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C. Glory to the Father!
Who in Christ Jefus

Will own as children and richly bless us,
World without end.

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(Amen, Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!

Amen, Hallelujah!

€. Thanks and praise and glory
To th' man of forrows!

Who bled, died, rofe, and revived for us,
That we might live.

Ch. Amen, Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Amen, Hallelujah!

C. Glory and obedience
To th' Holy Spirit!

Who glorifies Christ's death and saving merit,
In all our hearts.

Ch. Amen, Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Amen, Hallelujah!

A. Holy, holy, holy!

In earth and Heaven

To God and to the Lamb be praises given

I harmony!

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IV. HYMNS

IV.

HYMNS OF PRAISE TO THE FATHER.

II.

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LORD God, we magnify
Thy name, and Abba cry.

The Church's God and Father thou,
Accept thy children's homage now;
Th' Angelic hoft, and all who raise
The Son Creator's glorious praife,
The cherubim and feraphs cloud
Exalt thy praife with voices loud
O holy Father God
Of the Lord of Sabaoth,
Abba, O God our God,

Thro' our Lord's death and blood!

The Elders worfshipping fall down,
And caft their crowns before thy throne:
With them we likewife proftrate falt,
And own thee the great Caufe of All ;
Praife, honor, glory, majefty

Accept from thy Son's property.

Amen.

Whatever in this and the following Hymns of Praife is printed in It.licks, is fung by the whole Congregation; the lines which begin within the page, are fung by the Sifters, and the rest by the Brethren, except where L. or Ch. is prefixed.

T. 22. a.

1. The holy twelve Apostles own,
That he thy name to them made known,
The bleffed Martyrs death endur'd,
Of thy election well affur'd.

2. Thy glory, majesty and pow'r
Shines thro' the Son the world all o'er,
By whom thou mad'ft the world, and man
To happiness did'st fore-ordain.

T. 22. b.

3. Thou haft the world fo greatly lov'd
That thou by boundless mercy mov'd,
Did' give thy well beloved Son,
By death for all our fins t'atone.

4. That he all who in him believe
Might in thy family receive,
His facrifice fo great, fo dear,
Thou all-fufficient did ft declare.

5. Thy pow'r did him to life recall,
When he had tafted death for all;
Then after victory compleat
Above all heav'ns he took his feat.

T. 22. 0.

6. He at thy word-affum'd the throne,
And thou his warfare carrieft on,
Till Satan and his realm fubdued,
Bow'd at his footstool, fhall be view'd.

7. And he, who having made our peace;
Once enter'd in the Holy place,
By his own blood, which mercy pleads,
There for his people intercedes:

T. 22. I.

8. Now help thy children, Lord our God,.
Who are befprinkled with Chriff's blood,
Think on his fuff'rings, wounds and crofe
And how by death he faved us.

9. The whole falvation of thy Son,.
And all his merits make our own ;
Yea, help that people and them bless,
Whom he regards and owns as his.

T.. 22. 0.

10. Around us all, both fmall and great,,
Thy Angels be as watchers fet,
Care for and aid us conftantly,
Our fhield and kind preserver be.

T. 22. di

Fr. Daily, O Father, worship thee
All who are fefu's property,

That thou thy Son out of thy throne
Did'ft give, to be a Virgin's son :

12. That thou the Holy Ghoft fent'ft down,,
Who him and thee to us makes known,

That even in this prefent time
We may one fpirit be with him.

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That when thy Son the chosen race›
Shall once present before thy face,

D 3.

L. Saying::

L.

Saying:

"This is the company

Of children, thou haft given me,"
Thou'lt then the Church's Father prove,

And we joint heirs with Chrift above. Amen.

12.

Ch. GLORY be to God, the Father of our Lord
Jefus Chrift.

C. Glory be to thee, Lord God our Father,
Thou Father of mercies, and God of all comfort.

L. Come, let us bow before him,
With holy awe adore him!

Come, let us hymns be raifing

His love and goodness praising!

Ch. Cry in our hearts, O God, Holy Ghost,
Cry in us: Abba Father!

C. Lord God, Abba Father,

The whole creation

With us unite in praise and adoration

To thy great name:

Unto the world what mercy haft thou shown,
In giving up thy well beloved Son,

By his death to purchase compleat redemption,
And thus to gain for us a full exemption
From fin and guilt.

To thy name we render

Eternal praifes

For having manifefted in Chrift Jefus

hy love to us.

L. & Ch.