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Count her every precious shrine; Tell, to after
ages tell:
Fortified by power divine,
The church can never fail. 3/4
Verse 4
Zion's God is all our own,
Who on his love rely; We his pardoning love
have known, And live to Christ, and die.
To the new Jerusalem he our faithful guide shall
be: Him we claim, and rest in him through all
eternity. 4/4
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400 Jesus, with your Church
abide
Verse 1
Jesus, with your Church abide;
Be her Saviour, Lord, and Guide, While on earth
her faith is tried:
We beseech you, hear us. 1/7
Verse 2
Keep her life and doctrine pure; Grant her
patience to endure, trusting in your promise
sure: We beseech you, hear us. 2/7
Verse 3
May her voice be ever clear,
Warning of a judgement near, Telling of a
Saviour dear:
We beseech you, hear us. 3/7
Verse 4
All her fettered powers release; Bid all strife and
envy cease; grant the heavenly gift of peace:
We beseech you, hear us. 4/7
Verse 5
May she guide the poor and blind,
Seek the lost until she find,
And the broken-hearted bind:
We beseech you, hear us. 5/7
Verse 6
May her lamp of truth be bright;
Bid her bear aloft its light
Through the realms of heathen night:
We beseech you, hear us. 6/7
Verse 7
May she holy triumphs win, Overthrow the hosts
of sin, Gather all the nations in: We beseech
you, hear us. 7/7 Amen.
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401 Jesus, we look to thee
Verse 1
Jesus, we look to thee,
Thy promised presence claim;
Thou in the midst of us shalt be,
Assembled in Thy name. 1/5
Verse 2
Thy name salvation is,
Which here we come to prove;
Thy name is life and health and peace
And everlasting love. 2/5
Verse 3
We meet, the grace to take
Which Thou hast freely given;
We meet on earth for Thy dear sake,
That we may meet in heaven. 3/5
Verse 4 Present we know Thou art, But O
Thyself reveal!
Now, Lord, let every bounding heart
The mighty comfort feel. 4/4
Verse 5
O may Thy quickening voice
The death of sin remove;
And bid our inmost souls rejoice In hope of
perfect love!
Amen. 5/5
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402 All praise to our redeeming
Lord
Verse 1
All praise to our redeeming Lord,
Who joins us by his grace,
And bids us, each to each restored,
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