"Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Hail thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; thou didst free savlation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Savior, bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favor; life is given through thy name."

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"Let us praise, and join the chorus of the saints enthroned on high; here they trusted Christ before us, now their praises fill the sky: "You have washed us with your blood, you are worthy, Lamb of God!"

"Let us wonder: grace and justice join and point to mercy's store; when through grace in Christ our trust is, justice smiles and asks no more: he who washed us with his blood has secured our way to God."

"Let us sing, though fierce temptation threaten hard to bear us down! For the Lord, our strong salvation, holds in view the conqu'ror's crown: he who washed us in his blood soon will bring us home to God."

"Let us love the Lord who bought us, pitied us when enemies, called us by his grace, and taught us, gave us ears and gave us eyes: he has washed us with his blood, he presents our souls to God."

"Let us love and sing and wonder, let us praise the Savior's name! He has hushed the law's loud thunder, he has quenched Mount Sinai's flame: he has washed us with his blood, he has brought us nigh to God."

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Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, Son of God and Son of Man! Thee will I cherish, thee will I honor, thou my soul's glory, joy, and crown. Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations! Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, now and forever more be thine.

"Thou art the Life, by which alone we live, and all our substance and our strength receive; O comfort us in death's approaching hour, stronghearted then to face it by thy pow'r.”

"Thou art the King of mercy and of grace, reigning omnipotent in every place; so come, O King, and our whole being sway; shine on us with the light of thy pure day."

"Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: May Jesus Christ be praised. Be this th'eternal song, through all the ages on: May Jesus Christ be praised."

“In heav'n's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this: May Jesus Christ be praised. The pow'rs of darkness fear, when this sweet chant they hear: May Jesus Christ be praised."

"When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries: May Jesus Christ be praised. Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair: May Jesus Christ be praised.”

"Hallelujahs render to the Lord most tender, ye who know and love the Savior. Hallelujahs sing ye, ye redeemed, oh, bring ye hearts that yield him glad behavior. Blest are ye endlessly; sinless there forever, ye shall laud him ever."

"O my soul, rejoicing, sing, thy praises voicing, sing, with hymns of faith adore him! All who here have being, shout, your voices freeing, bow down in the dust before him. He is God Sabaoth; praise alone the Savior, here and there forever."

"Heavens, spread the story of our Maker's glory, all the pomp of earth obscuring. Sun, thy rays be sending, thy bright beams expending, light to all the earth assuring. Moon and star, praise afar him who glorious made you; the vast heavens aid you."

"Wondrous King, all glorious, sov'reign Lord victorious, oh, receive our praise with favor! From thee welled God's kindness tho' we in our blindness strayed from thee, our blessed Savior. Strengthen thou, help us now; let our tongues be singing, thee our praises bringing."

"Savation to God, who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud and honor the Son. The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.”

“Jesus, the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; 'tis music to the sinner's ears, 'tis life and health and peace. He breaks the pow'r of reigning sin, he sets the pris'ner free; his blood can make the foulest clean, his blood availed for me.”