108. Lord of Life, and King of Glory

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Lord of life, and King of glory!
 
Now to Thee our hearts we raise;
 
While we sing the joyful story
 
Of the triumphs of Thy grace.
“And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.” (Acts 3:15)
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.” (Psalm 24:7-10)
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Long in error’s path benighted,
 
Deeply sunk in sin’s abyss,
 
We Thy proffered mercy slighted,
 
Would not have eternal bliss.
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.” (Ephesians 5:8)
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” (Psalm 40:2)
“And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” (John 5:40)
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Straying then on sin’s dark mountain,
 
Thou didst bid us cease to roam,
 
Make us see the living fountain,
 
Call with power Thy wanderers home.
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” (Matthew 18:12)
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-38)
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Jesus, strength of our salvation,
 
None can pluck us from Thy hand;
 
In the hour of dark temptation,
 
Kept by Thee we safely stand.
“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.” (Psalm 140:7)
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13)
“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:5)
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Though by enemies surrounded,
 
Onward still our steps we wend;
 
All our foes shall be confounded,
 
Safely come our journey’s end.
“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” (Psalm 23:5)
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Grace begun shall end in glory;
 
Jesus, He the victory won;
 
In His own triumphant story
 
Is the record of our own.
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
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