69.

HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee;

Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,

Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be!

3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide

thee,

Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may

not see,

Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, in purity!

4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!

All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.

Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Our Lord.

70.

THE Lord of might, from Sinai's brow,

Gave forth his voice of thunder:
And Israel lay on earth below,
Outstretch'd in fear and wonder.
Beneath his feet was pitchy night,
And at his left hand and his right,
The rocks were rent asunder.

2 The Lord of Love, on Calvary,

A meek and suffering stranger,
Upraised to heaven his languid eye,
In nature's hour of danger.

For us he bore the weight of woe,
For us he gave his blood to flow,
And met his father's anger.

3 The Lord of love, the Lord of might, The king of all created,

Shall back return to claim his right,
On clouds of glory seated;
With trumpet-sound and angel-song,
And hallelujahs, loud and long,
O'er death and hell defeated!

71.

JESUS, my all, to heav'n is gone,
He whom I fixed my hopes upon,
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him I view.

2 The way the holy prophets went,
The way that leads from banishment;
The king's highway of holiness:
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.

3 No stranger may proceed therein, No lover of the world and sin; No lion, no devouring care,

No sin, nor sorrow shall be there.

4 Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am;
Nothing but sin I thee can give;
Nothing but love shall I receive.

5 Then will I tell to sinners round,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say, behold the way to God!

'TIS

72.

IS not the law of ten commands
On holy Sinai given,

Or sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.

2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell,
Can buy a pardon for our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath
At God's immediate will;

And in the desert yields to death
Upon the appointed hill.

4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side
The tribes of Israel stand,

While Moses bow'd his head, and died,
Short of the promis'd land.

5 Israel, rejoice, now Joshua leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest:
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

73.

FOR a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise ;
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace!

2 Jesus, the name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease;

"Tis music in the sinner's ears,
"Tis life, and health, and peace.

3 He breaks the power of cancell❜d sin,
He sets the prisoner free;

His blood can make the foulest clean ;
His blood avail'd for me.

4 He speaks; and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive;

The mournful broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

5 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosen'd tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy!

6 Look unto him, ye nations; own
Your God, ye fallen race;

Look, and be saved by faith alone,
Be justified by grace.