5 Borne upon their latest breath Songs of praise shall conquer death; Then, amid eternal joy,
Songs of praise their powers employ.
1 GOD is goodness, wisdom, power; Love him, praise him evermore: Let us strive, and never cease, Him in every thing to please.
2 Born for this intent we are, Our Creator to declare;
God to love, and serve, and praise, God to honor all our days.
3 Holy, holy, holy Lord !—
Live, by heaven and earth adored! Filled with thee, let all things cry, Glory be to God most high.
1 LET every creature join To bless Jehovah's name, And every power unite
To swell th' exalted theme:
A general song Of grateful praise.
2 But oh! from human tongues Should nobler praises flow;
And every thankful heart With warm devotion glow:
Your voices raise,
Above the rest
Declare his praise.
3 Assist me, gracious God; My heart, my voice inspire; Then shall I humbly join The universal choir:
Thy grace can raise
And tune my song To lively praise.
1 LIFT up to God the voice of praise, Whose breath our souls inspired; Loud and more loud the anthems raise, With grateful ardor fired!
2 Lift up to God the voice of praise, Whose goodness, passing thought, Loads every moment, as it flies, With benefits unsought!
3 Lift up to God the voice of praise, From whom salvation flows, Who sent his Son our souls to save From everlasting woes.
4 Lift up to God the voice of praise, For hope's transporting ray,
Which lights thro' darkest shades of death, To realms of endless day.
1 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 Oh for the living flame
From his own altar brought, To touch our lips-our minds inspire, And raise to heaven our thought!
4 There, with benign regard,
Our hymns he deigns to hear; Though unrevealed to mortal sense The spirit feels him near.
5 God is our strength and song,
And his salvation ours;
Then be his love in Christ proclaimed With all our ransomed powers.
6 Stand up, and bless the Lord, The Lord your God adore;
Stand up, and bless his glorious name, Henceforth forevermore.
1 WE sing the glories of thy love, We sound thy dreadful name:
The Christian church unites the songs Of Moses and the Lamb.
2 Great God, how wondrous are thy works Of vengeance and of grace!
Thou King of saints-almighty Lord— How just and true thy ways!
3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name, Or worship at thy throne? Thy judgments speak thy holiness Through all the nations known.
1 LET them neglect thy glory, Lord, Who never knew thy grace; But our loud songs shall still record The wonders of thy praise.
2 We raise our shouts, O God, to thee, And send them to thy throne;
All glory to th' united Three, The undivided One.
3 'Twas he-and we'll adore his name- That formed us by a word!
"Tis he restores our ruined frame- Salvation to the Lord!
4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies Repeat the joyful sound;
Rocks, hills, and vales, reflect the voice In one eternal round.
1 PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above, And keeps his courts below; Praise him for his boundless love, And all his greatness show.
2 Praise him for his noble deeds;
Praise him for his matchless power; Him, from whom all good proceeds, Let earth and heaven adore.
3 Publish, spread to all around
The great Immanuel's name: Let the gospel-trumpet sound, Him Prince of Peace proclaim. 4 Praise him, every tuneful string: All the reach of heavenly art, All the power of music bring, The music of the heart.
5 Him, in whom they move and live, Let every creature sing; Glory to our Saviour give, And homage to our King. 6 Hallowed be his name beneath, As in heaven on earth adored; Praise the Lord in every breath, Let all things praise the Lord.
1 SING hallelujah! praise the Lord! Sing with a cheerful voice; Exalt our God with one accord, And in his name rejoice:
Ne'er cease to sing, thou ransomed host, To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Till in the realms of endless light, Your praises shall unite.
2 There we to all eternity
Shall join th' angelic lays, And sing in perfect harmony To God our Saviour's praise; He hath redeemed us by his blood, And made us kings and priests to God; For us, for us the Lamb was slain. Praise ye the Lord! Amen.
1 YES-I will bless thee, O my God! Through all my mortal days, And to eternity prolong
Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim The honors of my God!
My life, with all its active powers, Shall spread thy praise abroad.
3 Not death itself shall stop my song, Though death will close my eyes: My thoughts shall then to nobler heights And sweeter raptures rise.
4 There shall my lips in endless praise Their grateful tribute pay :
The theme demands an angel's tongue, And an eternal day.
1 MY God, my King, to thee I'll raise My voice and all my powers; Unwearied songs of sacred praise Shall fill the circling hours.
2 Thy name shall dwell upon my tongue While suns shall set and rise, And tune my everlasting song When time and nature dies.
1 PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator! Praise to thee from every tongue : Join, my soul, with every creature, Join the universal song.
2 Father! Source of all compassion! Pure, unbounded grace is thine: Hail the God of our salvation! Praise him for his love divine.
3 For ten thousand blessings given, For the hope of future joy,
Sound his praise through earth and heaven, Sound Jehovah's praise on high.
4 Joyfully on earth adore him,
Till in heaven our song we raise; There, enraptured, fall before him, Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
1 SING to the Lord in joyful strains, Let earth his praise resound; Let all the cheerful nations join To spread his glory round.
2 Thou city of the Lord! begin The universal song;
And let the scattered villages The cheerful notes prolong;-
3 Till, midst the strains of distant lands, The islands sound his praise;
And all, combined, with one accord, Jehovah's glories raise.
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