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P.M.

God in three Persons adored.

Isa. vi, S. Rev. iv, 8.

1 HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee,

Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may

not see,

Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,

Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth,
and sky, and sea;

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

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L. M.

Prayer for the blessing of the Triune God.

2 Cor. xiii, 14.

1 COMMAND thy blessing from above,
O God! on all assembled here;
Behold us with a Father's love,
While we look up with filial fear.
2 Command thy blessing, Jesus! Lord!
May we thy true disciples be;
Speak to each heart the mighty word;
Say to the weakest:-Follow me.
3 Command thy blessing in this hour,
Spirit of truth! and fill the place
With humbling and with healing power,
With quick'ning and renewing grace.

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1

Immortal praise to the Trinity.

Heb, ix, 14.

To God the Father yield
Immortal praise and love,
For all our comforts here,
And better hopes above:
He sent his own eternal Son

To die for sins which man had done.

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2

To God th' eternal Son

Let praise immortal flow,

Who bought us with his blood,

Who saves from endless woe;

And now on high He lives and reigns,
And sees the fruit of all his pains.
3 To God the Holy Ghost
Immortal honours give,
Whose new-creating power
Can make the dead to live:
His work completes the great design,
And fills the soul with joy divine.
Immortal praise to Thee,

O Father! Spirit! Son!
The undivided Three!

The great mysterious One!

With all her powers where reason fails,
There love adores and faith prevails.

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Praise to Father, Son, and Spirit.

1 Pet. 1, 2.

1 BLEST be the Father and his love, To whose celestial source we owe Rivers of endless joy above,

And streams of comfort here below!

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2 Glory to Thee, great Son of God!
Forth from thy wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.
3 We give Thee, Holy Spirit! praise,
Who in our hearts of sin and woe
Mak'st springs of living grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, we adore:
To whom be equal honours done
By all the church for evermore.

1 ETERNAL Power, whose high abode Becomes the grandeur of a GodInfinite lengths beyond the bounds

Where stars revolve their countless rounds2 Thee whilst the highest angel sings, He hides his face beneath his wings; And ranks of shining thrones around Fall prostrate on the sacred ground.

after Trinity.

3 Lord! what shall earth and ashes do?
We would adore our Maker too;
From sin and dust to Thee we cry,
The Just, the Holy, and the High.

4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame,
And sinners dare to lisp thy name;
But oh! the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.

5 God is in heaven, and man below;
Be short our strains; our words be few;
A solemn rev'rence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.

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C. M.

God is love.

1 John iv, 16.

1 COME ye, who know and fear the Lord,
And raise your thoughts above;
Let every heart and voice accord
To sing that God is love.

This precious truth his word declares,
And all his mercies prove;

Jesus, the Gift of gifts, appears

To show that God is love.