SPERANZA. 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,7.
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!
3 Thousands, tens of thousands, stand, 6 Hallelujah! Lord, to Thee,
Spirits blest, before the throne,
Speeding thence at Thy command,
And when Thy commands are done,
Singing everlastingly,
To the Blessed Trinity.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; Godhead One, and Persons Three;
Join with us the heavenly host, Singing everlastingly,
To the Blessed Trinity.
2 Praise the Lord-for He hath spoken;
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed ;
Laws which never shall be broken,
For their guidance He hath made.
3 Praise the Lord-for He is glorious;
Never shall His promise fail;
God hath made His saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation;
Hosts on high, His power proclaim; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify His Name!
I BLEST be Thou, O God of Israel, Thou, our Father, and our Lord; Blest Thy majesty forever,
Ever be Thy name adored!
2 Thine, O Lord, are power and greatness;
Glory, victory, are Thine own;
All is Thine in earth and heaven;
Over all Thy boundless throne.
3 Riches come of Thee and honor;
Power and might to Thee belong;
Thine it is to make us prosper,
Only Thine to make us strong.
4 Lord, to Thee, Thou God of mercy,
Hymns of gratitude we raise;
To Thy name, forever glorious,
Ever we address our praise.
I THE God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of Love!
Jehovah! Great I AM!
By earth and heaven confest;
I bow and bless the sacred Name,
2 The God who reigns on high,
The great archangels sing,
And, "Holy, Holy, Holy," cry,
"Almighty King!
Who was, and is, the same,
And evermore shall be !"
Jehovah! Father! Great I AM!
We worship Thee!
3 Before the Saviour's face
The ransomed nations bow, O'erwhelmed at His Almighty grace,
He shows His prints of love;
They kindle to a flame,
4 The whole triumphant host Give thanks to God on high;
"Hail! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!" They ever cry:
Hail! Abraham's God, and mine !
I join the heavenly lays ;
All might and majesty are Thine,
And endless praise!
5 The God of Abraham praise,
At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At His right hand :
I all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power; And Him my only portion make,
My shield and tower.
6 He by Himself hath sworn ;
I on His oath depend;
I shall, on angel wings upborne,
To heaven ascend :
I shall behold His face,
I shall His power adore,
And sound, through all the worlds above, And sing the wonders of His grace
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