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Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

Verse 1

Verse 1

Verse 1

Alleluia! sing to Jesus! His the scepter, His the throne.

Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone.

Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood.

Jesus out of every nation has redeemed us by His blood.

Verse 2

Verse 2

Verse 2

Alleluia! not as orphans are we left in sorrow now;

Alleluia! He is near us, faith believes, nor questions how;

Though the cloud from sight received Him when the forty days were o'er

Shall our hearts forget His promise, "I am with you evermore"?

Verse 3

Verse 3

Verse 3

Alleluia! bread of angels, Thou on earth our food, our stay;

Alleluia! here the sinful flee to Thee from day to day:

Intercessor, Friend of sinners, Earth's Redeemer, plead for me,

Where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea.