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Godly sorrow at the cross.
LAS! and did my Saviour bleed ?

And did my Sov'reign die ?
Would he devote that sacred head

For such a worm as I ? 2 Was it for crimes that I have done,

He groan'd upon the tree? Amazing pity! grace unknown!

And love beyond degree ! 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide,

And shut his glories in, When Christ, the mighty Maker, died,

For man, the creature's sin. 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face

While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,

And melt mine eyes to tears.
5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay

The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away,

'Tis all that I can do.

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Glory to the dying Lamb.
LL glory to the dying Lamb,

And never-ceasing praise,
While angels live to know thy name,

Or men to feel thy grace. 2 With this cold stony heart of mine,

Jesus, to thee I flee;
And to thy grace my soul resign,

To be renew'd by thee.
3 O may the uncorrupted Seed

Abide and reign within ;
And thy life-giving word forbid

My new-born soul to sin.

THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF

JESUS CHRIST.

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Dying, rising, reigning.
E dies ! the Friend of sinners dies !
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Lo! Salem's daughters weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,

A sudden trembling shakes the ground: Come, saints, and drop a tear or two

For him who groan’d beneath your load; He shed a thousand drops for you,

A thousand drops of richer blood. 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree :

The Lord of glory dies for man ! But lo! what sudden joys we see:

Jesus, the dead, revives again. The rising God forsakes the tomb;

(In vain the tomb forbids his rise ;) Cherubic legions guard him home,

And shout him welcome to the skies. 3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell

How high your great Deliv'rer reigns; Sing how he spoild the hosts of hell,

And led the monster death in chains : Say, Live forever, wondrous King!

Born to redeem, and strong to save; Then ask the monster, Where's thy sting?

And, Where's thy vict'ry, boasting gravo ? 149

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Easter Sunday.
HE Lord of Sabbath let us praise,

In concert with the blest,
Who, joyful in harmonious lays,

Employ an endless rest.

THIE

2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee.

We blest and pious grow;
By hymns of praise we learn to be

Triumphant here below.
3 On this glad day a brighter scene

Of glory was display'd,
By the eternal Word, than when

This universe was made.
4 He rises, who mankind has bought,

With grief and pain extreme: 'Twas great to speak the world from naught;

'Twas greater to redeem. 150

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Paradise opened.
HE Sun of righteousness appears,

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Adore the Scatt'rer of your fears,

Your rising Sun adore.
2 The saints, when he resign’d his breath,

Unclosed their sleeping eyes ;
He breaks again the bands of death,

Again the dead arise.
3 Alone the dreadful race he ran,-

Alone the wine-press trod; He dies and suffers as a man,

He rises as a God.
4 In vain the stone, the watch, the seal,

Forbid an early rise
To Him, who breaks the gates of hell,

And opens Paradise. 151

Joy from the certainty of His resurrection.
THE Lord is risen indeed;

The grave hath lost its prey ;
With him shall rise the ransom'd seed,

To reign in endless day.

S. M.

THEM

2 The Lord is risen indeed;

He lives, to die no more;
He lives, his people's cause to plead,

Whose curse and shame he bore. 3 The Lord is risen indeed;

Attending angels, hear; Up to the courts of heaven, with speed,

The joyful tidings bear : 4 Then take your golden lyres,

Ard strike each cheerful chord ; Join, all ye bright celestial choirs,

To sing our risen Lord.

CHE

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5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. If we suffer with Him we shall reign with Him. HRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day,

Son3 of men and angels say: Raise your joys and triumphs high ; Sing, yo heavens,—and earth, reply. 2 Love's redeeming work is done,Fought the fight, the battle won : Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er; Lo! he sets in blood no more. 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,-Christ has burst the gates of hell : Death in vain forbids his rise; Christ hath open'd Paradise. 4 Lives again our glorious King; Where, 0 death, is now thy sting? Once he died our souls to save; Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 5 Soar we now where Christ has led, Follow our exalted head; Made like him, like him we rise ; Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

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Ascension day.
AIL the day that sees Him rise,

Ravish'd from our wishful eyes !
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Reascends his native heaven.
2 There the pompous triumph waits :
Lift your heads, eternal gates ;
Wide unfold the radiant scene;
Take the King of glory in.
3 Circled round with angel powers,
Their triumphant Lord and ours,
Conqu’ror over death and sin,
Take the King of glory in.
4 Him though highest heaven receives,
Still he loves the earth he leaves ;
Though returning to his throne,
Still he calls mankind his own.
5 See, he lifts his hands above!
See, he shows the prints of love!
Hark, his gracious lips bestow
Blessings on his Church below!
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3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 83. Glory to glory's King. OD is gone up on high,

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The clarions of the sky

Proclaim the' angelic joys:
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascribe to glory's King.
2 All power to our great Lord

Is by the Father given;
By angel hosts adored,

He reigns supreme in heaven:
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascribe to glory's King.