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BOOK III. Or more display the glorious right Of our exalted King.

2 This subject fills the starry plains With wonder, joy, and love ; And furnishes the noblest strains For all the harps above : While the redeem d in praise combine To grace upon the throne, Angels in solemn chorus join, And make the theme their own.

3 Grace reigns, to pardon crimson sins, To melt the hardest hearts ; And from the work it once begins It never more departs : The world and Satan strive in vain Against the chosen few ; Secured by grace s conq ring reign, They all shall conquer too.

4 Grace tills the soil, and sows the seeds. Provides the sun and rain, Till from the tender blade proceeds The ripenM harvest grain. Tis grace that call d our souls at first, By grace thus far we re come, And grace will help us through the worst, And lead us safely home.

5 Lord, when this changing life is past,. If we may see thy face, How shall we praise and love at last, And sing the reign of grace. Yet let us aim, while here below, Thy mercy to display ; And own at least the debt we owe, Although we cannot pay.

1 PREPARE a thankful song To the Redeemer s name!