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2 Let the spirit of grace o'erflow Our re-converted land:

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Let the least and greatest know,
And bow to thy command:
Wisdom, pure religious fear,

Our land's peculiar treasure prove:
Blest with piety sincere ;

Inspir'd with humble love.

Dudley.] HYMN 482. 8 lines 7's.

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APPY soul who sees the day,
The glad day of Gospel-grace:
Thee, my Lord, (thou then wilt say,)
Thee will I for ever praise;
Though thy wrath against me burn'd,
-Thou dost comfort me again;
All thy wrath aside is turn'd,
Thou hast blotted out my sin.

2 Me, behold! thy mercy spares;
Jesus my salvation is;

Hence my doubts; away my fears:
Jesus is become my peace:
JAH, JEHOVAH, is my Lord,
Ever merciful and just;

I will lean upon his word;
I will on his promise trust.

3 Strong I am; for he is strong;
Just in righteousness divine;
He is my triumphal song;

All he has, and is, is mine:
Mine; and your's, whoe'er believe;
On his name, whoe'er shall call,
Freely shall his grace receive;

He is full of grace for all.

4 Therefore shall ye draw with joy Water from salvation's well;

Praise shall your glad tongues employ,
While his streaming grace ye feel.
Each to each, ye then shall say,
"Sinners, call upon his name;
O rejoice to see his day!

See it, and his praise proclaim!" 5 Glory to his name belongs,

Great, and marvellous, and high:
Sing unto the Lord your songs,
Cry to every nation, cry:
Wondrous things the Lord hath done,
Excellent his name we find;

This to all mankind is known;
Be it known to all mankind!

6 Sion, shout thy Lord and King,
Israel's HOLY ONE is HE!
Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing,
Great is he, and dwells in thee.
O the grace unsearchable!

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While eternal ages roll,

God delights in man to dwell,
Soul of each believing soul!

Truro.] HYMN 483. L. M.

LORY to God, whose sovereign grace

GHath animated senseless stones;

Call'd us to stand before his face;

And rais'd us into Abraham's sons.
2 The people that in darkness lay,
In sin and error's deadly shade,
Have seen a glorious Gospel-day,
In Jesu's lovely face display'd.
3 Thou only, Lord, the work hast done,
And bar'd thine arm in all our sight;
Hast made the reprobates thine own.
And claim'd the outcasts as thy right.

4 Thy single arm, almighty Lord,

To us the great salvation brought:
Thy Word, thy all-creating Word,

That spake at first the world from naught.
5 For this the saints lift up their voice,
And ceaseless praise to thee is given;
For this the hosts above rejoice ;-
We raise the happiness of heaven.
6 For this, (no longer sons of night).
To thee our thankful hearts we give ;
To thee, who call'st us into light:
To thee we die, to thee we live.

Ascension.] HYMN 484. C. M.

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NATHER of me and all mankind,
And all the hosts above;

Let ev'ry understanding mind

Unite to praise thy love!

2 To know thy nature and thy name,

One God in persons Three;

And glorify the great I AM,
Through all eternity.

3 Thy kingdom come with pow'r and grace, To ev'ry heart of man:

Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness,
In all our bosoms reign.

4 Thy righteousness our sins keep down,
Thy peace our passions bind;

And let us in thy joy unknown,
The first dominion find.

5 The righteousness that never ends,
But makes an end of sin;

The joy that human thought transcends,,
Into our souls bring in.

6 The kingdom of, establish'd peace,
Which can no more remove;
The perfect pow'r of godliness,
Th' omnipotence of love.

CHRISTMAS.

Light-Street.] HYMN 485. 8 lines 8's.

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ALL glory to God in the sky,

And peace upon earth be restor❜d!

O Jesus, exalted on high,

Appear our omnipotent Lord!
Who meanly in Bethlehem born,
Didst stoop to redeem a lost race,
Once more to thy creatures return,
And reign in thy kingdom of grace.
2 When thou in our flesh didst appear,
All nature acknowledg'd thy birth ;
Arose the acceptable year,

And heaven was open'd on earth;
Receiving its Lord from above,

The world was united to bless
The Giver of concord and love,

The Prince and the author of peace.

3 O wouldst thou again be made known,
Again in the Spirit descend,

And set up in each of thine own
A kingdom that never shall end;

Thou only art able to bless,

And make the glad nations obey,

And bid the dire enmity cease,

And bow the whole world to thy sway!

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4 Come then to thy servants again,
Who long thy appearing to know,
Thy quiet and peaceable reign
In mercy establish below!
All sorrow before thee shall fly,
And anger and hatred be o'er,
And envy and malice shall die,
And discord afflict us no more.

5 No horrid alarum of war

Shall break our eternal repose;
No sound of the trumpet is there,
Where Jesus's Spirit o'erflows:
Appeas'd by the charms of thy grace,
We all shall in amity join,
And kindly each other embrace,

And love with a passion like thine.

Dursley.] HYMN 486. S. M.

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ATHER, our hearts we lift
Up to thy gracious throne,
And thank thee for the precious gift
Of thine incarnate Son!

The gift unspeakable
We thankfully receive,

And to the world thy goodness tell,

And to thy glory live.

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Doth by his birth declare,

That God and man are reconcil'd,
And one in him we are.

Salvation through his name
To all mankind is given,
And loud his infant cries proclaim
A peace 'twixt earth and heaven.

A peace on earth he brings,
Which never more shall end:

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