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3 Praise him, ye who know his love;
Praise him, from the depths beneath;
Praise him in the heights above;
Praise your Maker, all that breathe!

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FIRST PART. L. M. Rothwell.
Exaltation of the divine Saviour.

ALL power and grace to God belong;
He is my strength-and he my song:
He comes, my Saviour-from his throne,
He comes to bring salvation down.

2 Lo! rising from the tents of men,
The voice of joy resounds again :
His saints with him the triumph claim,
And shout salvation to his name.

3 His own right hand its strength displays,
In acts of valor and of grace:

The cross, the tomb, the throne, declare
How vast his power and glory are.

4 For us he conquers-though he dies:
Behold the mighty Saviour rise!

His saints with him the triumph claim,
And shout salvation to his name.

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SECOND PART. C. M. Lutzen.

Christ the Author of Salvation.

LO, what a glorious corner stone
The builders did refuse!

Yet God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envious Jews.

2 Great God, the work is all divine,
The wonder of our eyes!

This is the day, that proves it thine,
This day did Jesus rise.

3 Sinners, rejoice-and saints, be glad;
The Saviour's name be blest;
Let endless honors on his head,
With joy and glory rest.

4 In God's own name, he comes to bring
Salvation to our race:

Oh let the church address her King,
With holy songs of praise.

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THIRD PART. C. M. Colchester.

Celebration of Christ's Resurrection.
THIS is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls the hours his own;
Let heaven rejoice-let earth be glad,
And praise surround his throne.

2 To-day he rose, and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to the anointed King,
To David's holy Son;

Help us, O Lord-descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Blest be the Lord-who comes to men
With messages of grace;

Who comes, in God his Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains,

The church on earth can raise ;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

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FOURTH PART. C. M. Arlington.

Thankful Acknowledgment of divine Aid.
THE Lord appears my helper now,
Nor is my faith afraid

Of what the sons of earth can do,
Since he affords me aid.

mp 2 'Tis safer, Lord, to trust in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.

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3 'Tis through the Lord, my heart is strong, In him my lips rejoice;

While his salvation is my song,

How cheerful is my voice!

4 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs-
The Lord protects their days:

Let Zion tune immortal songs

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To his almighty grace.

FIFTH PART. C. M. Dedham.

LORD, thou hast heard thy servants cry,
And rescued from the grave;

Now shall we live-for none can die,
Whom God resolves to save.

2 Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill our daily breath;
Thy hand, that hath chastised us sore,
Defends us still from death.

3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we will worship there;

To thine own house, with joy we'll go,
Thy mercy to declare.

4 Here, with th' assembly of thy saints,
Our cheerful voice we raise;

Here we have told thee our complaints-
And here we speak thy praise.

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SIXTH PART. C. M. St. Ann's
Christ the Foundation of his Church.
BEHOLD the sure foundation stone,
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God-to sinners dear-
Let saints adore the name;
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood, i Yet must this building rise:

"Tis thy own work, almighty God,

And wondrous in our eyes.

118 SEVENTH PART. S. M. St. Thomas.

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First Choir.

SEE what a living stone

The builders did refuse ;-
Second Choir.

Yet God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envious Jews.

First Choir.

2 The scribe and angry priest
Reject thine only Son-
Second Choir.

Yet on this rock shall Zion rest,
As the chief corner-stone.

Congregation.
3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondrous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.

First Choir.

4 This is the glorious day
That our Redeemer made:-
Second Choir.

Let us rejoice-and sing-and pray-
Let all the church be glad.

First Choir.

5 Hosanna to the King,
Of David's royal blood:-
Second Choir.

Bless him, ye saints-he comes to bring
Salvation from your God.

Congregation.

6 We bless thine holy word,
Which all this grace displays;
And offer on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.

118 EIGHTH PART. 8s & 7s. Sicilian Hymn.

Praise to Christ, the Author of Salvation.
CROWN his head with endless blessing,
Who, in God the Father's name,

With compassion never ceasing,
Comes, salvation to proclaim!
2 Lo! Jehovah, we adore thee!-
Thee, our Saviour!-thee, our God!
From thy throne, let beams of glory
Shine through all the world abroad.
3 Jesus, thee our Saviour hailing,
Thee our God in praise we own;
Highest honors, never failing,

Rise eternal round thy throne.
4 Now, ye saints, his power confessing,
In your grateful strains adore;

For his mercy, never ceasing,
Flows, and flows for evermore.

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Hallelujah, Amen.

FIRST PART. L. M. Windham. Departures from God deplored.

WE all

O Lord, have gone astray,
And wandered from thy heavenly way:

The wilds of sin our feet have trod,
Far from the paths of thee our God.

2 Hear us, great Shepherd of thy sheep!
Our wanderings heal-our footsteps keep:
We seek thy sheltering fold again;
Nor shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain.
3 Teach us to know and love thy way;
And grant, to life's remotest day,

<By thine unerring guidance led,
mf Our willing feet thy paths may tread.

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SECOND PART. C. M. Medford
The Blessedness of fearing and obeying God.
BLEST are the undefiled in heart,
Whose ways are right and clean;
Who never from thy law depart,

But fly from every sin.

2 Blest are the men, that keep thy word,
And practise thy commands;

With their whole heart they seek thee, Lord,
And serve thee with their hands

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