Messiah, Joy of Every Heart

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Messiah, the Saviour and the Judge.

MESSIAH, joy of every heart,
   Thou, thou the King of glory art,
   The Father’s everlasting Son:
   Thee it delights thy Church to own;
   For all our hopes on thee depend,
   Whose glorious mercies never end.

2 When thou hadst render’d up thy breath,
   And, dying, drawn the sting of death,
   Thou didst from earth triumphant rise,
   And ope the portals of the skies;
   That all who trust in thee alone,
   Might follow, and partake thy throne.

3 Seated at God’s right hand again,
   Thou dost in all his glory reign;
   Thou dost, thy Father’s image, shine
   In all the attributes divine;
   And thou with jmlgment clad shalt come,
   To seal our everlasting doom.

4 Wherefore we now for mercy pray;
   O Saviour, take our sins away:
   Before thou as our Judge appear,
   In dreadful majesty severe,
   Appear our Advocate with God,
   And save the purchase of thy blood.
                  Charles Wesely
                  Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1879 edition)

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Hymnary.org adds two verses:

5. Wherefore we now for mercy pray;
   O Savior, take our sins away!
   Before Thou as our judge appear,
   In dreadful majesty severe,
   Appear our advocate with God,
   And save the purchase of Thy blood.

6. Hallow, and make Thy servants meet,
   And with Thy saints in glory seat;
   Sustain and bless us by Thy sway,
   And keep to that tremendous day,
   When all Thy church shall chant above,
   The new eternal song of love.

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