3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath

The soul is raised from sin and death, Before thy throne we sinners bend; To us thy quick'ning power extend. 4 Jehovah! Father, Spirit, Son, Mysterious Godhead! Three in One! Before thy throne, we sinners bend, Grace, pardon, life, to us extend.

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Canst thou find out the Almighty. 10 God, thou bottomless abyss!

Thee, to perfection who can know?
O hight immense! what words suffice,
Thy countless attributes to show?
2 Greatness unspeakable is thine;

Greatness whose undiminished ray, When short-lived worlds are lost shall shine, When earth and heaven are fled away. 3 Unchangeable, all perfect Lord,

Essential life's unbounded sea,
What lives and moves lives by thy word,
It lives, and moves, and is, from thee.
4 High is thy power above all hight;

Whato'er thy will decrees is done;
Thy wisdom, equal to thy might,
Only to thee, O God, is known!

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God's praises crown eternity.
1 God of my life, through all my days
My grateful powers shall sound thy praise;
My song shall wake with opening light,
And cheer the dark and silent night.
2 When anxious care would break my rest,
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast,
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high,
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.
3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all the powers of language fail,
Joy thro' my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.
4 But O, when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise
To join the music of the skies!

5 Soon shall I learn th' exalted strains
Which echo through the heavenly plains;
And emulate, with joy unknown,
The glowing seraphs round the throne.
The cheerful tribute will I give,

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Long as a deathless soul shall live: A work so sweet, a theme so high,

Demands and crowns eternity.

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Hosanna to the Son of David.

1 What are those soul-reviving strains
Which echo thus from Salem's plains?
What anthems loud, and louder still,
So sweetly sound from Zion's hill?
2 Lo! 'tis an infant chorus sings

Hesanna to the King of kings:
The Savior comes !-and babes proclaim
Salvation, sent in Jesus' name.

3 Nor these alone their voice shall raise,
For we will join this song of praise;
Still Israel's children forward press,
To hail the Lord their Righteousness.
4 Messiah's name shall joy impart

Alike to Jew and Gentile heart: He bled for us, he bled for you, And we will sing hosanna too. 5 Proclaim hosannas, loud and clear; See David's Son and Lord appear! All praise on earth to him be given, And glory shout through highest heaven.

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The ministry instituted.

1 The Savior, when to heaven he rose,
In splendid triumph o'er his foes,
Scatter'd his gifts on men below,
And still his royal bounties flow.

2 Hence sprang the' apostles' honor'd name, Sacred beyond heroic fame:

In humbler forms, before our eyes,
Pastors and teachers hence arise.

3 From Christ they all their gifts derive,
And, fed by Christ, their graces live:
While guarded by his mighty hand,
'Midst all the rage of hell they stand.
4 So shall the bright succession run
Through all the courses of the sun;
While unborn churches, by their care,
Shall rise and flourish large and fair.

5 Jesus, now teach our hearts to know
The spring whence all these blessings flow;
Pastors and people shout thy praise,
Through the long round of endless days.

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Universal redemption.

1 Sinners, obey the heavenly call;

Your prison doors stand open wide: Go forth, for Christ hath ransomed all, For every soul of man hath died. 2 'Tis his the drooping soul to raise ; To rescue all by sin oppress'd; To clothe them with the robes of praise, And give their weary spirits rest. 3 To help their grov'ling unbelief; Beauty for ashes to confer; The oil of joy for abject grief; Triumphant joy for sad despair. 4 To make them trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord below; To spread the honor of his grace, And on to full perfection go.

1 Holy, and true, and righteous Lord,
I wait to prove thy perfect will:
Be mindful of thy gracious word,
And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal.

2 Open my faith's interior eye:

Display thy glory from above;
And all I am shall sink and die,

Lost in astonishment and love.

8 Confound, o'erpower me by thy grace; I would be by myself abhorr'd; All might, all majesty, all praise,

All glory, be to Christ my Lord.

4 Now let me gain perfection's height;
Now let me into nothing fall,
As less than nothing in thy sight,
And feel that Christ is all in all.

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Because He liveth I shall live also. 1 I know that my Redeemer livesWhat joy the blest assurance gives! He lives, he lives who once was dead; He lives, my everlasting Head!

2 He lives, to bless me with his love; He lives, to plead for me above; He lives, my hungry soul to feed; He lives, to belp in time of need. 3 He lives, and grants me daily breath; He lives, and I shall conquer death; He lives, my mansion to prepare ; He lives, to bring me safely there. 4 He lives, all glory to his name; He lives, my Savior, still the same; What joy the blest assurance gives,― "I know that my Redeemer lives.

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1 On all the earth thy Spirit shower;
The earth in righteousness renew;
Thy kingdom come, and hell's o'erpower,
And to thy sceptre all subdue.

2 Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce,
Let him opposers all o'errun;
And every law of sin reverse,

That faith and love may make all one. 3 Yea, let him, Lord, in every place His richest energy declare; While lovely tempers, fruits of grace, The kingdom of thy Christ prepare. 4 Grant this, O holy God and true;

The ancient seers thou did'st inspire, To us perform the promise due,Descend, and crown us now with fire.

1 He comes! He comes! The Judge severe !
The seventh trumpet speaks him near;
His light'nings flash, his thunders roll;
How welcome to the faithful soul !

2 From heaven angelic voices sound:
See the almighty Jesus crown'd;
Girt with omnipotence and grace,
And glory decks the Savior's face.
3 Descending on his great white throne,
He claims the kingdoms for his own;
The kingdoms all obey his word,
And hail him their triumphant Lord.
4 Shout, all the people of the sky,
And all the saints of the Most High;
Our Lord, who now his right obtains,
Forever and forever reigns.

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Omnipotence and wisdom.
1 Come, O my soul, in sacred lays,
Attempt thy great Creator's praise:
But (), what tongue can speak his fame?
What mortal verse can reach the theme?
2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory like a garment wears;
To form a robe of light divine,
Ten thousand suns around him shine.
3 In all our Maker's grand designs,
Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines;
His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his Name.

4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing,
Do thou, my soul, his glories sing;
And let his praise employ thy tongue,
Till list'ning worlds shall join the song.

3 Still may thy children in thy word

Their common trust and refuge see; O, bind us to each other, Lord, By one great bond,-the love of thee. 4 So shall our sun of hope arise,

With brighter still and brighter ray, Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes With beams of everlasting day.

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My heart is fixed; O God. 1 My heart is fixed on thee, my God; I rest my hope on thec alone; I'll spread thy sacred truths abroad,To all mankind thy love make known. 2 Awake, my tongue; awake, my lyre;

With morning's earliest dawn arise; To songs of joy my soul inspire,

And swell your music to the skies. 3 With those who in thy grace abound, To thee I'll raise my thankful voice; Till every land, the earth around, Shall hear, and in thy Name rejoice. 4 Eternal God, celestial King,

Exalted be thy glorious Name;

Let hosts in heaven thy praises sing, And saints on earth thy love proclaim.

National blessings.

1024 1 Great God of nations, now to thee Our hymn of gratitude we raise; With humble heart, and bending knee, We offer thee our song of praise. 2 Thy name we bless, almighty God, For all the kindness thou hast shown To this fair land the pilgrims trod,This land we fondly call our own. 3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide In safety through their dang'rous way. 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light Through all our land its radiance sheds; Dispels the shades of error's night,

And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 5 Great God, preserve us ir thy fear; In danger still our guardian be; O, spread thy truth's bright precepts here; Let all the people worship thee

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1 Jesus, thou everlasting King,

Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept thy well-deserv'd renown,

And wear our praises as thy crown. 2 Let every act of worship be

Like our espousals, Lord, to thee: Like the blest hour, when from above We first received the pledge of love. 3 The gladness of that happy day, 'O may it ever, ever stay: Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold. 4 Let every moment, as it flies,

Increase thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing thy Name,

At the great supper of the Lamb.

234 Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. 1 Awake, Jerusalem, awake,

No longer in thy sins lie down:
The garment of salvation take;

Thy beauty and thy strength put on. 2 Shake off the dust that blinds thy sight, And hides the promise from thine eyes; Arise, and struggle into light; The great Deliv'rer calls,-Arise! 3 Shake off the bands of sad despair; Zion, assert thy liberty;

Look up, thy broken heart prepare, And God shall set the captive free. 4 Vessels of mercy, sons of grace,

Be purged from every sinful stain; Be like your Lord, his word embrace, Nor bear his hallow'd name in vain.

1 Behold, the heathen waits to know The joy the Gospel will bestow; The exiled captive to receive

The freedom Jesus has to give. 2 Come, let us, with a grateful heart,

In this blest labor share a part; Our prayers and off'rings gladly bring To aid the triumphs of our King. 3 Our hearts exult in songs of praise, That we have seen these latter days, When our Redeemer shall be known, Where Satan long hath held his throne. 4 Where'er his hand hath spread the skies, Sweet incense to his Name shall rise;

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And slave and freeman, Greek and Jew,
By sov'reign grace be formed anew.

999 Christ's universal and everlasting kingdom.
1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom spread from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 From north to south the princes meet,
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pay their homage at his feet;
While western empires own their Lord,
And savage tribes attend his word.
3 To him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

4 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song,
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his Name.

1 Not heaven's wide range of hallow'd space
Jehovah's presence can confine;
Nor angels' claims restrain his grace,
Whose glories through creation shine.
2 Its sacred shrine it fixes there,

Where two or three are met to raise
Their holy hands in humble prayer,

Or tune their hearts to grateful praise. 3 Be this, O Lord that honor'd place,-The house of God, the gate of heaven; And may the fulness of thy grace

To all who here shall meet be given. 4 And hence, in spirit may we soar [bend; To those bright courts where seraphs With awe like theirs, on earth adore, Till with their anthems ours shall blend.