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2 Loose all your bars of massy light,
And wide unfold the' ethereal scene;
He claims these mansions as his right;
Receive the King of glory in!

Who is the King of glory? Who?
The Lord, that all our foes o'ercame ;-
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew ;-
And Jesus is the Conqu'ror's name.
3 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay;
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates;
Ye everlasting doors, give way!
Who is the King of glory? Who?

The Lord, of glorious power possess'd ;-
The King of saints and angels too;—
God over all, forever blest!

28th P. M. 10s, 11s, & 12.

The voice of triumph.

IFT your glad voices in triumph on high,

L'

For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die; Vain were the terrors that gather'd around him, And short the dominion of death and the grave; He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound him,

Resplendent in glory, to live and to save:
Loud was the chorus of angels on high,-
The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not die.
2 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy;
The being he gave us death cannot destroy:
Sal were the life we may part with to-morrow,
If tears were our birthright, and death were
our end;

But Jesus hath cheer'd the dark valley of sorrow,
And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend:
Lift then your voices in triumph on high,
For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.

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5th P. M. 4 lines 7s.

Ascension day.

H Ravish'd from our wishful eyes!

AIL the day that sees Him rise,

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 8.

Glory to glory's King.

OD is gone up on high,

G With a triumphant noise,→

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.

3 High on his holy seat,

He bears the righteous sway;
His foes beneath his feet

Shall sink and die away:
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascribe to glory's King.

4 Till all the earth, renew'd
In righteousness divine,
With all the hosts of God,
In one great chorus join,

Join all on earth, rejoice and sing;
Glory ascribe to glory's King.

HIS PRIESTHOOD AND INTERCESSION.

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C. M.

King of kings and Lord of lords.

HE head that once was crown'd with thorns,

Is crown'd with glory now;

A royal diadem adorns

The mighty Victor's brow.

2 The highest place that heaven affords,
Is to our Jesus given;

The King of kings, and Lord of lords,
He reigns o'er earth and heaven—

3 The joy of all who dwell above,
The joy of all below,

To whom he manifests his love,
And grants his Name to know.

4 To them the cross, with all its shame,
With all its grace, is given;
Their name- -an everlasting name,

Their joy-the joy of heaven.

5 They suffer with their Lord below,—
They reign with him above;

Their everlasting joy to know
The myst'ry of his love.

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THE

His supreme Divinity.

L. M.

HE day of Christ, the day of God, We humbly hope with joy to see,— Wash'd in the sanctifying blood

Of an incarnate Deity—

2 Who did for us his life resign:
There is no other God but one;
For all the plenitude Divine
Resides in the eternal Son.

3 Spotless, sincere, without offence,
O may we to his day remain,
Who trust the blood of Christ to cleanse
Our souls from every sinful stain.
4 Lord, we believe the promise sure;
The purchased Comforter impart;
Apply thy blood to make us pure,-
To keep us pure in life and heart.
5 Then let us see that day supreme,
When none thy Godhead shall deny,—
Thy sov'reign majesty blaspheme,-

Or count thee less than the Most High: 6 When all who on their God believe,Who here thy last appearing love,—— Shall thy consummate joy receive, And see thy glorious face above. 160

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Reigning, and interceding for sinners.
EE Jesus rising from the grave; ̈
Behold him raised on high;

He pleads his merits there, to save
Transgressors doom'd to die.

C. M.

2 There, on a glorious throne, he reigns; And, by his power divine,

Redeems us from the slavish chains
Of Satan and of sin.

9 Thus saved, may we with joy appear
In heaven before his face;
And, with the blest assembly there,
Sing his redeeming grace.

161

MESS

1st P. M. 6 lines 8s.

Messiah, the Saviour and the Judge. ESSIAH, joy of every heart, Thou, thou the King of glory art, The Father's everlasting Son: Thee it delights thy Church to own; For all our hopes on thee depend, Whose glorious mercies never end. 2 When thou hadst render'd up thy breath, And, dying, drawn the sting of death, Thou didst from earth triumphant rise, And ope the portals of the skies; That all who trust in thee alone, Might follow, and partake thy throne. 3 Seated at God's right hand again, Thou dost in all his glory reign; Thou dost, thy Father's image, shine In all the attributes divine;

And thou with judgment clad shalt come,
To seal our everlasting doom.

4 Wherefore we now for mercy pray;
O Saviour, take our sins away:
Before thou as our Judge appear,
In dreadful majesty severe,
Appear our Advocate with God,
And save the purchase of thy blood.

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The great Anti-type.

L. M.

THOU whose off'ring on the tree The legal off'rings all foreshow'd, Borrow'd their whole effect from thee, And drew their virtue from thy blood: