Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

8 Thou hast redeem’d our souls from hell
’With thine invaluable blood;
And wretches that did once rebel
Are now made favourites of their Cod.

9 Worthy for ever is the Lord,
That died for treasons not his own,
By every tongue to be ador’d,
And dwell upon his Father’s throne.

Hymn 1:26. 
Hope of heaven by the resurrection of Christ,
1 Peter 1. 3-5.

1 Bless’d be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord,
Be his abounding mercy prais’d,
His majesty ador’d.

2 When from the dead he rais’d his Son,
And call’d him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.

3 What tho’ our inbred sins require
Our flesh to see the dust! 
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose,
So all his followers must.

4 There’s an inheritance divine
Reserv’d against that day,
’Tis uncorrupted, undefil’d,
And cannot waste away.

5 Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here
Till Christ shall call us home.

Hymn 1:27. 
Assurance of heaven; or, A saint prepared to die,
2 Tim. 4. 6 7 8 18.

1 [Death may dissolve my body now,
And bear my spirit home;
Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come?

2 With heavenly weapons I have fought
The battles of the Lord,
Finish’d my course, and kept the faith,
And wait the sure reward.]

3 God has laid up in heaven for me
A crown which cannot fade;
The righteous Judge at that great day
Shall place it on my head.

4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed
This prize for me alone;
But all that love and long to see
Th’ appearance of his Son.

5 Jesus the Lord shall guard me safe
From every ill design;
And to his heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine.

6 God is my everlasting aid
And hell shall rage in vain;
To him be highest glory paid,
And endless praise.—­Amen.

Hymn 1:28. 
The triumph of Christ over the enemies of his church,
Isa. 63. 1 2 3 &c.

1 What mighty man, or mighty God,
Comes travelling in state,
Along the Idumean road,
Away from Bozrah’s gate?

2 The glory of his robes proclaim
’Tis some victorious king: 
“‘Tis I, the just, th’ Almighty One,
“That your salvation bring.”

3 “Why, mighty Lord,” thy saints enquire,
“Why thine apparel red? 
“And all thy vesture stain’d like those
“Who in the wine-press tread?”

4 “I by myself have trod the press,
“And crush’d my foes alone,
“My wrath has struck the rebels dead,
“My fury stamp’d them down.

5 “’Tis Edom’s blood that dyes my robes
“With joyful scarlet stains,
“The triumph that my raiment wears
“Sprung from their bleeding veins.

6 “Thus shall the nations be destroy’d
“That dare insult my saints,
“I have an arm t’ avenge their wrongs,
“An ear for their complaints.”

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