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For Thine is the Kingdom,                               028 Praise to the Lord, the
        The power and the glory                                 Almighty, the King of Creation
        Hallowed be Thy name For ever and ever and
        ever and ever                                           Verse 1
                                                                Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of
        Hallowed be Thy name
                                                                Creation;
        Amen, amen, it shall be so,  Hallowed be Thy            O my soul, praise Him for He is thy health and
                                                                salvation;
        name
        Amen, amen, it shall be so,                             All ye who hear,
        Hallowed be Thy name.  (HOME)                           Brothers and sisters draw near,
        HOME                                                    Praise him in glad adoration.  1/5

        027 Praise to the Holiest in the                        Verse 2
                                                                Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work
        height                                                  and defend thee; Surely His goodness and
        Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the         mercy here daily attend thee:
        depth be praise; in all his words most wonderful,       Ponder anew
        most sure in all his ways!  1/7                         What the Almighty can do,
                                                                If with His love he befriend thee.  2/5
        O loving wisdom of our God! When all was sin
        and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to            Verse 3
        the rescue came.  2/7                                   Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their
                                                                warfare are waging,
        O wisest love! that flesh and blood, which did in       Who, when the elements madly around thee are
        Adam fail, should strive afresh against the foe,        raging,
        should strive, and should prevail;  3/7                 Biddeth them cease,
                                                                Turneth their fury to peace,
        and that a higher gift than grace should flesh          Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.  3/5
        and blood refine: God's presence and his very
        self, and essence all-divine.  4/7                      Verse 4
                                                                Praise to the Lord, who when darkness of sin is
        O generous love! that he who smote in man for           abounding,
        man the foe, the double agony in Man for man            Who, when the godless do triumph,
        should undergo.  5/7                                    All virtue confounding,
                                                                Sheddeth his light,
        And in the garden secretly, and on the cross on         Chaseth the horrors of night,
        high, should teach his brethren, and inspire to         Saints with his mercy surrounding.  4/5
        suffer and to die.  6/7
                                                                Verse 5
        Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the         Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore
        depth be praise; in all his words most wonderful,       Him!  All that hath life and breath,  ome now
        most sure in all his ways!  7/7  (HOME)                 with praises before Him!
        HOME                                                    Let the amen
                                                                Sound from His people again:
                                                                Gladly for aye we adore him,  5/5
                                                                Amen.  (HOME)
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