6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
Oh, may my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death!

7 Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day;
And sing, with rapture and surprise,
His loving-kindness in the skies.

ALL hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall,

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown Him-Lord of all.

2 Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from the Altar call;

Extol the stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown Him-Lord of all.

3 Hail Him, the Heir of David's line,
Whom David, Lord did call;
The God incarnate! Man divine!
And crown Him-Lord of all.

4 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him-Lord of all.

5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him-Lord of all.

6 Let every kindred, every tribe
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him-Lord of all.

Hymn 259.

THE strain upraise of joy and praise:

For the glory of their King,

Alleluia.

Shall the ransomed people sing;

Alleluia.

And the choirs that dwell on high
Shall re-echo through the sky

Alleluia.

They in the rest of Paradise who dwell,
The blessed ones, with joy the chorus swell.
Alleluia.

2 The planets beaming on their heavenly way, The shining constellations, join and say, Alleluia.

Ye clouds that onward sweep,

Ye thunders echoing loud and deep,
Ye winds on pinions light,
Ye lightnings wildly bright,
In sweet consent unite

Your Alleluia.

3 Ye floods and ocean billows,
Ye storms and winter snow,
Ye days of cloudless beauty,
Hoar frost and summer glow,
Ye groves that wave in spring,
And glorious forests, sing

Alleluia.

First let the birds, with painted plumage

gay,

Exalt their great Creator's praise, and say

Alleluia.

4 Then let the beasts of earth, with varying

Alleluia.

Thou jubilant abyss of ocean cry,

Ye tracts of earth and continents reply,

Alleluia.

5 To God who all creation made, The frequent hymn be duly paid,

Alleluia.

This is the strain, the eternal strain, the Lord Almighty loves, Alleluia. This is the song, the heavenly song, that Christ the King approves. Alleluia.

Therefore we sing, both heart and voice

awaking,

Alleluia.

Alleluia.

And children's voices echo, answer mak

ing,

Now from all men be outpoured

Alleluia to the Lord:

With Alleluia evermore

The Son and Spirit we adore:

Praise be done to the Three in One! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.

PEACE.

Hymn 260.

H for a heart to praise my God,

OH

A heart from sin set free!

A heart that always feels Thy blood,
So freely spilt for me;

C. M.

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer's throne;
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone;

3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true and clean;

Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within;

4 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine,

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine!

5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;

Write Thy, new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

Hymn 261.

C. M.

HERE is a fold whence none can stray,

THERE

And pastures ever green,

Where sultry sun, or stormy day,

Or night is never seen.

2 Far up the everlasting hills,

In God's own light it lies;
His smile its vast dimension fills
With joy that never dies.

3 One narrow vale, one darksome wave,
Divides that land from this;

I have a Shepherd pledged to save,
And bear me home to bliss.

4 Soon at His feet my soul will lie,
In life's last struggling breath ;
But I shall only seem to die,
I shall not taste of death.

5 Far from this guilty world, to be
Exempt from toil and strife;
To spend eternity with Thee,
My Saviour, this is life!