Blessed God, be our God

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gifts for of be His God! gave be one;
Blessed God, Son,
    The our in God,
Who our Blessed gift all well-beloved us other gifts, God,
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and freely this unsought,
What unheeded, unbought,
    Unmerited, mighty gave What He not will bestow? gift bestow!
Who not He will
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Son! that spared Son!
’Tis not He fear,
    ’Tis disappear;
He silences thought hard that spared His His this the this rising bids each not
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the at shall died, hand us gone now? has Who above,
    For condemn shall and condemn to right Love;
Who plead and us us now?
Since Christ of ris’n,
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’Tis His God pardon the recall of God His that or shall that who justifies!
Who replace?
’Tis guilt chain justifies! grace?
    Or broken
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ours! in victory the The forth victory is the mighty ours!
For might fight, One;
    For He fought came us is the triumph won:
The us