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In the Godhead's glory rais'd

Above the heavens all:

Thee we hail, thou Prince of heav'n!

'Tis thee we hail, thou faithful heart! Thou thyself to us hast giv'n! All hail our better part !

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Worthy is the holy Lamb,
Pre-eminence is giv'n!
Greatly glorious is his name,
Above the highest heav'n !
Yet he names on us his name,

And boldly owns the brotherhood;
Calls us brethren without shame,
And us presents to God.

HYMN $54. L.M.

O THOU, in whom the Gentiles trust,
Thou only holy, only just;

O tune our souls to praise thy name,
Jesus! unchangeable, the same!

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Glory to thee, auspicious Lamb!
Thou holy Lord, thou great I Am !
With all our pow'rs thy grace we bless;
Our joy, our peace, our righteousness!

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Live, ever glorious Jesus! live,
Worthy all blessings to receive!
Worthy on high enthron'd to sit,
With ev'ry pow'r beneath thy feet !
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Blessings forever on the Lamb,

Who bore the curse for sinful man ;
Let angels sound the sacred name,

And ev'ry creature say, Amen.

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To our Redeemer's glorious name,
Awake the sacred song!

O may his love (immortal flame !)
Tune ev'ry heart and tongue.

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His love, what mortal thought can reach ? What mortal tongue display? Imagination's utmost stretch

In wonder dies away.

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He left his radiant throne on high;
Left the bright realms of bliss,
And came to earth to bleed and die !-
Was ever love like this!

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Dear Lord, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to thee;
May ev'ry heart with rapture say,
The Saviour dy'd for me.

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O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill ev'ry heart and tongue;
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred song.

HYMN 56. C. M.

"TIS not the law of ten commands

On holy Sinai giv'n,

Or sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heav'n.

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'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt, Nor smoke of sweetest smell,

Can buy a pardon for our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

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Aaron the priest resigns his breath,
At God's immediate will,
And in the desart yields to death,
Upon th' appointed hill.

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And thus on Jordan's yonder side
The tribes of Israel stand,
While Moses bow'd his head and dy'd
Short of the promis'd land.

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Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest ;
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

HYMN 57. C. M.

HARK the glad sound! the Saviour comes,

The Saviour promis'd long!

Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne,
And ev'ry voice a song.

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On him, the spirit, largely pour'd,
Exerts its sacred fire;

Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,

His holy breast inspire.

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He comes, the pris❜ners to release,

In Satan's bondage held;

The gates of brass before him burst,

The iron fetters yield.

Joshua, the same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour.

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He comes, from thickest films of vice,

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To clear the mental ray ;

And on the eye oppress'd with night,
To pour celestial day.

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He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure;
And, with the treasures of his grace,
T'inrich the humble poor.

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Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And Heav'n's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.

HYMN 58. C. M.

THE true Messiah now appears,
The types are all withdrawn ;
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.

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No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs,
Nor kid nor bullock slain ;
Incense and spice of costly names

Would all be burnt in vain.

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Aaron must lay his robes away,

His mitre and his vest,
When God himself comes down to be
The off'ring and the priest.

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He took our mortal flesh to show

The wonders of his love;

For us he paid his life below,

And prays

for us above.

HYMN 59. L. M.

THE lands, that long in darkness lay,
Now have beheld a heav'nly light;
Nations, which sat in death's cold shade,
Are bless'd with beams divinely bright.

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The virgin's promis'd son is born ;
Behold th' expected child appear :
What shall his names or titles be?
The Wonderful, the Counsellor.

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This infant is the mighty God,
Come to be suckled and ador'd ;
Th' eternal Father, Prince of Peace,
The son of David, and his Lord.

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The government of earth and seas Upon his shoulders shall be laid; His wide dominion still increase, -And honours to his name be paid.

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Jesus, the holy child, shall sit
High on his father David's throne ;
Shall crush his foes beneath his feet,
And reign to ages yet unknown.

HYMN 60. L. M.

BEHOLD the woman's promis'd seed!
Behold the great Messiah come !
Behold the prophets all agreed
To give him the superior room!

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Abrah'm, the saint, rejoic'd of old
When visions of the Lord he saw ;

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