2 Alleluia! not as orphans,

Are we left in sorrow now;

Alleluia! He is near us,

Faith believes, nor questions how:

Though the cloud from sight received Him,
When the forty days were o'er,
Shall our hearts forget His promise,
"I am with you evermore "?

3 Alleluia! Bread of angels,

Thou on earth our food, our stay; Alleluia! here the sinful

Flee to Thee from day to day;

Intercessor, Friend of sinners,

Earth's Redeemer, plead for me, Where the songs of all the sinless Sweep across the crystal sea.

4 Alleluia! sing to Jesus!

His the scepter, His the throne;
Alleluia! His the triumph,

His the victory alone:
Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood;
Jesus, out of every nation,

Hath redeemed us by His blood.
WILLIAM C. Dix, 1866