95. Break Forth and Sing the Song

S.M.
by I. Watts, 1709; altered by W. Hammond, 1745
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Break forth and sing the song
 
Of "Glory to the Lamb!"
 
Wake every heart and every tongue
 
To praise the Savior’s name.
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” (Revelation 5:13)
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Sing of His dying love;
 
Sing of His rising power;
 
Sing how He intercedes above
 
For those whose sins He bore.
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” (Ephesians 5:25)
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” (Philippians 3:10)
“No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.” (John 10:18)
“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
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Sing on your heavenly road,
 
Ye sons of glory, sing;
 
To the ascended Lamb of God,
 
Your cheerful praises bring.
“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” (Hebrews 2:10)
“And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” (Luke 24:51)
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Soon shall we hear Him say,
 
"Ye ransomed pilgrims, come";
 
Soon will He call us hence away,
 
And take us to His home.
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.” (Revelation 4:1)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
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Then shall each raptured tongue
 
His fullest praise proclaim;
 
And sweeter voices wake the song
 
Of "Glory to the Lamb!"
“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” (Revelation 5:13)
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