87 Thee our only God confessing,

EE we praise eternal Lord,

In all earth and heaven adored
Father of unending blessing:
All th' angelic powers on high,
Loud to thee their praises cry.

2 Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Earth and heaven declare thy glory:

With thy saints in sweet accord

Sings the Church the blessed story

Of th' eternal Trinity

Unto man made known in thee.

3 Word eternal! e'er the birth
Of all worlds, forever reigning,
Meekly coming down to earth,
Nor the Virgin's womb disdaining-
In thy godly might alone

Thou hast all our foes o'erthrown.

4 Thou art risen again on high,

Open stand the gates of heaven; Still unto thy people nigh

While they strive as thou hast striven Thou to every faithful heart

Dost thy heavenly aid impart.

5 Lord, thy trusting people save,

Heaven's graces on them shower; Light and hope beyond the grave, Safety from the demon's power, Bless their years of earthly strife

With the crown of endless life.

6 Lord and Father, may thy grace

Rule our hearts where sin abounded; All our hope in thee we place,

Let us never be confounded;
Dearest God! we trust in thee
Now and for eternity.

2 For he of all that's good and true
Is Alpha, and Omega too;

The Fount of Life, the Source of Light,
The Spring of every true delight.

3 Beginning, Ending God and Man!
His inmost Being none can scan;
But in his Human Form Divine
The First and Last united shine.

4 Who is, who was, who is to come-
Th' Eternal, Infinite, I Am!
The Lord Almighty God most high!
Amen! let heaven and earth reply.

89 Let the Creator's praise arise;
ROM all that dwell below the skies,

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth dwells in thy word;

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

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ITH one consent, let all the earth To God their cheerful voices raise; Glad homage pay, with hallowed mirth, And sing before him songs of praise.

2 The Lord is God; the Lord alone

Doth life, and breath, and being give;
We are his work, and not our own,
The sheep that on his pastures live.
3 Enter his gates with songs of joy,

With praises to his courts repair;
And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honors there.
4 For he's the Lord, supremely good;
His mercy is forever sure;

His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

BE thou, O God, exalted high;

And as thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed,
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.
2 Thy praises, Lord, we will resound
To all the listening nations round;
Thy mercy highest heaven transcends,
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.
Doxology.

To thee, O Jesus Christ, we raise

Our noblest songs of thanks and praise;
Be every-where thy name confessed,
God over all forever blest.

92 PRAISE, my soul, the King of Heaven, feet thy tribute bring;

Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore his praises sing;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

2 Praise him for his grace and favor
To our fathers in distress;
Praise him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless;
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Glorious in his faithfulness.