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[part V
216 HYMNS.
2 Divine at first, a holy flame
Kindled by the Almighty’s breath ;
Till stain’d by sin, it soon became
The seat of darkness, strife, and death.
3 Bnt Jesus, O amazing grace !
Assum’d our nature as his own.
Obey’d and suffer’d in our place.
Then took it with him to his throne.
4 Now wh^t is man, when grace reveals
The virtue of a Saviour’s blood ?
Again a life divine he feels,
Despises earth, and walks with God.
5 And what, in yonder realms above.
Is ransom’d man ordain’d to be ?
With honour,-holiness, and love,
No seraph more adorn’d than he.
6 Nearest the throne, and first in song,
Man shall his hallelujahs raise:
While wond’ring angels round him throng,
And styell the chorus of his praise.
216.
Praise for the loving-kindness of the Lord.
Psalm Ixiii. 3.
1 AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays.
And sing thy great Redeemer’s praise.
He jtistly claims a song from me,
His'loving-kindness, O how free !
2 He saw me ruih’d in the fall.
Yet lov’d me notwithstanding all;
He sav’d me from my lost estate.
His loving-kindness, O how great!
5 Though num’rous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
lie safely leads my soul along.
His loving-kindness, O how strong 1