3 They tell the triumphs of his cross,
The sufferings which he bore,
How low he stooped, how high he rose,
And rose to stoop no more.
4 O, let them still their voices raise,
And still their songs renew;
Salvation well deserves the praise
Of men and angels too.
Praise to the Saviour.
1 YE angels, bless the Lord,
And praise his sacred name;
Diffuse his glories all abroad,
His gracious acts proclaim.
2 Praise him, ye heavenly powers,
And make his goodness known;
Christ is your Head, as well as ours,
And ye surround his throne.
3 Praise him, ye hosts of light,
In accents sweet and high;
To him you owe your power and might;
At his command you fly.
4 Ye winged seraphim,
Your grateful voices raise;
Created and preserved by him,
Let him have all your praise.
5 The lofty song begin,
And tune your harps anew;
While we in sacred concert join,
And strive to vie with you.
Song of Moses and the Lamb.
1 AWAKE, and sing the song
Of Moses and the Lamb;
Wake every heart, and every tongue,
To praise the Saviour's name.
2 Sing of his dying love;
Sing of his rising power;
Sing how he intercedes, above,
For us, whose sins he bore.
3 Sing, till we feel our heart
Ascending with our tongue;
Sing, till the love of sin depart,
And grace inspire our song.
4 Sing on your heavenly way,
Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sing on, rejoicing every day
In Christ, th' eternal King.
5 Soon shall we hear him say,
"Ye blessed children, come!" Soon will he call us hence away, To our eternal home.
6 There shall our raptured tongue
His endless praise proclaim,
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.
Worthy is the Lamb.
1 COME, all ye saints of God;
Wide through the earth abroad
Spread Jesus' fame:
Tell what his love has done;
Trust in his name alone;
Shout to his lofty throne,
"Worthy the Lamb."
2 Hence, gloomy doubts and fears!
Dry up your mournful tears;
Swell the glad theme;
Praise ye our gracious King;
Strike each melodious string;
Join heart and voice to sing,
"Worthy the Lamb. "
3 Hark! how the choirs above,
Filled with the Saviour's love,
Dwell on his name!
There, too, may we be found,
With light and glory crowned,
While all the heavens resound,
"Worthy the Lamb."
1 FATHER, I sing thy wondrous grace;
I bless my Saviour's name;
He bought salvation for the poor,
And bore the sinner's shame.
2 His deep distress has raised us high;
His duty and his zeal
Fulfilled the law which mortals broke,
And finished all thy will.
3 Zion is thine, most holy God;
Thy Son shall bless her gates;
And glory, purchased by his blood,
For thine own Israel waits.
4 Let heaven, and all that dwell on high,
To God their voices raise;
While lands and seas assist the sky,
And join t' advance his praise.
1 O, SING to Him who loved and bled,
Ye heaven-born sinners, sing;
"Twas Jesus suffered in your stead;
Own him your God and King.
2 He washed us, in his precious blood,
From every guilty stain;
He made us kings and priests to God,
And we shall with him reign.
3 Sing of his everlasting love,
From whence salvation flows;
Sing to him here, then sing above,
Of all that he bestows.
4 To him that loved us when depraved,
When guilty, blind, and poor;
To him that loved, and died, and saved,
Be glory evermore.
1 PROCLAIM the lofty praise
Of Him who once was slain,
But now is risen, through endless days
To live and reign:
He lives and reigns on high,
Who bought us with his blood,
Enthroned above the farthest sky,
Our Saviour God.
2 The Son of God adore;
Ye ransomed, spread his fame;
With joy and gladness, evermore
Laud his great name:
Let every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord,
And every creature join to bless
Th' incarnate Word.
3 All honor, power, and praise,
To Jesus' name belong;
With hosts seraphic, glad, we raise
The sacred song:
"Worthy the Lamb," they cry,
"That on the cross was slain;
But now, ascended up on high,
He lives to reign.”
4 He lives to bless and save
The souls redeemed by grace,
And rescue from the dreary grave
His chosen race;
And soon we hope, above,
A louder strain to sing,
With all our powers to praise and love
Our Saviour King.
The divine Character exhibited in the Gospel. 1 FATHER, how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise!
Known through the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand through the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power;
Their motions speak thy skill;
And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.
3 But when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Where justice and compassion join
In their divinest forms, -
4 Here the whole Deity is known;
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice or the grace.
5 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Bright seraphs chant Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
6 O, may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song;
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.
Glory and Grace in the Person of Christ.
1 NOW to the Lord a noble song;
Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue;
Hosanna to th' eternal name,
And all his boundless love proclaim.
2 See where it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of his grace;
God, in the person of his Son,
Has all his mightiest works outdone.
3 The spacious earth and spreading flood
Proclaim the wise, the powerful God,
And thy rich glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star.
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