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1,496 HYMNS. [PAl
Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, th’ appointed day.
; 3 Hell and the grave combin’d their force
To hold our Lord in vain;
i Sudden the Conqueror arose.
And burst their feeble chain.
1 4 To thy great name, almighty Lord !
We sacred honours pay.
And loud hosannas shall proclaim
The triumphs of the day.
I 5 Salvation and immortal praise
To our victorious King !
Let heav’n and earth, and rocks and seas.
With glad hosannas ring.
496.
A Hymn for the Lord’s Day Evening.
S 1 'C'REQUENT the day of God returns.
To shed its quickening beams.
And yet how slow devotion burns !
How languid are its dames!
;; 2 Accept our faint attempts to love.
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;
We would be like thy saints above,
ij And praise thee while we live,
i 3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope.
And fit us to ascend.
Where the assembly ne’er breaks up.
The Sabbath ne’er shall end.
4 Where we shall breathe in heav’nly air,
With heav’nly lustre shine;
Before the throne of God appear.
And feast on love divine ;
5 Where we, in high seraphic strains,
Shall all our pow’rs employ;