Hymns of the Church

SPERANZA. 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,7.

Psalm 150.

I HALLELUJAH! Praise the Lord,
In the heights of glory;
Hosts of heaven, with one accord,

Shout the joyful story;

Praise Him for His mighty deeds,
Praise ye Him whose grace exceeds
All that heaven in songs concedes ;

Worlds of bliss, His praise record.

2 Praise Him with the trumpet's tongue,
Far and wide resounding;

Praise Him with the harp well-strung,
While your hearts are bounding;
Praise Him with the sweet-toned lyre :
Let His praise the lute inspire;
Praise Him in a mighty choir;
Let His praise be loudly sung.

3 Praise Him with the viol's strings,
Waking joyous feeling;
While the vault of glory rings
With the organ's pealing;
Let the cymbals ring His praise;
Wake the clarion's grandest lays;

Praise the Lord through endless days:

Lo! His praise creation sings.

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I O WORSHIP the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love;
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,

Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.
3 The earth, with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old,
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light,
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
5 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail:
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

6 O measureless Might, ineffable Love!

While angels delight to hymn Thee above,
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to Thy praise.

I OUR Father in heaven, we hallow Thy Name:
May Thy kingdom holy on earth be the same:
O give to us daily our portion of bread:
It is from Thy bounty that all must be fed.

2 Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to know
That humble compassion which pardons each foe;
Keep us from temptation, from evil and sin,
And Thine be the glory, forever! Amen!