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HYMN 45. Third Part. L.M.
Exhortation to prayer. (cont.)
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Teach us divine forgiveness too,
And, freed from evil, let us live.
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For thinc's the kingdom, and the pow'r,
And all the glory waits thy name;
Let ev'ry saint thy grace adore,
And sound in songs their loud Amen.
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HYMN 46. First Part. C.M.
Our Father.
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SOV'REIGN of all the worlds on high,
Allow our humble claim;
Nor, while poor worms would raise their heads,
Disdain a Father's name.
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Our Father God! how sweet the sound!
How tender and how dear!
Not all the melody of heav'n,
Could so delight the ear.
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Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name
On my expanding heart;
And show, that in Jehovah's grace
I share a filial part.
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Cheer'd by a signal so divine,
Unwav'ring I believe:
Thou know'st, I, Abba
Nor can thy word deceive.
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HYMN 46. Second Part. L.M.
Our Father and our Saviour are in Heaven.
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DESCEND from heav'n, immortal Dove,
Stoop down and take us on thy wings;
And mount and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things;
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Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
Up where eternal ages roll,
Where solid pleasures never die,
And fruits immortal feast the soul.
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HYMN 46. Second Part. L.M.
Our Father and our Saviour are in Heaven. (cont.)
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O for a sight, a blissful sight
Of our almighty Father's throne!
There sits the Saviour crown'd with light,
Cloth'd in a body, like our own.
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Adoring saints around him stand,
While thrones and pow'rs before him fall;
And God shines gracious thro' the man,
And sheds sweet glories on them all.
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O what amazing joys they feel,
While to their golden harps they sing,
And sit on ev'ry heav'nly hill,
And spread the triumphs of their King!
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When shall the day, dear Lord, appear,
That I shall mount, to dwell above,
And stand, and bow, and worship there,
And view thy face, and sing, and love?
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HYMN 46. Third Part. C.M.
Rejoicing in God our Father.
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COME, shout aloud the Father's grace,
And sing the Saviour's love:
Soon shall you join the glorious theme
In loftier strains above.
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God, the eternal, mighty God,
To dearer names descends:
Calls you his treasure and his joy,
His children and his friends.
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My Father God! and may these lips
Pronounce a name so dear!
Not thus could hcav'n's sweet harmony
Delight my list'ning ear.
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Thanks to my God for ev'ry gift
His bounteous hands bestow;
And thanks eternal for that love
Whence all those comforts flow.
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