Who would not seek the hap - py land Where they that loved are blest?

The ar - mies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light:

2 What rush of Hallelujahs

Then eyes with joy shall sparkle Fills all the earth and sky!

That brimmed with tears of late; What ringing of a thousand harps Orphans no longer fatherless, Bespeaks the triumph nigh!

Nor widows desolate.
O day for which creation
And all its tribes were made;

4 Bring near Thy great salvation,

Thou Lamb for sinners slain; O joy, for all its former woes

Fill up the roll of Thine elect, A thousand-fold repaid!

Then take Thy power and reign: 3 () then what raptured greetings

Appear, Desire of nations, On Canaan's happy shore;

Thine exiles long for home: What knitting severed friendships Show in the heavens Thy promised up,

sign; Where partings are no more!

Thou Prince and Savior, come!

“For - ev - er with the Lord!” A - men! so let

2 Here, in the body pent,

Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent

A day's march nearer home.
3 My Father's house on high,

Home of my soul, how near,
At times, to faith's foreseeing eye,

Thy golden gates appear!
4 Ah! then my spirit faints

To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,

Jerusalem above!
5 “Forever with the Lord!"

Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word

E’en here to me fulfill.
6 Be Thou at my right hand,

Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;

Fight, and I must prevail.
7 So when my latest breath

Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,

And life eternal gain.
8 Knowing as I am known,

How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat, before the throne,
“Forever with the Lord!"

J. Montgomery, 1835

S. M.

8s. 6L. To God, the Father, Son,

Praise the name of God most high, And Spirit, ever blest,

Praise Him, all below the sky, The One in Three, the Three in One,

Praise Him, all ye heavenly host,
Be endless praise addressed.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
As through countless ages past,

Evermore His praise shall last.
C. M.

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78. 4L. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore,

Holy Father, Holy Son,

Holy Spirit, Three in One! Be glory, as it was, is now,

Glory, as of old, to Thee, And shall be evermore.

Now, and evermore shall be.

107 ,6. 8L. 3 8,7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7.

To God the ever-glorious, Now to the holy Three in One,

The Father, and the Son, Who o'er creation reigneth,

And Spirit all-victorious, Be everlasting honor done,

Thrice holy Three in One; To whom all praise pertaineth.

The God of our salvation, All blessing be to God Most High,

Whom earth and heaven adore, All glory to His majesty,

Praise, glory, adoration, Who all the world sustaineth.

Be now and evermore. 11

8, 7. 4L. L. M.

Praise the Father, earth and heaven, To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Praise the Son, the Spirit praise,

The God whom earth and heaven adore As it was, and is, be given
Be glory, as it was of old,

· Glory through eternal days. Is now, and shall be evermore.

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8, 7. 8L.

Praise the God of all creation:
L. M.

Praise the Father's boundless love; Praise God, from whom all blessings Praise the Lamb, our expiation, flow!

Priest and King enthroned above, Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise the fountain of salvation, Praise Him, above, ye heavenly host! Him by whom our spirits live; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Undivided adoration

To the One Jehovah give. 6 7,6. 4L.

13 8 , 7, 8, 7, 4, 7. To Father, Son, and Spirit,

Great Jehovah! we adore Thee, Eternal One in Three,

God the Father, God the Son, As was, and is forever,

God the Spirit, joined in glory All praise and glory be.

On the same eternal throne;

Endless praises 7 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4.

To Jehovah, Three in One. To God the Father, Son,

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10s. 4L. And Spirit, Three in One,

And now to God the Father, God the All praise be given:

Son, Crown Him in every song,

And God the Spirit ever Three in One, To Him our hearts belong,

Be praise from all on earth and all in Let all His praise prolong,

heaven, On earth, in heaven.

As was, and is, and ever shall be given.