Hallelujah! for the Lord,

God Omnipotent, shall reign;
Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.
2 Hallelujah!—hark! the sound,
From the depths unto the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies :
See Jehovah's banners furled,

Sheath'd His sword: He speaks-'tis done, And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of His Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole
With illimitable sway;

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He shall reign, when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens have passed away:
Then the end;-beneath His rod,
Man's last enemy shall fall;
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ, is all in all.

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GOD

OD of all consolation, take
The glory of Thy grace!

Thy gifts to Thee we render back
In ceaseless songs of praise.

2 Through Thee we now together came,
In singleness of heart;
We met, O Jesus, in Thy name,
And in Thy name we part.

3 We part in body, not in mind;
Our minds continue one;

And, each to each, in Jesus joined,
We hand in hand go on.

4 Subsists as in us all one soul,
No power can make us twain ;

And mountains rise, and oceans roll,
To sever us, in vain.

5 Present we still in spirit are,
And intimately nigh,

While on the wings of faith and
We each to other fly.

6 In Jesus Christ together we

In heavenly places sit;

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Clothed with the sun, we smile to see
The moon beneath our feet.

7 Our life is hid with Christ in God;
Our Life shall soon appear,
And shed His glory all abroad
In all His members here.

8 The heavenly treasure now we have
In a mean house of clay;

But He shall to the utmost save,
And keep it to that day.

9 Our souls are in His mighty hand,
And He shall keep them still;
And you and I shall surely stand
With Him on Sion's hill!

10 Him eye to eye we there shall see ;
Our face like His shall shine:
O what a glorious company,
When saints and angels join!
11 O what a joyful meeting there!
In robes of white arrayed,
Palms in our hands we all shall bear,
And crowns upon our head.

12 Then let us lawfully contend,

And fight our passage through;
Bear in our faithful minds the end,
And keep the prize in view.
13 Then let us hasten to the Day,
When all shall be brought home;
Come, O Redeemer, come away,
O Jesus, quickly come !

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Le followers of the Lamb,
IFT up your hearts to things above,

And join with us to praise His love,
And glorify His name :

2 To Jesu's Name give thanks and sing,
Whose mercies never end:

Rejoice! rejoice! the Lord is King;
The King is now our Friend!

3 We, for His sake, count all things loss;
On earthly good look down;
And joyfully sustain the cross,
Till we receive the crown.

4 O let us stir each other up,

Our faith by works to' approve,
By holy, purifying hope,

And the sweet task of love!

5 Love us, though far in flesh disjoined, Ye lovers of the Lamb;

And ever bear us on your mind,

Who think and speak the same: 6 You on our minds we ever bear, Whoe'er to Jesus bow;

Stretch out the arms of faith and prayer,
And, lo! we reach you now.

7 The blessings all on you be shed,
Which God, in Christ, imparts;
We pray the Spirit of our Head
Into your faithful hearts.

8 Mercy and peace your portion be,
To carnal minds unknown,

The hidden manna, and the tree
Of life, and the white stone.
9 Let all who for the Promise wait,
The Holy Ghost receive;

And, raised to our unsinning state,
With God in Eden live!

10 Live till the Lord in glory come,

And wait His heaven to share :
He now is fitting up our home :-
Go on :-we'll meet you there.

FAT

ATHER of men! Thy care we bless,
Which crowns our families with peace:
From Thee they spring; and by Thy hand
They are, and shall be still, sustained.
2 To God, most worthy to be praised,
Be our domestic altars raised;

Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.
3 To Thee, may each united house,
Morning and night, present its vows:
Our servants there, and rising race,
Be taught Thy precepts, and Thy grace.
4 Oh! may each future age proclaim
The honours of Thy glorious name ;
While pleased, and thankful, we remove
To join the family above.

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EACE be to this habitation !
Peace to every soul herein!

Peace, the foretaste of salvation;
Peace, the seal of cancelled sin;
Peace, that speaks its heavenly Giver;
Peace to earthly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts for ever,-
Here erect its glorious throne.
2 Now, Thy love-infusing Spirit
Shed in every heart abroad;

And, Redeemer, through Thy merit,
Make each child a child of God!
Claim for Thine each faithful servant
By the reconciling word;
Pure in heart, in spirit fervent,

Let them serve their heavenly Lord.
3 Prince of Peace, if Thou art near us,
Fix in all our hearts Thy home,
By Thy last appearing cheer us,
Quickly let Thy kingdom come;
Answer all our expectation,
Give our raptured souls to prove,
Glorious, uttermost salvation,
Heavenly, everlasting love!

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How good and

L.M. 6 lines triplets. C. WESLEY, 1767.
OW good and pleasant 'tis to see,
When brethren cordially agree,
And kindly think and speak the same;
A family of faith and love,

Combined to seek the things above,

And spread the common Saviour's fame!

2 The God of grace, who all invites,
Who in our unity delights,

Vouchsafes our intercourse to bless;
Revives us with refreshing showers,
The fulness of His blessing pours,
And keeps our minds in perfect peace.
3 Jesus, Thou precious Corner-stone,
Preserve inseparably one,

Whom Thou didst by Thy Spirit join:
Still let us in Thy Spirit live,
And to Thy Church the pattern give
Of unanimity divine!

4 Still let us to each other cleave,

And from Thy plenitude receive

Constant supplies of hallowing grace;