ALVATION! O the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our ears!
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.
2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise, by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.
3 Salvation! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.
WEET were the sounds that reached our
When mercy raised her heavenly voice:
'Twas mercy that dispelled our fears,
And bade our souls in hope rejoice.
2 All other sounds discordant seem,
Compared with mercy's heavenly song;
So sweet and joyful is the theme,
It bears our willing souls along.
3 O may we never cease to hear
The voice that gives our conscience rest;
That dissipates our guilty fear,
And tells us we are truly blest.
4 May mercy still remove our fear,
And bind our souls with cords of love! Mercy that soothes our sorrows here, And gives us hope of joys above.
WE love Thee, Lord, yet not alone
Because Thy bounteous hand
Showers down its rich and ceaseless gifts
On ocean and on land;
Because Thou bidd'st the sun go forth
Rejoicing in his might,
And kindle earth to glowing life
And beauty with his light.
2 "Tis not alone because Thy names
Of wisdom, power, and love,
Are written on the earth beneath,
The glorious skies above.
For these Thy gifts we praise Thee, Lord;
Yet not for these alone,
The incense of Thy children's love
Arises to Thy throne.
3 We love Thee, Lord, because when we
Had erred and gone astray,
Thou didst recall our wandering souls
Into the heavenward way;
When helpless, hopeless we were lost
In sin and sorrow's night,
Thou didst send forth a guiding ray
Of Thy benignant light.-
4 Because, when we forsook Thy ways,
Nor kept Thy holy will,
Thou wast not the avenging Judge,
But gracious Father still.
Because we have forgot Thee, Lord,
Yet Thou hast not forgot;
Because we have forsaken Thee,
Yet Thou forsakest not.-
5 Because, O Lord, Thou lovedst us
With everlasting love;
Because Thy Son came down to die,
That we might live above ;
Because, when we were heirs of wrath,
Thou gavest hopes of heaven;
Yes; much we love, who much have sinned,
And much have been forgiven.
HEN I had wandered from His fold,
His love the wanderer sought;
When slave-like into bondage sold,
His blood my freedom bought;
2 Therefore that life, by Him redeemed,
Is His through all its days;
And, as with blessings it hath teemed,
So let it teem with praise;
3 For I am His, and He is mine,
The God whom I adore !
My Father, Saviour, Comforter,
Now and for evermore.
4 When sunk in sorrow, I despaired,
And changed my hopes for fears,
He bore my griefs, my burden shared,
And wiped away my tears;
5 Therefore the joy by Him restored,
To Him by right belongs;
And to my gracious, loving Lord
I'll sing through life my songs;
6 For I am His, and He is mine,
The God whom I adore;
My Father, Saviour, Comforter,
Now and for evermore.
LL hail the power of Jesus' name,
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
2 Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown Him Lord of all.
3 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race,
A remnant weak and small;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.
4 Sinners! whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall;
Go, spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.
5 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all.
6 O that, with yonder sacred throng,
We at His feet may fall!
There join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all!
BRETHREN, let us join to bless
Christ our Peace and Righteousness;
Let our praise to Him be given,
High at God's right hand in heaven.
2 Son of God, to Thee we bow,
Thou art Lord, and only Thou;
Thou the woman's promised seed:
Glory of Thy Church, and Head!
3 Thee the angels ceaseless sing,
Thee we praise, our Priest and King,
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