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JESUS

Our triumphant holiday!

Who did once upon the Cross,

[ESUS CHRIST is risen to day, Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

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1 YHRIST the Lord is risen to-day,"
Sons of men, and angels, say;

Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply!

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Christ hath burst the gates of hell
Death in vain forbids His rise,
Christ hath opened Paradise!

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3 Lives again our glorious King!
Where, O death, is now thy sting?
Once He died, our souls to save,―
Where's thy victory, O grave?

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4 Soar we now where Christ hath led,
Following our exalted Head;

Made like Him, like Him we rise,-
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!

1 CINCE Christ, our Passover, is slain,

SINCE

A sacrifice for all,

Let all with thankful hearts agree
To keep the festival.

2 Not with the leaven, as of old,
Of sin and malice fed,
But with unfeigned sincerity,
And truth's unleavened bread.

3 Christ being raised by power divine,
And rescued from the grave,

Shall die no more; death shall on Him
No more dominion have.

4 For that He died, 'twas for our sins,
He once vouchsafed to die;

But that He lives, He lives to God,
For all eternity.

5 So count yourselves as dead to sin,
But graciously restored;

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And made henceforth alive to God,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

HIS day be grateful homage paid,

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And loud hosannas sung:

Let gladness dwell in every heart,
And praise on every tongue.

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2 0 what a night was that which wrapped
The heathen world in gloom!

O what a Sun which broke, this day,
Triumphant from the tomb !

3 The powers of darkness leagued in vain
To bind the Lord in death;

He shook their kingdom when He fell,
With His expiring breath.

4 Ten thousand differing lips shall join
To hail this happy morn,

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Which scatters blessings from its wings,
On nations yet unborn.

LEST be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord!

BLEST

Be His abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.

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2 When from the dead He raised His Son,

And called Him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope

That they should never die.

8 To an inheritance divine

He taught our hearts to rise:
"Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
Unfading in the skies.

4 Saints by the power of God are kept,
Till their salvation come;

We walk by faith as strangers here,
But Christ shall call us home.

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HAIL

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ASCENSION.

AIL the day that sees Him rise
Glorious to His native skies!
Christ, awhile to mortals given,
Enters now the highest heaven.

2 There the glorious triumph waits:
Lift your heads, eternal gates!
Christ hath vanquished death and sin,
Take the King of Glory in.

3 Lo! the heaven its Lord receives!
Yet He loves the earth He leaves :
Though returning to His throne,
Still He calls mankind His own.

4 See, He lifts His hands above!
See, He shews the prints of love!
Hark, His gracious lips bestow
Blessings on His Church below!

5 Lord, though parted from our sight,
Far above yon azure height,
Grant our hearts may thither rise,
Seeking Thee beyond the skies.

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IFT up your heads, eternal gates,

Unfold to entertain

The King of Glory: see! He comes
With His celestial train.

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2 Who is the King of Glory? Who?
The Lord, for strength renowned;
In battle mighty, o'er His foes
Eternal victor crowned.

3 Lift up your heads, ye gates, unfold
In state to entertain

The King of Glory: see! He comes
With all His shining train.

4 Who is the King of Glory? Who?
The Lord of Hosts renowned:
Of glory He alone is King,
Who is with glory crowned.

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JESUS, who art gone before

To Thy blest realm on high,
Now bid our spirits thither soar,
And raise them to the sky.

2 Make us to those delights aspire
Which spring from love to Thee,
Which pass the carnal heart's desire,
Which faith alone can see.

3 To guide us to Thy glories, Lord,
To lift us to the sky,

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O may Thy Holy Ghost be poured
Upon us from on high!

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