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9. Then let the beasts of earth, with varying strain,

Join in Creation's Hymn, and cry again

Alleluia.

10. Here let the mountains thunder forth sonorous, Alleluia.

There, let the valleys sing in gentler chorus, Alleluia.

i1. Thon jubilant abyss of ocean, cry Alleluia. Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply

12. To GOD, Who all Creation made,

Alleluia

The frequent hymn be duly paid: Alleluia. 13. This is the strain, the eternal strain, the Lord of all things loves: Alleluia.

This is the song, the heav'nly song, that
CHBIST Himself approves: Alleluia.

14. Wherefore we sing, both heart and voice awaking, Alleluia.

And children's voices echo, answer making,
Alleluia.

15. Now from all men be out-pour'd

Alleluia to the LORD;

With Alleluia evermore

The SON and SPIRIT We adore.

16. Praise be done to the THREE in ONE. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia

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EASTER DAY, AND SEVEN DAYS AFTER.

MORNING.

1. HAIL! Festal Day! for evermore ador'd, Wherein GoD conquer'd Hell, and upward soar'd!

(Hail! Festal Day! for evermore ador'd.) 2. See, the world's beauty, budding forth anew, Shews with the LORD His gifts returning too! (Wherein GOD conquer'd Hell, and upward soar'd.)

8. The earth with flow'rs is deck'd,-the sky serene;

The Heav'nly Portals glow with brighter sheen.

(Hail! Festal Day! for evermore ador'd.) 1. The greenwood-leaves, the flowering meadows tell

Of CHRIST, triumphant over gloomy Hell.
(Wherein GoD conquer'd Hell, and up-
ward soar'd.)

. The Power of Satan crash'd, He seeks the skies;

From earth, light, stars, and ocean, anthems rise!

(Hail! Festal Day! for evermore ador❜d.) 6. The Crucified reigns God for evermore; Their Maker all created things adore. (Wherein GoD conquer'd Hell, and upward soar'd.)

7 CHEIST, who didst fashion man and hast

re-won,

The Eternal FATHER'S sole-begotten Son,

(Hail! Festal Day! for evermore ador❜d.) 8. When Death and Hell the human race o'erran,

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Thou, man to save, Thyself becamest Man (Wherein GoD conquer'd Hell, and up ward soar'd.)

EASTER DAY,* & SEVEN DAYS AFTER

1

On the morn of Easter day,
From the tomb wherein He lay,
CHRIST Our Hope rose gloriously;
Trampling down the infernal king,
Hell and Satan vanquishing,
He returned victoriously.

2. When the risen LORD was seen,
Blessed Mary Magdalene

Was the herald whom He chose :
On the glorious errand sent,
To His Brethren straight she went,
Bearing joy to end their woes.

3. thrice blessed eyes, that first,
When the chains of death were burst,
Sin destroyed and Satan quelled,
CHRIST, the King of all, beheld!

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4. This was she who was of old Lost in sin so manifold,

But, at JESU's feet, obtained Grace to pardon all that stained, 5. Lips deploring, heart adoring, Are the proving of her loving JESUS more than all the rest;

6. Whom she worshipped, fully knowing, She received from His bestowing Pardon for her troubled breast.

7. Marys twain, with news of gladness, Freed the Church of GOD from sadness; One was the Virgin Mother, one The Saint whom sin had once undone 8. One the gate, whereby salvation Entered in for every nation;

And one the herald, sent to tell

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That CHRIST had risen, and vanquished

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EASTER DAY (EXCEPT SATURDAYS;
TILL ASCENSION DAY.-EVENING.
1. THE LAMB's high banquet we await,
In snow-white robes of royal state:
And now, the Red Sea's channel past,
TO CHRIST Our Prince we sing at last.
2. Upon the Altar of the Cross

His Body hath redeem'd our loss:
And tasting of His roseate Blood,
Our life is hid with Him in God

3. That Paschal Eve God's arm was bar'd: The devastating Angel spar'd:

By strength of hand our hosts went free
From Pharaoh's ruthless tyranny.

4. NOW CHRIST, our Paschal Lamb, is slain, The LAMB of GOD That knows no stain, The true Oblation offer'd here,

Our own unleaven'd bread sincere.

5. O Thou, from Whom Hell's Monarch fies. O great, O very Sacrifice,

Thy captive people are set free,
And endless life restor'd in Thee.
6. For CHRIST, arising from the dead,
From conquer'd hell victorious sped:
And thrust the tyrant down to chains,
And Paradise for man regains.

7. To Thee Who, dead, again dost live,
All glory, LORD, Thy people give;
All glory, as is ever meet,

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TO FATHER and to PARACLETE.

EASTER-TIDE.

Amen.

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1. ALLELUIA! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Ye sons and daughters of the King,
Whom Heavenly hosts in glory sing,
To-day the grave hath lost its sting.
Alleluia.

2. On that first morning of the week,
Before the day began to break,
The Marys went their LORD to seek
Alleluia