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COOKIES OF CHRIST.
D Tis there, with the chosen of Jesus, I long
To dwell, and eternally join in the song
Of praising and blessing with angels on high,
Christ Jesus, the Rock that is higher than I.
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The humiliation, exaltation f and triumphs of Christ.
1 DEGIN, my soul, the heavenly song,
D A burden for an angel’s tongue;
When Gabriel sounds the solemn things
He tunes and summons all his strings.
2 Proclaim inimitable love ;
Jesus the Lord of worlds above,
Puts off the beams of bright array,
And veils the God in mortal clay.
3 He that distributes crowns and thrones,
Hangs on a tree, and bleeds and groans:
The Prince of Life resigns his breath;
The King of Glory bows to death.
4 But see the wonders of his power;
He triumphs in his dying hour;
And while by Satan’s rage he fell,
He dashed the rising hopes of hell.
5 Thus were the hosts of death subdued,
And sin was drowned in Jesus’ blood;
Then he arose, and reigns above,
And conquers sinners by his love.
6 Who shall fulfill this boundless song ?
The theme surmounts an angel’s tongue:
How long, how vain, are mortal airs,
When Gabriel’s nobler harp despairs I
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