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4 Help, ye bright, angelic spirits;
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays;
Help to sing our Saviour's merits,
Help to chant Immanuel's praise.

346.

C. M.

WATTS.

The Lamb of God worshipped.

1 COME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels' round the throne;

Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

2 "Worthy the Lamb that died,” they cry,
"To be exalted thus:"

"Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply,
"For he was slain for us."

3 Jesus is worthy to receive

Honor and power divine;

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And blessings, more than we can give,
Be, Lord, forever thine.

4 Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thy endless praise.

5 The whole creation join in one
To bless the sacred name

Of Him who sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

347.

11s.

Praise to the Lamb.

DE FLEURY.

1 COME, saints, let us join in the praise of the Lamb, The theme most sublime of the angels above; They dwell with delight on the sound of his name, And gaze on his glories with wonder and love.

2 Come, saints, and adore him; come, bow at his feet; Let grateful hosannas unceasing arise;

O, give him the glory and praise that are meet, And join the full chorus that gladdens the skies.

3 Behold to what honors the Saviour is raised;
He sits on the throne, and he rules over all;
By man once rejected, by seraphs now praised,
While powers and dominions, him worshipping, fall.
4 They worship the Lamb who for sinners was slain;
But their loftiest songs never equal his love:
The claims of his mercy will ever remain,
Transcending the anthems in glory above.

5 Yet even our service he will not despise,

When we join in his worship and tell of his name; Then let us unite in the song of the skies, And, trusting his mercy, sing, "Worthy the Lamb.”

348.

C. M.

Praise to the Saviour.

C. WESLEY.

1 O FOR a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!

2 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abroad,
The honors of thy name.

3 Jesus! the name that calms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
"Tis music in the sinner's ears;
"Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 He breaks the power of reigning sin;
He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.

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L. M.

PERCY CHAPEL COL

The Song of Heaven.

1 THE countless multitude on high,

Who tune their songs to Jesus' name,

All merit of their own deny,

And Jesus' worth alone proclaim.

2 Firm, on the ground of sovereign grace, They stand before Jehovah's throne; The only song in that blest place

Is, "Thou art worthy, thou alone."

3 With spotless robes of purest white,
And branches of triumphal palm,
They shout, with transports of delight,
The ceaseless, universal psalm, —

4 "Salvation's glory all be paid

To Him who sits upon the throne,
And to the Lamb, whose blood was shed;
Thou, thou art worthy, thou alone.”

350.

C. M.

Triumph of Christ.

WATTS.

1 HOSANNA to our conquering King!
All hail, incarnate Love!

Ten thousand songs and glories wait
To crown thy head above.

2 Thy victories and thy deathless fame
Through all the world shall run,
And everlasting ages sing

The triumphs thou hast won.

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C. M.

C. WESLEY.

Praise to the Son.

1 O FOR a thousand seraph tongues
To bless th' incarnate Word!
O for a thousand thankful songs
In honor of my Lord!

2 Come, tune afresh your golden lyres,
Ye angels round the throne;

Ye saints, in all your sacred choirs,
Adore th' eternal Son.

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352.

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

8s, 6 & 4. SPIR. OF THE PSALMS.

The Holy Spirit the Comforter.

1 OUR blest Redeemer, ere he breathed
His tender, last farewell,

A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed
With us to dwell.

2 He came in tongues of living flame,
To teach, convince, subdue;

All powerful as the wind he came,
As viewless too.

3 He came sweet influence to impart,
A gracious, willing guest,

While he can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.

4 He breathes that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breeze of even,

That checks each fault, that calms each fear
And speaks of heaven.

5 And every virtue we possess,

And every victory won,

And every thought of holiness,
Are his alone.

6 Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying, see;
O, make our hearts thy dwelling-place,
And worthier thee.

353.

C. M.

Breathing after the Holy Spirit.

WATTS.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look! how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!

Our souls can neither fly nor go,
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs;
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor, dying rate,-
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

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L. M.

DODDRIDGE.

The Spirit invoked.

1 COME, sacred Spirit, from above,
And fill the coldest heart with love;
O, turn to flesh the flinty stone,
And let thy sovereign power be known.

2 O, let a holy flock await,

In crowds, around thy temple gate,
Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to thee.

355.

C. M.

BICKERSTETH'S COL.

The Spirit's Power.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, from above,

With thy celestial fire;

Come, and with flames of zeal and love
Our hearts and tongues inspire.

2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath,
New life creates within;

He quickens sinners from the death
Of trespasses and sin.

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes,
And to our hearts reveals;

Our bodies he his temple makes,
And our redemption seals.

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