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Luther. S. M.

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I love Thy kingdom.

I I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode,

The Church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.

2 I love thy Church, O God!

Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall,

For her my prayers ascend:
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,

Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5 Sure as thy truth shall last,

To Zion shall be given

The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heaven.

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I GRACE! 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived a way

To save rebeliious man;

And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone, And well deserves our praise.

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Stand up, and bless.

I STAND up, and bless the Lord,
Ye people of his choice;
Stand up, and bless the Lord your God,
With heart, and soul, and voice.

2 Though high above all praise,
Above all blessing high,

Who would not fear his holy name,
And laud, and magnify?

3 O for the living flame

From his own altar brought,
To touch our lips, our souls inspire,
And wing to heaven our thought!
4 God is our strength and song,
And his salvation ours;

Then be his love in Christ proclaimed
With all our ransomed powers.

5 Stand up, and bless the Lord;
The Lord your God adore;

Stand up, and bless his glorious name,
Henceforth, forevermore.

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2 While we pray for pardoning grace, Thro' the dear Redeemer's name,

Show thy reconciled face,

Take away our sin and shame; From our worldly cares set free, May we rest this day in thee.

3 Here we come thy name to praise; Let us feel thy presence near : May thy glory meet our eyes,

While we in thy house appear:
Here afford us, Lord, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

4 May the gospel's joyful sound
Conquer sinners, comfort saints;
Make the fruits of grace abound,
Bring relief to all complaints:
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove,
Till we join the Church above.

341 Hasten, Lord, the Glorious Time.

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1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things,

Toward's heaven, thy native place. Sun and moon and stars decay; Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away, To seats prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source;
So a soul that's born of God

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn;
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return,
Triumphant in the skies.

Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given;
All our sorrows left below,

And earth exchanged for heaven.

343 Time is Winging us Away.

I Time is winging us away
To our eternal home;
Life is but a winter's day,
A journey to the tomb:
Youth and vigor soon will flee,
Blooming beauty lose its charm:
All that's mortal soon will be

Enclosed in death's cold arms

2 Time is winging us away
To our eternal home;
Life is but a winter's day,
A journey to the tomb:
But the Christian shall enjoy

Health and beauty soon above;
Far beyond the world's alloy,
Secure in Jesus' love.

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3 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,

Ye ransomed from the fall.

Hail him who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

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I Jesus! the name high over ali, In hell, or earth or sky; Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear and fly.

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5 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.
6 O that with yonder sacred throng
We at his feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

Jesus, the Name.

2 Jesus! the name to sinners dear,
The name to sinners given;
It scatters all their guilty fear;
It turns their hell to heaven.

3 Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan's head;

Power into strengthless souls he speaks, And life into the dead.

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4 O that the world might taste and see
The riches of his grace!
The arms of love that compass me
Would all mankind embrace.

5 His only righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim:
'Tis all my business here below
To cry, "Behold the Lamb!"
6 Happy, if with my latest breath
may but gasp his name,
Preach him to all, and cry in death,
Behold, behold the Lamb!"

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