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He wrapped Him in our clay;                             Thou, His vanquisher before,
        Unmarked by human eye,                                  Wilt not suffer us to fail.  4/5
        The latent Godhead lay; Infant of days He here
        became,                                                 Verse 5
        And bore the mild Immanuel's name.                      Watching, praying, strugling thus
                                                                Vict'ry ours at lastshall be;
        Unsearchable the love                                   Angels minister to us,
        That hath the Saviour brought;                          As they ministered to thee. 5/5
        The grace is far above                                  HOME
        Or man or angel's thought: Suffice for us that          080 Holy Holy, Holy, Lord God Of
        God, we know, Our God, is manifest below.               Host

        He deigns in flesh to appear,                           Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts
                                                                Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts
        Widest extremes to join;
        To bring our vileness near, And make us all             Heav'n and earth are filled with your glory.
        divine : And we the life of God shall know, For
                                                                Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
        God is manifest below.
                                                                Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest
        Made perfect first in love,
        And sanctified by grace,                                Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
        We shall from earth remove, And see his                 Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest
        glorious face: His love shall then be fully             Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
        showed,  And man shall all be lost in God.              Lord
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        078 Forty days and forty nights                         Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
                                                                Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest
        Verse 1                                                 Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!
        Forty days and forty nights                             Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest
        Thou wast tasting in the wild,                          HOME
        Forty days and forty nights                             082 I danced on the morning
        Tempted, and yet undeflled : 1/5
                                                                Verse 1
        Verse 2                                                 I danced on the morning, when the world was
        2/5 Sunbeams scorching day by day,                      begun, I danced in the moon and the stars and
        Chilly dewdrops nightly shed,                           the sun, And Icame down from heaven and I
        Prowling beasts about Thy way,                          danced on earth, At Bethlehem, I had my birth.

        Stones Thy pillow, earth Thy bed.  2/5
                                                                Dance, then where every you may be,
        Verse 3                                                 I am the lord of the Dance said he,
                                                                And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
        Shall not we thy sorrow share Learn thy
        discipline of will:                                     And I'll lead you all in the dance said he.  1/5
        And like thee, by fast and prayer,
        Wrestle with the powers of ill  3/5                     Verse 2
                                                                I danced for the Scribe and the Pharisee,
        Verse 4                                                 But they would not dance and they would not
                                                                follow me;
        What if satan, vexing sore,
        Flesh and spirit shall assail,                          I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
                                                                They came to me and the dance went on

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