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72 The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King. Jer. x: 10.

I Thee we praise, eternal Lord,

Thee our only God confessing,
In all earth and heaven adored,
Father of unending blessing:
All th' angelic powers on high
Loud to Thee their praises cry.

2 Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Earth and heaven declare Thy glory:
With Thy saints in sweet accord

Sings the Church the blessed story
Of th' eternal Trinity

Unto man made known in Thee.

3 Lord, Thy trusting people save,

Heaven's graces on them shower;
Light and hope beyond the grave,
Safety from the evil power;
Bless their years of earthly strife
With the crown of endless life.

4 Lord and Father, may Thy grace

Rule our hearts where sin abounded;

All our hope in Thee we place,

Let us never be confounded;
Dearest God! we trust in Thee
Now and for eternity.

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How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts. Ps. lxxxiv: 1.
I Lord of the worlds above,

How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of Thy love,

Thine earthly temples, are:
To Thine abode my heart aspires,
With warm desires to see my God.

2 O happy souls that pray

Where God appoints to hear!

O happy men that pay

Their constant service there!

They praise Thee still; and happy they
That love the way to Zion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,
Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears:

O glorious seat, when God, our King,
Shall thither bring our willing feet!

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Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me bless his holy name.

I O bless the Lord, my soul;

Let all within me join,

And aid my tongue to bless His name,

Whose favors are divine.

Ps. ciii: 1.

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Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery. Ps. xxxiii: 2.

I Praise to the Lord! He is King over all the creation!
Praise to the Lord! O my soul, as the God of salvation.

Join in the song

Psalt'ry and harp, roll along,
Praise in your solemn vibration.

2 Praise to the Lord! Who, in glorious majesty reigning, Beareth thee upward, on wings like the eagles' sustaining Thee to uphold,

Arms of His mercy enfold

Faithful 'mid all thy complaining.

3 Praise to the Lord! Who with honor and blessing hath crowned thee, Pouring His gifts out of Heaven like showers around thee;

Think of it too,

What the Almighty can do

How by His love He hath bound thee.

4 Praise to the Lord! and let all that is in me adore Him:
All that hath breath sing with Abraham's children before Him-
He is our Light,

Fountain of glory and might,
Come, let us kneel and adore Him!