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JOIN all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore; All are too mean to speak His worth, Too mean to set my Saviour forth. |
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2 | Great Prophet of my God, My tongue would bless Thy name: By Thee the joyful news Of our salvation came; The joyful news of sins forgiven, Of hell subdued, and peace with Heaven. |
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3 | Jesus, my great High Priest, Offered His blood and died; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside: His powerful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne. |
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4 | To my dear Surety’s hand Will I commit my cause; He answers and fulfils His Father’s broken laws: Behold my soul at freedom set! My Surety paid the dreadful debt. |
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5 | My Advocate appears For my defence on high; The Father bows His ears And lays His sentence by: Not all that hell or sin can say Shall turn His heart and love away. |
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6 | My Saviour and my Lord, My Conqueror and my King! Thy sceptre and Thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing: Thine is the power: behold I sit In willing bonds beneath Thy feet. |
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Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |