the prayers of the the morning!

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Shout, for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee,

HITHER, ve faithful, haste with songs Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion

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O come, and let us worship at his feet.

2 O Jesus, for such wondrous condescension,

is free.

FOR SOCIAL AND PRIVATE WORSHIP.

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Our praise and reverence are an offer-I WOULD not live alway: I ask not

ing meet;

Now is the Word made flesh, and dwells

among us;

O come, and let us worship at his feet. 3 Shout his almighty name, ye choirs of angels,

to stay

Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way;

The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here,

Let the celestial courts his praise re-2 peat:

Unto our God be glory in the highest;

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COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish,

Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel, Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish ;

Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal.

2 Joy of the desolate, Light of the straying,

Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, in mercy saying,

Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot cure.

3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing

Forth from the throne of God, boundless in love:

Come to the feast prepared; come, ever knowing,

Earth has no sorrows, but heaven can

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[no more; Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness,

Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer.

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Temptation without and corruption within:

E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears,

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Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. NEARER, my God, to thee, nearer to 2 Daughter of Zion, the Power that hath

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thee!

E'en tho' it be a cross that raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be,

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee.

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