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WE SING A LOVING JESUS.
"Thanet." 7. 6. 7. 6. D.

SARAH DOUDNEY, (1842- ) 1871. Voices in unison.

Richard S. Newman.

1. We sing a loving Jesus Who left His throne above, And came on earth to 2. We sing a holy Jesus No taint of sin de filed The Babe of David's 3. We sing a lowly Jesus, Nokingly crown He had; His heart was bowed with

ran-som The children of His love. It is an oft-told story, And yet we love to Cit-y, The pure and stainless child. O teach us, blessed Sa-vior, Thy heavenly grace to anguish, His face was marred and sad; In deep humiliation He came, His work to

tell How Christ, the King of glory, Once deigned with man to dwell. seek; And let our whole be-ha-vior, Like Thine, be mild and meek. do; O Lord of our salvation, Let us be hum-ble too. Amen.

4 We sing a mighty Jesus,

Whose voice could raise the dead; The sightless eyes He opened, The famished souls He fed. Thou camest to deliver Mankind from sin and shame; Redeemer and Life-giver, We praise Thy holy Name.

5 We sing a coming Jesus;

The time is drawing near, When Christ with all His Angels In glory shall appear; Lord, save us, we entreat Thee, In this Thy day of grace, That we may gladly meet Thee And see Thee face to face.

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nie; Their gifts they bare both rich and rare, All, all, Lord Christ for still, O'er Bethlehem's fields its rays were shed, The dew lay on the stall; The starlight played on the Infant brow, Deep silence lay o'er

Thee: Gold, frank-in-cense, and myrrh are there, Where is the King? O
hill; We see no throne, no pal ace fair- Where is the King? O
all;
A Maid- en bent o'er the Babe in prayer-There is the King! O

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Over us all to reign.

Field and foun-tain, moor and moun-tain, Fol- low-ing yon der Star.
King for ev er, ceasing nev er,
Prayer and prais-ing all men rais
Sorrowing, sigh-ing, bleed-ing, dy

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ing, Worship Him, God on high. ing, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

Heav - en sings “hal - le - lu - jah!" Hal - le - lu - jah ! "earth re - plies.

REFRAIN.

0 Star of won-der, Star of night, Star with royal beau-ty bright,

West-ward lead-ing, Still pro-ceed - ing, Guide us to Thy per-fect light.

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LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVE EXCELLING.
"Beecher." 8s. & 7s. D.

REV. CHARLES WESLEY, (1708-1788) 1746.

Johann Zundel, (1815-1882) 1870.

1. Love divine, all loves ex- cel-ling,-Joy of
2. Breathe, oh, breathe Thy loving Spirit, In- to
3. Fin-ish then Thy new cre- a-tion, Pure, un

heaven, to earth come down!
every troub-led breast!
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us Thy humble dwelling; All Thy faithful mercies crown. all in Thee in her - it, Let us find the promised rest. see our whole sal-va-tion, Perfect - ly secured by Thee!

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Je-sus! Thou art all compassion, Pure, un-bound-ed love Thou art; Come, al-might-y to de liver, Let us all Thy life re ceive! Changed from glo-ry into glory, Till in heaven we take our place;

Visit us with Thy sal - va-tion, En- ter
Speed - i - ly return, and nev-er, Never
Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in

every trembling heart. more Thy tem- ples leave! wonder, love, and praise.

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