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II.

From heav'n the new Jerus'lem comes,
all worthy of its Lord;
See all things now at last renew'd,
and paradise restor❜d!

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Attending angels shout for joy, and the bright armies sing; Mortals! behold the sacred seat of your descending King!

IV.

The God of glory down to men removes his bless'd abode;

He dwells with men; his people they, and he his people's God.

V.

His gracious hand shall wipe the tears from ev'ry weeping eye;

And pains and groans, and griefs and fears, and death itself shall die.

VI.

Behold, I change all human things!
saith he, whose words are true;
Lo! what was old is past away,
and all things are made new!

VII.

the same;

I am the First, and I the Last,
through endless years
I AM, is my memorial still,
and my eternal name.

VIII.

Ho, ye that thirst! to you my grace
shall hidden streams disclose,
And open full the sacred spring
whence life for ever flows.

IX.

Bless'd is the man that overcomes;
I'll own him for a son;
A rich inheritance rewards

the conquests he hath won.

X.

But bloody hands, and hearts unclean, and all the lying race,

The faithless, and the scoffing crew, who spurn at offer'd grace,

XI.

They, seiz'd by justice, shall be doom'd in dark abyss to lie;

And in the fiery burning lake

the second death shall die.

XII.

O may we stand before the Lamb, when earth and seas are are fled, And hear the Judge pronounce our name, with blessings on our head!

HYMNS.

HYMN I.

I.

WHEN all thy mercies, O

my God!

my rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost in wonder, love, and praise.

II.

O how shall words, with equal warmth, the gratitude declare

That glows within my ravish'd heart! but thou canst read it there.

III.

Thy providence my life sustain'd, and all my wants redress'd, When in the silent womb I lay, and hung upon the breast.

IV.

To all my weak complaints and cries thy mercy lent an ear,

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd to form themselves in pray'r.

V.

Unnumber'd comforts to my soul thy tender care bestow'd,

Before my

infant heart conceiv'd from whom these comforts flow'd.

VI.

When in the slipp'ry paths of youth
with heedless steps I ran,
Thine arm unseen convey'd me safe,
and led me up to man:

VII.

Through hidden dangers, toils, and death it gently clear'd my way;

And through the pleasing snares of vic more to be fear'd than they.

VIII.

When worn with sickness, oft hast thou with health renew'd my face; And when in sins and sorrows sunk, reviv'd my soul with grace.

IX.

Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss hath made my cup run o'er; And in a kind and faithful friend hath doubled all my store.

X.

Ten thousand thousand precious gifts my daily thanks employ;

Nor is the least a cheerful heart,

that tastes these gifts with joy.

XI.

Through ev'ry period of my life
thy goodness I'll proclaim;
And after death, in distant worlds,
resume the glorious theme.

XII.

When nature fails, and day and night divide thy works no more,

My ever-grateful heart, O Lord, thy mercy shall adore.

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