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Put forth the strength that He hath

granted,

Your noblest work is to adore; My soul and body, make ye meet With heartfelt praise your Lord to greet!

4 Ye forest leaves so green and tender,
That dance for joy in summer air;
Ye meadow grasses bright and slender,
Ye flowers so wondrous sweet and fair
Ye live to show His praise alone,

Help me to make His glory known!

5 O all things that have breath and motion, That throng with life, earth, sea, and sky,

Now join me in my heart's devotion,
Help me to raise His praises high;
My utmost powers can ne'er aright
Declare the wonders of His might.

6 Dear Father, endless praise I render
For soul and body strangely joined;
I praise Thee, guardian kind and tender,
For all the noble joys I find

So richly spread on every side,
And freely for my use supplied.

7 What equal praises can I offer,

Dear Jesus, for Thy mercy shown? What pangs, my Savior, didst Thou suffer,

And thus for all my sins atone!
Thy death alone my soul could free
From Satan, to be blest with Thee.

8 Honor and praise, still onward reaching, Be Thine too, Spirit of all grace,

Whose holy power and faithful

teaching

Give me among Thy saints a place: Whate'er of good in me may shine Comes only from Thy light divine.

9 Who grants abundant gifts to bless me? Who, but Thyself, O God of love?

Who guards my ways lest fears oppress me?

'Tis Thou, Lord God of hosts, above! And when my sins Thy wrath provoke, Thy patience, Lord, forbears the stroke.

10 I kiss the rod, too, unrepining,

When God His chastening makes me feel,

My graces call for His refining,

The trial works no lasting ill:
It purifies and makes it known
That He regards me as a son.

11 In life I often have discovered,

With gratitude and glad surprise, When clouds of sorrows o'er me hovered,

God sent from them my best supplies:

In troubles He is ever near,

And shows me all a Father's care.

12 Why not, then, with a faith unbounded,
Forever in His love confide?
Why not, with earthly griefs sur-
rounded,

Rejoicing still in hope abide?
Until I reach that blissful home

Where doubt and sorrow never come?

I cry,

13 No more low vanities regarding, To Thee, in whom I find my rest, my inmost soul according, "My God, Thou art the Highest, Best; Strength, honor, praise, and thanks, and power

Be Thine, both now and evermore!"

14 Lord, I will tell, while I am living,
Thy goodness forth with every breath,
And greet each morning with thanks-
giving,

Until my heart is still in death;
Yea, when at last my lips grow cold,
Thy praise shall in my sighs be told.

15 O Father, deign Thou, I beseech Thee, To listen to my earthly lays;

A nobler strain in heav'n shall reach

Thee,

When I with angels hymn Thy praise, And learn amid their choirs to sing Loud hallelujahs to my King.

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PRAISE to the Lord, the Almighty, the
King of creation!

O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy
Health and Salvation!

Join the full throng;

Wake, harp and psalter and song;
Sound forth in glad adoration!

2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,

Who, as on wings of an eagle, uplifteth, sustaineth;

Hast thou not seen

How thy desires all have been

Granted in what He ordaineth?

3 Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully, wondrously made thee;

Health hath vouchsafed, and when heedlessly falling hath stayed thee;

What need or grief

Ever hath failed of relief?

Wings of His mercy did shade thee.

4 Praise to the Lord, who doth visibly bless and defend thee;

Who, from the heavens, the streams of His mercy doth send thee;

Ponder anew

What the Almighty can do,

If with His love He befriend thee!

5 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!

All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!

He is thy Light;

Soul, keep it always in sight,
Gladly forever adore Him!

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NOW thank we all our God

With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

2 O may this bounteous God

Through all this life be near us,

With ever joyful hearts

And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace,

And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills

In this world and the next.

3 All praise and thanks to God
The Father, now be given,
The Son, and Him who reigns
With them in highest heaven:
The One eternal God,

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Whom earth and heaven adore; For thus it was, is now,

And shall be evermore!

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I WILL sing my Maker's praises
And in Him most joyful be,
For in all things I see traces

Of His tender love to me.

Nothing else but love could move Him,
With such sweet and tender care
Evermore to raise and bear

All who try to serve and love Him.
All things else have but their day,
God's great love abides for aye.

2 As an eagle spreadeth over

Her young brood her sheltering wings, So the arm of God did cover Me against affliction's stings. He who life and being gave me, Even in my mother's womb, From the cradle to the tomb, He shall ever guard and save me. All things else have but their day, God's great love abides for aye.

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