314 Woodworth. L.M.
(554) Ecstasy in Christ.
Oh, that I could forever dwell
Delighted at the Savior's feet,
Behold the form I love so well,
And all his tender words repeat.
2 The world shut out from all my soul,
And heaven brought in with all its bliss,
Oh! is there aught, from pole to pole,
One moment to compare with this?
3 This is the hidden life I prize,
A life of penitential love,
When most my follies I despise,
And raise my highest thoughts above.
4 When all I am I clearly see,
And freely own with deepest shame;
When the Redeemer's love to me
Kindles within a deathless flame.
5 Thus would I live till nature fail
And all my former sins forsake;
Then rise to God within the veil,
And of eternal joys partake.
Andrew Reed, 1841.
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(529) Praise for Salvation.
We praise thee, O God! for the Son of thy love,
For Jesus who died, and is now gone above.
CHO.--Hallelujah! thine the glory,
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! thine the glory,
Revive us again.
2 We praise thee, O God! for thy Spirit of light,
Who has shown us our Savior, and scattered our night.
3 All glory and praise to the Lamb that was slain,
Who has borne all our sins, and has cleansed ev'ry stain.
4 All glory and praise to the God of all grace,
Who has bought us, and sought us, and guided our ways.
5 Revive us again; fill each heart with thy love;
May each soul be rekindled with fire from above.
Wm. P. Mackay, 1866.
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Rejoicing in Christ.
Rejoice and be glad the Redeemer has come!
Go look on his cradle, his cross and his tomb.
CHO.--Sound his praises, tell the story,
Of him who was slain,
Sound his praises, tell with gladness,
He liveth again.
2 Rejoice and be glad: for the blood has been shed;
Redemption is finished, the price has been paid.
3 Rejoice and be glad: for the Lamb that was slain,
O'er death is triumphant, and liveth again.
4 Rejoice and be glad: for our King is on high;
He pleadeth for us on his throne in the sky.
5 Rejoice and be glad: for he cometh again--
He cometh in glory, the Lamb that was slain.
H. Bonar, 1874.