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C. M.

ALMIGHTY Lord, before Thy throne, Thy mourning people bend:

"Tis on Thy grace in Christ alone, Our failing hopes depend.

2 Dark judgments, from Thy heavy hand,
Thy dreadful power display;
Yet mercy spares our guilty land,
And still we live to pray.

3 How changed, alas! are truths divine
For error, guilt and shame!
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name!

4 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord! Convert us by Thy grace;

Then shall our hearts obey Thy word, And see again Thy face.

5 Then, should oppressing foes invade,
We will not yield to fear,
Secure of all-sufficient aid,
When God in Christ is near.

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6,6,6,6,8,8 (H. M.)

TO Thee our God we fly

For mercy and for grace;

Oh, hear our lowly cry,

And hide not Thou Thy face.

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, And guard and bless our Fatherland.

2 Arise, O Lord of hosts,

Be jealous for Thy name, And drive from out our coasts

The sins that put to shame :

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

3 Thy best gifts from on high

In rich abundance pour,

That we may magnify

And praise Thee more and more: O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, And guard and bless our Fatherland.

4 The powers ordained by Thee With heavenly wisdom bless; May they Thy servants be,

And rule in righteousness:

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, And guard and bless our Fatherland.

5 The Church of Thy dear Son

Inflame with love's pure fire;

Bind her once more in one,
And life and truth inspire:

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand,
And guard and bless our Fatherland.

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GOD bless our native land!
Firm may she ever stand,

6,6,4,6,6,6,4

Through storm and night;
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do Thou our country save
By Thy great might!

2 For her our prayer shall rise
To God above the skies;

On Him we wait:
Thou who art ever nigh,

Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,

God save the State!

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FAITH AND JUSTIFICATION

L. M. 61

MY hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

3 His oath, His covenant, and blood,
Support me in the sinking flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

4 When I shall launch to worlds unseen,
O may I then be found in Him,
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

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C. M

LORD, we confess our numerous faults,
How great our guilt has been:
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.

2 But, O my soul, forever praise,
Forever love His name.

Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways Of folly, sin, and shame.

3 "Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done,
But we are saved by sovereign grace
Abounding through His Son.

4 "Tis from the mercy of our God That all our hopes begin;

"Tis by the Water and the Blood Our souls are washed from sin.

5 'Tis through the purchase of His death Who hung upon the tree,

The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.

6 Raised from the dead, we live anew;
And justified by grace,

We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.

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ALL that I was, my sin, my guilt,
My death, was all my own;
All that I am, I owe to Thee,
My gracious God, alone.

2 The evil of my former state
Was mine, and only mine;
The good in which I now rejoice
Is Thine, and only Thine.

3 The darkness of my former state,
The bondage, all was mine;
The light of life in which I walk,
The liberty, is Thine.

C. M.

4 Thy grace first made me feel my sin, It taught me to believe;

Then, in believing, peace I found,
And now I live, I live!

5 All that I am, e'en here on earth,
All that I hope to be

When Jesus comes and glory dawns,
I owe it, Lord, to Thee.

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BLEST is the man, forever blest,

L. M.

Whose guilt is pardoned by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,

And covered with his Savior's blood.

2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities;

He pleads no merit of reward,

And not on works, but grace relies.

3 From guile his heart and lips are free,
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sincere.

4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins! While a bright evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines.

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8,7,8,7,8,8,7

DEAR Christians, one and all rejoice,
With exultation springing,

And with united heart and voice
And holy rapture singing.

Tell how our God beheld our need,