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5 Borne upon their latest breath,
Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amid eternal joy,

Songs of praise their powers employ.

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GOD is goodness, wisdom, power;
Love him, praise him evermore:
Let us strive, and never cease,
Him in every thing to please.

2 Born for this intent we are,
Our Creator to declare;

God to love, and serve, and praise,
God to honor all our days.

3 Holy, holy, holy Lord!

Live, by heaven and earth adored!
Filled with thee, let all things cry,
Glory be to God most high.

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LET every creature join
To bless Jehovah's name,
And every power unite

To swell th' exalted theme:

Let nature raise,

From every tongue,

A general song

Lincoln.

Of grateful praise.

2 But oh! from human tongues
Should nobler praises flow;

And every thankful heart
With warm devotion glow:

Your voices raise,
Ye highly blest,

Above the rest
Declare his praise.

3 Assist me, gracious God;
My heart, my voice inspire;
Then shall I humbly join

The universal choir:

Thy grace can raise
My heart and tongue,

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Acton.

And tune my song
To lively praise.

Princeton. Marlow.

LIFT up to God the voice of praise,

Whose breath our souls inspired;
Loud and more loud the anthems raise,
With grateful ardor fired!

2 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
Whose goodness, passing thought,
Loads every moment, as it flies,
With benefits unsought!

3 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
From whom salvation flows,
Who sent his Son our souls to save
From everlasting woes.

4 Lift up to God the voice of praise,
For hope's transporting ray,

Which lights through darkest shades of death,
To realms of endless day.

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STAND up, and bless the Lord,

Ye people of his choice;

Southfield. Utica.

Stand up, and bless the Lord your God,
With heart, and soul, and voice.

2 Though high above all praise,
Above all blessing high,
Who would not fear his holy name,
And laud, and magnify?

3 Oh for the living flame

From his own altar brought,
To touch our lips-our minds inspire,
And raise to heaven our thought!

4 There, with benign regard,
Our hymns he deigns to hear;
Though unrevealed to mortal sense,
The spirit feels him near.

5 God is our strength and song,

And his salvation ours;

Then be his love in Christ proclaimed
With all our ransomed powers.

6 Stand up, and bless the Lord,
The Lord your God adore;

Stand up, and bless his glorious name,
Henceforth forevermore.

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WE sing the glories of thy love,
We sound thy dreadful name:

St. Martin

The Christian church unites the songs
Of Moses and the Lamb.

2 Great God, how wondrous are thy works
Of vengeance and of grace!
Thou King of saints-almighty Lord-
How just and true thy ways!

3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne?

Thy judgments speak thy holiness
Through all the nations known.

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C. M. St. Martin's. Berwick.

LET them neglect thy glory, Lord,
Who never knew thy grace;
But our loud songs shall still record
The wonders of thy praise.

2 We raise our shouts, O God, to thee,
And send them to thy throne;
All glory to th' united Three,

The undivided One.

3 'Twas he-and we'll adore his name-
That formed us by a word!
'Tis he restores our ruined frame-
Salvation to the Lord!

4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies
Repeat the joyful sound;

Rocks, hills, and vales, reflect the voice
In one eternal round.

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Amsterdam.

PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above,

And keeps his courts below;

Praise him for his boundless love,
And all his greatness show.

Praise him for his noble deeds;

Praise him for his matchless power;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,
Let earth and heaven adore.
2 Publish, spread to all around
The great Immanuel's name:
Let the gospel-trumpet sound,
Him Prince of Peace proclaim.
Praise him, every tuneful string:
All the reach of heavenly art,
All the power of music bring,
The music of the heart.

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3 Him, in whom they move and live,
Let every creature sing;
Glory to our Saviour give,

And homage to our King.
Hallowed be his name beneath,
As in heaven on earth adored;
Praise the Lord in every breath,
Let all things praise the Lord.

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SING hallelujah! praise the Lord!
Sing with a cheerful voice;
Exalt our God with one accord,

And in his name rejoice:

Ne'er cease to sing, thou ransomed host,'
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Till in the realms of endless light,
Your praises shall unite.

2 There we to all eternity
Shall join th' angelic lays,
And sing in perfect harmony

To God our Saviour's praise;
He hath redeemed us by his blood,
And made us kings and priests to God;
For us, for us the Lamb was slain.
Praise ye the Lord! Amen.

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Judea.

Stephen's. St. Ann's.

YES-I will bless thee, O my God!
Through all my mortal days,

And to eternity prolong

Thy vast, thy boundless praise.

2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim
The honors of my God!

My life, with all its active powers,
Shall spread thy praise abroad.

3 Not death itself shall stop my song,
Though death will close my eyes:
My thoughts shall then to nobler heights
And sweeter raptures rise.

4 There shall my lips in endless praise
Their grateful tribute pay:

The theme demands an angel's tongue,
And an eternal day.

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St. Martin's. Berwick

MY God, my King, to thee I'll raise
My voice and all my powers;
Unwearied songs of sacred praise
Shall fill the circling hours.

2 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue
While suns shall set and rise,
And tune my everlasting song
When time and nature dies.

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Sicilian Hymn.

PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator!
Praise to thee from every tongue:
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2 Father! Source of all compassion!
Pure, unbounded grace is thine:
Hail the God of our salvation!
Praise him for his love divine.

3 For ten thousand blessings given,
For the hope of future joy,
Sound his praise through earth and heaven,
Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

4 Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our song we raise ;
There, enraptured, fall before him,"
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

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Universal Praise.

Marlow. Westford.

SING to the Lord in joyful strains,
Let earth his praise resound;
Let all the cheerful nations join
To spread his glory round.

2 Thou city of the Lord! begin
The universal song;

And let the scattered villages

The cheerful notes prolong ;

3 Till, midst the strains of distant lands,
The islands sound his praise;

And all, combined, with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.

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