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The hymn of joy
Exulting raise,

And shout aloud

The Savior's praise.

C. M.

WATTS.

The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

1 HOSANNA to the Prince of light,
That clothed himself in clay,
Entered the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.

2 Death is no more the king of dread,
Since our Immanuel rose;
He took the tyrant's sting away,
And spoiled our hellish foes.

3 See, how the Conqueror mounts aloft,
And to his Father flies,

With scars of honor in his flesh,

And triumph in his eyes.

4 Bright angels, strike your loudest strings; Your sweetest voices raise ;

Let heaven and all created things
Sound our Immanuel's praise.

242

L. M.

Christ's Ascension.

WATTS.

1 REJOICE, ye shining worlds on high;
Behold the King of glory nigh;
Who can this King of glory be?
The mighty Lord, the Savior's he.

2 Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display,
To make the Lord, the Savior, way:
Laden with spoils from earth and hell,
The Conqueror comes with God to dwell.

3 Raised from the dead, he goes before;
He opens heaven's eternal door,

To give his saints a blest abode
Near their Redeemer and their God.

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Christ seen of Angels.

1 O YE immortal throng

Of angels round the throne,
Join with our feeble song,

To make the Savior known!

On earth ye knew

His wondrous grace;
His beauteous face
In heaven ye view.

2 Ye saw the heaven-born Child
In human flesh arrayed,

Benevolent and mild,

While in the manger laid;
And praise to God,
And peace on earth,
For such a birth,
Proclaimed aloud.

3 Ye, in the wilderness,

Beheld the tempter spoiled
Well known in every dress,
In every combat foiled;

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And joyed to crown
The Victor's head,
When Satan fled
Before his frown.

4 Around his sacred tomb
A willing watch ye keep,
Till the blest moment come
To rouse him from his sleep;
Then rolled the stone,
And all adored
Your rising Lord,
With joy unknown.

5 When, all arrayed in light,
The shining Conqueror rode,
Ye hailed his rapturous flight
Up to the throne of God;
And waved around
Your golden wings,
And struck your strings
Of sweetest sound.

6 The warbling notes pursue,
And louder anthems raise,
While mortals sing with you

Their own Redeemer's praise;
And thou, my heart,
With equal flame,
And joy the same,
Perform thy part.

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SECTION II.

CHRISTIANITY.

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C. M.

The Messiah.

1 THE true Messiah now appears;
The types are all withdrawn;
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.

WATTS.

2 Much he revealed his Father's grace,
And much his truth he showed,
And preached the way of righteousness,
Where great assemblies stood.

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1 RAISE your triumphant songs

To an immortal tune;

WATTS.

Let the wide earth resound the deeds

Celestial grace has done.

2 Sing how Eternal Love

Its chief-beloved chose,

And bade him raise our wretched race
From their abyss of woes.

3 Now, sinners, dry your tears;
Let hopeless sorrow cease;
Bow to the sceptre of his love,
And take the offered peace.

4 Lord, we obey thy call;
We lay an humble claim

To the salvation thou hast brought,
And love and praise thy name.

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C. M.

WATTS.

Christ's mediatorial Kingdom. Ps. 89.

1 HEAR what the Lord in vision said,.
And made his mercy known:
"Sinners, behold, your help is laid
On my beloved Son.

2 "Behold the man my wisdom chose
Among your mortal race;

His head my holy oil o'erflows,
The spirit of my grace.

3 "My truth shall guard him in his way,

With mercy by his side,

While in my name, through earth and sea, He shall in triumph ride.

4 "Me for his Father and his God
He shall forever own,

Call me his Rock, his high Abode,
And I'll support my Son.

5 "My covenant stands forever fast;
My promises are strong;

Firm as the heavens his throne shall last, His seed endure as long."

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