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And midst the brother - hood on high To be at home with God.

2 It is not death to close

The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake, in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.

3 It is not death to bear

A - MEN.

The wrench that sets us free

From dungeon chain, to breathe the air
Of boundless liberty.

4 It is not death to fling

Aside this sinful dust,

And rise, on strong exulting wing,
To live among the just.

Rev. H. A. César Malan. Tr. Rev. George W. Bethune

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I The day of resurrection,

Earth, tell it out abroad:
The Passover of gladness,
The Passover of God.
From death to life eternal,

From this world to the sky,
Our Christ hath brought us over,
With hymns of victory.

2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection-light;
And, listening to his accents,

May hear, so calm and plain,
His own "All hail!" and, hearing,
May raise the victor-strain.

3 Now let the heavens be joyful,
Let earth her song begin;
Let the round world keep triumph,
And all that is therein;

Invisible and visible,

Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our Joy that hath no end.

John of Damascus. Tr. J. M. Neale

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Would not detain them as they fly, Those hours of toil and dan - ger :

2 We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear, 3 Should coming days be cold and dark, Our distant home discerning;

Our absent Lord has left us word,
"Let every lamp be burning."-REF.

We need not cease our singing;
That perfect rest naught can molest,
Where golden harps are ringing.—REF.

4 Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow,
Each cord on earth to sever;

Our King says, "Come," and there's our home,
For ever, O for ever.-REF.

Rev. David Nelson

a dise! O Par a dise! Who doth not crave for rest?

All rapture thro' and thro', In God's most ho ly sight.

No gloomy night is known there, But aye the fade - less

I O COME let us sing | unto the | Lord || let us heartily rejoice in the | strength of | our salvation.

2 Let us come before His presence | with thanks- | giving || and show ourselves | glad in | Him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great

| God || and a great | King a- | bove all gods.

4 In His hand are all the corners of the earth || and the strength of the hills is His also.

5 The sea is His and He made it || and His hands pre-pared the | dry — | land. 6 O come, let us worship and | fall-down || and kneel be-fore the | Lord our | Maker. 7 For He is the Lord our God and we are the people of His pasture and the | sheep of His hand.-Ps. xcv. 1-7.

8 O worship the Lord in the | beauty of | holiness || let the whole earth | stand in | awe of Him.

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9 For He cometh, for He cometh to judge the earth || and with righteousness to judge the world and the peo-ple with His | truth.-Ps. xcvi. 9, 13.

Glory be to the Father, and to the | Son, || and | to the | Ho-ly | Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er | shall be || world without | end.-| A-- men.

Last half of Double Chant.