2-Jesus, our Lord and God,
Bore sin's tremendous load;
Praise ye His name:

Tell what His arm hath done,
What spoils from death He won ;
Sing His great name alone;

3-Join, all ye ransom'd race, Our Lord and God to bless; Praise ye His name:

In Him we will rejoice,

And make a cheerful noise,

Shouting with heart and voice,
"Worthy the Lamb!"

4-What though we change our place,

Yet we shall never cease
Praising His name :

To Him our songs we bring,
Hail Him our gracious King,
And without ceasing sing,
"Worthy the Lamb!"

5-Let all the hosts above

Join in one song of love,
Praising His name :

To Him ascribed be

Honour and majesty,

Through all eternity:

"Worthy the Lamb!"

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Psalm cxxxiv. 1.

S.M.

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?

3-0 for the living flame,

From His own altar brought,
To touch our lips, our minds inspire,
And wing to heav'n our thought!

4-God is our strength and song,
And His salvation ours;

Then be His love in Christ proclaim'd,
With all our ransom'd powers.

up,

5-Stand and bless the Lord, The Lord your God adore;

Stand and bless His glorious name,

up,

Henceforth for evermore.

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MONTGOMERY.

Luke xxi. 28.

C.M.

1-Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes,
And lift your voices high;

Extol the sovereign love that shows
Our full redemption nigh.

2-Fast on the wings of time it flies,
Its coming nought can stay:
It speeds with each revolving year,
With each declining day.

3-Not many years their rounds shall run,
Not many mornings rise,

E'er all its glories stand reveal'd

To our admiring eyes.

4-Then let the wheels of nature roll
Yet onward to decay:

We long to hail the rising sun,
That brings th' eternal day.

DODDRIDGE.

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1 John iv. 19.

double C.M.

1-We love Thee, Lord, because when we Had erred and gone astray,

Thou didst recall our wand'ring souls

Into the homeward way;

When helpless, hopeless, we were lost
In sin and sorrow's night,
Thou didst send forth a guiding ray
Of Thy benignant light :-

2-Because when we forsook Thy ways,
Nor kept Thy holy will,
Thou wert not an avenging Judge,
But a gracious Father still;
Because we have forgot Thee, Lord,
But Thou hast not forgot,-
Because we have forsaken Thee,
But Thou forsakest not :-

3-Because, O Lord, Thou lovedst us
With everlasting love;

Because Thou gav'st Thy Son to die,
That we might live above;

Because when we were heirs of wrath,
Thou gav'st the hopes of heaven;
We love because we much have sinn'd,

And much have been forgiven.

1-0 Thou, the contrite sinner's Friend, Who loving, lov'st them to the end, On this alone my hopes depend,

P.M.

That Thou wilt plead for me.

2-When weary in the Christian race,
Far off appears my resting place,
And, fainting, I mistrust Thy grace,
Then, Saviour, plead for me.

3-When I have err'd and gone astray,
Afar from Thine and wisdom's way,
And see no glimm'ring, guiding ray,
Still, Saviour, plead for me.

4-When Satan, by my sins made bold,
Strives from Thy cross to loose my hold,
Then with Thy pitying arms enfold,
And plead, O plead for me.

5-And when my dying hour draws near,

Darken'd with conflict, pain, and fear,
Then to my fainting sight appear

Pleading in heav'n for me.