5 Borne upon their latest breath
Songs of praise shall conquer death;
Then, amid eternal joy,
Songs of praise their powers employ.
1 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.
1 LET every creature join
To bless Jehovah's name,
And every power unite
To swell th' exalted theme:
Let nature raise,
Of grateful praise.
2 But oh! from human tongues
Should nobler praises flow;
And every thankful heart
With warm devotion glow:
Your voices raise,
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 Lerut and tongue, To lively praise.
1 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 thro' darkest shades of death,
To realms of endless day.
1 STAND up, and bless the Lord,
Ye people of his choice;
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.
1 WE sing the glories of thy love,
We sound thy dreadful name:
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
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.
1 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.
1 PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above,
And keeps his courts below;
Praise him for his boundless love,
And all his greatness show.
2 Praise him for his noble deeds;
Praise him for his matchless power;
Him, from whom all good proceeds,
Let earth and heaven adore.
3 Publish, spread to all around
The great Immanuel's name:
Let the gospel-trumpet sound,
Him Prince of Peace proclaim.
4 Praise him, every tuneful string:
All the reach of heavenly art,
All the power of music bring,
The music of the heart.
5 Him, in whom they move and live,
Let every creature sing;
Glory to our Saviour give,
And homage to our King.
6 Hallowed be his name beneath,
As in heaven on earth adored;
Praise the Lord in every breath,
Let all things praise the Lord.
1 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.
1 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.
1 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.
Sicilian Hymn.
1 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.
1 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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