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Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
They ever cry:

Hail, Abraham's God and mine,
I join the heavenly lays;
All might and majesty are thine,
And endless praise.

461.

Christ the King of Saints.

1 REJOICE, the Lord is King;
Your Lord and King adore;
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore:

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,

The God of truth and love;
When He had purged our stains,
He took his seat above:

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

3 His kingdom cannot fail,

He rules o'er earth and heaven;
The keys of death and hell

Are to our Jesus given :

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

4 He sits at God's right hand,
Till all his foes submit,
And bow to his command,
And fall beneath his feet:

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice,
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

5 Rejoice in glorious hope,
Jesus the Judge shall come,
And take his servants up

To their eternal home:

We soon shall hear the archangel's voice, The trump of God shall sound, Rejoice.

PART FIFTH.

ORIGINAL HYMNS,

BY

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

THE

CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.

PART V.

ORIGINAL HYMNS.

462.

I have sinned against the Lord."-2 Sam. xii. 13.

1 I LEFT the God of truth and light,
I left the God who gave me breath,
To wander in the wilds of night,
And perish in the snares of death.

2 Sweet was his service, and his yoke
Was light and easy to be borne;
Through all his bonds of love I broke,
I cast away his gifts with scorn.

3 I danced in folly's giddy maze,

And drank the sea, and chased the wind;
But falsehood lurk'd in all her ways,
Her laughter left remorse behind.

4 I dream'd of bliss in pleasure's bowers,
While pillowing roses stay'd my head;
But serpents hiss'd among the flowers;
I 'woke, and thorns were all my bed.
5 In riches when I sought for joy,
And placed in sordid gains my trust,
I found that gold was all alloy,
And worldly treasure fleeting dust.

6 I wooed ambition, climb'd the pole,
And shone among the stars ;-but fell,
Headlong, in all my pride of soul,
Like Lucifer, from heaven to hell.

7 Heart-broken, friendless, poor, cast down,
Where shall the chief of sinners fly,
Almighty Vengeance, from thy frown?
Eternal Justice, from thine eye?

8 Lo, through the gloom of guilty fears,
My faith discerns a dawn of grace;
The Sun of Righteousness appears
In Jesus' reconciling face.

9 My suffering, slain, and risen Lord,
In sore distress I turn to Thee;
I claim acceptauce on thy word;
My God, my God, forsake not me.
10 Prostrate before the mercy-seat,
I dare not, if I would, despair;
None ever perish'd at thy feet,
And I will lie for ever there.

463.

"O save me for thy mercies' sake."-Ps. vi. 4.

1 MERCY alone can meet my case;
For mercy, Lord, I cry;

Jesus, Redeemer, show thy face
In mercy, or I die.

2 Save me, for none beside can save;
At thy command I tread,

With failing step, life's stormy wave;
-The wave goes o'er my head.

3 I perish, and my doom were just;
But wilt Thou leave me?--No:
I hold Thee fast, my hope, my trust;
I will not let Thee go.

4 Still sure to me thy promise stands,
And ever must abide ;

Behold it written on thy hands,
And graven in thy side."

5 To this, this only will I cleave;
Thy word is all my plea;

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