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I believe in God.

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LORY to God! with joyful adoration

Sing praises, sing praises; his power proclaim:

Praise we the Lord, the strength of our salva

tion;

And, worshipping before him, adore his name. Praise him for mercies; blessings ever flowing; His love, which redeemed us from death, make known;

Praise him in life, with holy rapture glowing; Then worship him with angels before his throne.

2.

AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun

Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

2 Wake, and lift up thyself my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who day and night unwearied sing
High glory to the Eternal KING.

3 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refresh'd me while I slept;
Grant, LORD, from death when I awake,
I may of endless life partake.

4 To thee my vows, LORD, I renew;
Scatter my sins as morning dew,

Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with thyself my spirit fill.

5 Direct, control, suggest, this day,

All I design, or do, or say;

That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite.

6 Praise GOD, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST.

3.

GLORY to thee, my GOD, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, KING of kings,
Under thine own Almighty wings.

2 Forgive me, LORD, for thy dear SON,
The ills that I this day have done :
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

3 O may my soul on thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep that may me more active make
To serve my GOD when I awake.

4 Teach me to live that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
With joy behold the judgment day.

5 For death is life, and labour rest,
If with thy gracious presence blest;
Then welcome sleep or death to me,
I'm still secure, for still with thee.

6 Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST.

4.

ALL people that on earth do dwell,

Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:
Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell,
Come ye before him and rejoice.

2 The Lord ye know is God indeed;
Without our aid he did us make :
We are his flock, he doth us feed;
And for his sheep he doth us take.

3 Oh! enter then his gates with praise: Approach with joy his courts unto : Praise, laud, and bless his name always; For it is seemly so to do.

4 For why? The Lord our God is good; mercy is for ever sure;

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His truth at all times firmly stood;
And shall from age to age endure.

5.

BEFORE JEHOVAH's awful throne,

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the LORD is GOD alone:
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men.
And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise;

And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

4 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.

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FROM all that dwell below the skies
Let the CREATOR's praise arise;
Let the REDEEMER'S name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, LORD;
Eternal truth attends thy word:

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

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REAT GOD, how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And give their praise to thee.

2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living GOD,
Were all the nations dead.

3 Nature and time quite open lie
To thine immense survey,

From the formation of the sky
To the great burning day.

4 Eternity, with all its years,

Stands present in thy view;

To thee there's nothing old appears,
Great GOD, there's nothing new.