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REJOICING.
2 Ere rolling worlds began to move,
Or ere the heavens were stretched abroad
Thy awful throne was fixed above,
From everlasting thou art God.
3 The Lord, the mighty God on high,
Controls the fiercely raging seas ;
He speaks, and noise and tempest fly,
The waves sink down in gentle peace.
4 Thy sovereign laws are ever sure,
Eternal holiness is thine,
And, Lord, thy people should be pure,
And in thy blest resemblance shine.
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God’s love. Joliniii, 16.
1 ’T'WAS not to make Jehovah’s love
* Towards the sinner flame,
That Jesus from his throne above,
A suffering man became.
2 ’Twas not the death which he endured,
Nor all the pangs he bore,
That God’s eternal love procured,
For God was love before.
3 He loved the world, his own elect,
With love surpassing thought :
Nor will his mercy e’er neglect
The souls so dearly bought.
4 The warm affections of his breast
Towards his children burn,
And in his love lie’ll ever rest,
Nor from his oath return.
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