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HYMNS 
 
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 ASCENSION-DAY. 
 
 HYMN I. 
 
 1 T IFT up your heads, ye gates, 
 
 p. J To' admit your King ag^in I * 
 
 Return'd from earth he waits 
 With hall his angel train : 
 Wide open throw the heavenly fcene. 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 
 2 Inflinft with living powers 
 
 The huge Portcullis raife, 
 Ye everlaiting doors ^^ 
 
 Difclofe the holieft place, 
 Wide open throw the heavenly fcene. 
 Receive the King ot Glory in. 
 
 3 He comes, He comes from far, 
 
 The ftrong and mighty Lord, 
 Mighty and ftiong in war. 
 To claim his juft reward ; 
 Wide open throw the heavenly fcene. 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 
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• . ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 4 The Lord of Hods is He, 
 
 The Omnipotent I AM, 
 Glorious in majefiy, 
 JEHOVAH is his name : 
 Wide open throw the heavenly fcene. 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 
 5 Jehovah, Jefus, — Lord 
 
 Of earth and heaven receive. 
 Who comes that man reftor'd 
 With God again may live: 
 Wide open throw ihe heavcnjy fcene. 
 Receive the King of Glory in. 
 
 6 Fore-runner of mankind, 
 
 For us he reigns on high, 
 Till all his members join'd 
 Repeat the joyful cry, 
 , Wide open throw the heavenly fcene« 
 Receive the Sons of Glory in ! 
 
 HYMN IL 
 
 j f^ CD Is gone up on high 
 Vjr With a triumphant noife, 
 The clarions of the fky 
 
 Proclaim <Jie' angelic joys ! 
 Join all on earth,, rejoice and fing, 
 Glory afcribe to glory*s King. 
 
 B God in the flefh below, 
 For us he reigns above : 
 Let all the nations know 
 
 Our Jefu's conquering love ! 
 Join all on eanh, rejoice and fing 
 Glory afcribe to jglory's King. 
 
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ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 3 All power lo our great Lord, 
 
 Is by his Father given, 
 By angel-hofts ador'd 
 
 He reigns fupreme in heaven : 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and fing, 
 Glory afcribe to glory's King. 
 
 4 High on his holy feat. 
 
 He bears the righteous fway, 
 His foes beneath his leet 
 
 Shall fir)k and die away : 
 Join all on earih, rejoice and fing, 
 Glory afcribe to gloiy's King. 
 
 5 His foes and ours are one, 
 
 Satan, the world, and fin ; 
 But He (hall tread them down, 
 
 And bring his kingdom in : 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and fing, 
 Glory afcribe to glory's King. 
 
 6 Till all the earth renew'd 
 
 In righteoufnefs divine 
 With all the hofts of God 
 In one great chorus join, 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and fing, 
 Glory afcribe to glory's King. 
 
 H Y M N HI. 
 
 1 A ND is He reraov'd 
 XjL Our Mafler belov'd 
 Our heavenly Lord, 
 Is Jefus again to his heaven reilor'd ? 
 He is gone. He is gone 
 To his dearly-bought throne; 
 Vanifh'd out of our fight 
 To. his manfion of pure inaccelFible light. 
 
 A3 a Yet 
 
6 • ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 c Yet Aill we all (hare 
 
 His happincfs there. 
 
 The valley pafs through, 
 Aod our Lord to his heaves of heaven purFue. 
 
 In afTurance of hope 
 
 The members mount up» 
 
 Where Jefus hath led 
 We follow, and reign with our glorified Head. 
 
 3 Our heart is above, 
 Our treafute and love 
 Laid up in the (kv, 
 
 And thither in all our affeBions we fly : 
 
 No longer inclin'd 
 
 To the flefh-pots behind. 
 
 To the world we forego. 
 Not a wifl), or a paflion ihal) wander below. 
 
 4 Onr fpirit is flown 
 To Jefus's throne. 
 Our bodies are here. 
 
 But wait when our Lord in the clouds fiiall 
 appear. 
 
 In the clouds he ftall come 
 
 And take his bride home, 
 
 To his banquet above, 
 To his heavenly falnefs of glory and love. 
 
 HYMN VL 
 
 1 TT AIL, Jefus, hail, our great High Pricft,. 
 XJL Enter'd into thy glorious reft. 
 
 That holy happy place above ! 
 Thou haft the conqueft more than gain'd» 
 The evcrlafting blifs obtain'd 
 
 For all who truft thy dying love. 
 
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ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 e The blood of goats and bullocks flain 
 Could never purge our guilty ftain, 
 
 Could never for our fins atone; 
 But thou thine own moft precious blood 
 Has fpilt to quench the wrath of God, 
 
 Has fav'd us by thy blood alone. 
 
 3 Shed on the altar of thy crofs. 
 Thy blood to God prefented was 
 
 Thro* the eternal Spirit's power ; 
 Thou did ft a fpotlefs vi8im, bleed. 
 That we from fin and fuffering freed 
 
 Might live to God, and fin no more. 
 
 4 That we the promife might receive. 
 Might foon with Thee in glory live. 
 
 Thou ftand'ft before thy Father now ! 
 For us thou doft in heaven appear, 
 Our Surety, Head, and Harbinger, 
 
 Our Saviour to the utmofl Thou. 
 
 5 Not without blood — Thou pray'ft above 
 The marks of thy expiring love 
 
 God on thy hands engraven fees ! 
 He hears thy blood for mercy cry, 
 And fends his Spirit from the fky. 
 
 And fcals our cvcrlafting peace. 
 
 6 Thankful we now the eameft take, 
 The pledge thou wilt at laft come back 
 
 And openly thy fervants own ; 
 To us, who long to fee Thee here. 
 Thou (halt a fecond time appear, 
 
 And bear us to thy glorious throne. 
 
 HYMN 
 
ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 HYMN V. 
 
 John xiv. i, 2. 3. ., 
 
 1 TESUS, we long' to know thy Name^ ' / 
 J To-day, as yefterday the fame 
 
 Our Lord and Saviour be, 
 That comfort of the troubled heart 
 The gift unfpeakable import. 
 
 That fai<h which is in Thee. 
 
 2 Surely we do in God believe : 
 
 Yet oh \ we ftill mud fear and grieve 
 
 Till thou the fecret tell, 
 The end of thy departure fhow. 
 The heaven. infuring faith beftow, 
 
 And all thy love reveal. 
 
 3 Us by thy Spirit certify. 
 
 That we, even we fhall in the fky 
 
 Our happy Manfions find, 
 There in thy Father's houfe above, 
 Celeftial thrones of glorious love 
 
 For us, a&d all mankind. ' 
 
 4 Art thou not our Fore-runner gone 
 To claim the kingdom for thine own. 
 
 Thro' Thee to all men given, 
 To challenge, and prepare a place 
 For us, and every child of grace. 
 
 And write our names in heaven ? 
 
 ^ Yes, Thou art furely gone before ; 
 We fee Thee, Lord, on earth no more, 
 
 And for thy abfence mourn ; 
 But lo ! we on thy word depend ; 
 Our griefs and mifeties to end 
 ThoB wilt at laft return 1 
 
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ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 6 Soon as Thou haft our place prepar'd. 
 And made m meet for our reward. 
 
 Thou wih come back again,' 
 Wilt to Thyfelf our fouls receive 
 With Thee eternally to live, 
 
 Eternally to reign. 
 
 HYMN VI. 
 
 1 O INNERS, rejoice ; your peace is made, 
 O Your Saviour on the crofs hath bled, 
 Your God, thro' Jcfus reconcil'd. 
 
 On all his works again hath fmil'd. 
 Hath grace thro' Him and bleffings given 
 To all in earth and all in heaven. 
 
 2 Angels, rejoice in Jefei's grace, 
 
 And vie with man's more favoui'd race, 
 The blood that did for os alone 
 Conferr'd on you fome gift unknown. 
 Your joys thro' Jefu's pains abound. 
 Ye triumph by his glorious wound. 
 
 3 Or 'ftablifh'd and confirm'd by Hini 
 Who did our lower world redeem, 
 Secure ye keep your bleft eftate 
 Firm on an everlafting feat, 
 
 Or rais'd above yourfelves, afpire. 
 In blifs improv'd, in glory higher, 
 
 4 Him ye beheld, our conquering God, 
 Return'd wiih garments roH'd in blood^t 
 Ye faw, and kindled at the fight, 
 
 And fill'd with ftiouts the realms of light. 
 
 With loudeft hallelujahs met. 
 
 And fell, and kifs'd his bleeding feet. 
 
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ID ASCENSION HYMNS* 
 
 5 Ye faw him in the courts above 
 With all his recent prints of love ; 
 
 The wounds, the blood ! ye heard its voice 
 That heighten'd all your higheft joys. 
 Ye felt it fprinkled thro' the flties, 
 And Ihar'd that better facrifice.* 
 
 6 But who oF all your hofts can tell 
 The my flic blifs unlpeakable, 
 The joy that ifTu'd from his fide. 
 And how the pure is purified, 
 The grace fupreme by Jefus given, 
 When heaven itfelf was double heaven ! 
 
 7 Nor angel-tongues can e'er exprcfs 
 The' unutterable happinefs, 
 
 Nor human hearts can e'er conceive 
 The blifs wherein thro* Chrift ye live, 
 But all your heaven, ye glorious poweis, 
 And all your God is doubly ours ! 
 
 HYMN VIL 
 
 1 TESLTS. to Thee we fly, 
 J On Thee for help rely : 
 
 Thou our only refuge art, 
 
 Thou doft all our fears controul, 
 
 Reft; of every troubled heatt. 
 Life of every dying foul, 
 
 2 We lift our JDyfol eyes, 
 And fee the ddzling prize. 
 
 See (he pui chafe of thy blood, 
 Freely now to finners given ; 
 
 Thou the living way baft fhew'd 
 Thou to us haft open'd heaven. 
 
 Hcb. ix. 23. 
 
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ASCENSION HYMNS. 
 
 3 We now divinely Dold 
 Of thy reward lay hold : 
 All thy glorious joy is ours, 
 
 All the treafures of thy love ; 
 Now we tafte the heavenly powers. 
 Now we reign with Thee above. 
 
 ^ Our anchor fure and fail 
 Within the veil is caft 
 Stands our never-failing hope 
 
 Grounded in the holy place. 
 We (hall after Thee mount up. 
 See the Godhead face to face, 
 
 j; By faith already there 
 
 In Thee our Head we are. 
 With our great Fore-runner we 
 
 Now in the heavenly places fit, 
 Banquet with the Deity, 
 
 See the world beneath our feet. 
 
 6 Thou art our fleffi and bone. 
 Thou art to heaven gone ! 
 Gone, that we might ftilj purfue, 
 
 Clofely in thy footfteps tread. 
 Gone, that we might follow too. 
 Reign triumphant with our^ead* 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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