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HYMN XV.
[Hosannah to God]
Hosannah to God
In His highest abode
All heaven be join'd,
To' extol the Redeemer and Friend of mankind!
He claims all our praise,
Who in infinite grace
Again hath stoop'd down,
And caught up a worm to inherit a crown.
In His highest abode
All heaven be join'd,
To' extol the Redeemer and Friend of mankind!
He claims all our praise,
Who in infinite grace
Again hath stoop'd down,
And caught up a worm to inherit a crown.
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Our partner below,
Our brother in woe,
From his sorrow and pain
He hath call'd to the pleasures that always remain:
He hath snatch'd him away
From a cottage of clay
To a kingdom above,
A kingdom of glory, and gladness, and love.
Our brother in woe,
From his sorrow and pain
He hath call'd to the pleasures that always remain:
He hath snatch'd him away
From a cottage of clay
To a kingdom above,
A kingdom of glory, and gladness, and love.
Our friend is restored,
To the joy of his Lord
With triumph departs,
But speaks by his death to our echoing hearts:
Follow after, he cries,
As he mounts to the skies,
Follow after your friend,
To the blissful enjoyments that never shall end.
To the joy of his Lord
With triumph departs,
But speaks by his death to our echoing hearts:
Follow after, he cries,
As he mounts to the skies,
Follow after your friend,
To the blissful enjoyments that never shall end.
And shall we not press
To that harbour of peace,
That heavenly shore,
Where sorrow, and parting, and death are no more:
Our brother pursue,
And fight our way through,
In the strength of our Lord
Follow on, till we seize the eternal reward?
To that harbour of peace,
That heavenly shore,
Where sorrow, and parting, and death are no more:
Our brother pursue,
And fight our way through,
In the strength of our Lord
Follow on, till we seize the eternal reward?
Through Jesus's name
Our comrade o'ercame,
And Jesus is ours,
And arms us with all His invincible powers:
He looks from the skies,
He shows us the prize,
And gives us a sign
That we shall o'ercome by the mercy Divine.
Our comrade o'ercame,
And Jesus is ours,
And arms us with all His invincible powers:
He looks from the skies,
He shows us the prize,
And gives us a sign
That we shall o'ercome by the mercy Divine.
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The Saviour of all
For us He shall call—
Shall shortly appear;
Our day of eternal salvation is near.
We too shall remove
To our city above,
On mortals look down,
Triumphant assessors of Jesus's throne.
For us He shall call—
Shall shortly appear;
Our day of eternal salvation is near.
We too shall remove
To our city above,
On mortals look down,
Triumphant assessors of Jesus's throne.
For us is prepared
The angelical guard,
The convoy attends,
A ministering host of invisible friends;
Ready wing'd for their flight
To the regions of light,
The horses are come,
The chariots of Israel to carry us home.
The angelical guard,
The convoy attends,
A ministering host of invisible friends;
Ready wing'd for their flight
To the regions of light,
The horses are come,
The chariots of Israel to carry us home.
They soon shall convey
Our spirits away,
Our spirits that groan,
And cry for redemption, and long to be gone.
By the cross we endure
We shall make the crown sure,
By a moment of pain
We all shall a joyful eternity gain.
Our spirits away,
Our spirits that groan,
And cry for redemption, and long to be gone.
By the cross we endure
We shall make the crown sure,
By a moment of pain
We all shall a joyful eternity gain.
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