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Let Jesu's name, with loud applause,
Ring thro' the world his righteous laws
He gives and rules in mercy mild,
Believe, and be ye reconcil'd.

To a God of truth and love,
Sending blessings from above-
Now is the accepted time,
Listen every joyful clime.

CHORUS.

Hail-the gospel jubilee,
Jesus comes to set us free.
He is come no more to bleed
Free we then shall be indeed.

4 Now the sov'reign of the sky
Comes, the troops of hell must fly,
He is the rock of ages sure,
And all who to the end endure,
A glorious crown of righteousness
Shall wear in realms of endless bliss,
There with blood wash'd throngs above,
Wond'ring at redeeming love :

Evermore will shout and sing,
Heaven's palace loud shall ring.

CHORUS.

Firm united let us go,

On in Jesu's steps below,
As a band of brothers join'd,
And eternal glory find.

HYMN CXXVII. P. M
General Jubilee.

1 HAIL! glorious jubilee,

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Now let the world be free,
And all unite:

Rise from Sectarian beds,
Lift up your drooping heads;
Behold the light.

Now from the source above,
Streams of immortal love,
Incessant flow.

Thro' the Messiah comes,
Life with its rich perfumes,
To saints below.

Soon shall his heav'nly hand,
Stretch o'er this happy land
His peaceful shrine :

Kings of the earth shall all,
Then, to the standard fall,
Of truth divine.

From the eternal throne,

Thro' Christ, the Father shewn,

Whose name is love;

Once did he interpose,

And ere his reign shall close,
He'll conq'rer prove

No more shall monarch's reign,
Tyrants may rage in vain;
God is our King.

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His sov'reign pow'r we'll own,
And round his peaceful throne,
In raptures sing.

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saints above,

Fill'd with immortal love,
Sound forth his praise;
Angels in glory bright,
Roll'd in his dazzling light,
Your voices raise.

7 Glory to God the king,
Let all creation sing,
From shore to shore:
Soon shall his church, complete,
In heav'nly union meet
To part no more.

HYMN CXXVIII. L. M.
A song of praise to God.

RIPPON'S SELECTION.

O GOD the universal king

TOG

Let all mankind their tribute bring; All that have breath, your voices raise, of never ceasing praise.

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2 The spacious earth on which we tread,
And wider heav'ns stretch'd o'er our head,
A large and solemn temple frame,
To celebrate its builder's fame.

3 Here the bright sun that rules the day,
As thro' the sky he makes his way,

To all the world proclaims aloud
The boundless sov❜reignty of God.

4 When from his courts the sun retires,
And with the day his voice expires,
The moon and stars adopt the song,
And thro' the night the praise prolong,
5 The list❜ning earth with rapture hears
Th' harmonious music of the spheres;
And all her tribes the notes repeat,
That God is wise, and good, and great,
6 But man endow'd with nobler pow'rs,
His God in nobler strains adores:
His is the gift to know the song,
As well as sing with tuneful tongue.

HYMN CXXIX. L. M. The Spirituality of God, John iv. 24.

ΤΗ

'HOU art, O God! a Spirit pure,
Invisible to mortal eyes;

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Th' immortal and the eternal king,
The great, the good, the only wise.

2 Whilst nature changes, and her works
Corrupt, decay, dissolve and die,
Thy essence pure no change shall see,
Secure of immortality.

3 Thou great invisible! what hand
Can draw thy image spotless fair?
To what in heav'n, to what on earth,
Can men th' immortal king compare?

4 Let stupid heathens frame their gods
Of gold and silver, wood and stone;
Ours is the God that made the heavens,
Jehovah He, and God alone.

5 My soul, thy purest homage pay,
In truth and spirit him adore:
More shall this please than sacrifice,
Than outward forms delight him more.

HYMN CXXX. C. M.

The goodness of God, Nahum i. 7.

R. S.

1 YE humble souls approach your God With songs of sacred praise,

For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.

2 All nature owns his guardian care,
In him we live and move;
But nobler benefits declare
The wonders of his love.

3 He gave his son, his only son,
To ransom rebel worms;

'Tis here he makes his goodness known In its diviner forms.

4 To this dear refuge, Lord we come,
'Tis here our hope relies;

A safe defence, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.

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