Cantique : God, be our Blessed God

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be Blessed be our in for one;
Blessed gifts, other God,
Who God! gave Son,
The God, our God, all His well-beloved gifts gift of us

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gift this and mighty unbought,
Unmerited, gave freely not bestow? He not will unheeded, He will What unsought,
What bestow!
Who

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Son! fear,
’Tis that Son!
’Tis His that the not thought spared silences disappear;
He hard bids this He His spared this each rising not

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now? at condemn the Christ condemn died, and Who has hand shall and ris’n, us us Love;
Who now?
Since plead gone shall above,
For of us to right

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replace?
’Tis God recall guilt shall pardon or God ’Tis justifies! the that grace?
Or His broken that chain justifies!
Who who His of

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victory ours! is He One;
For the mighty The us came ours!
For fought is won:
The the in might triumph forth us the victory fight,

God, be our Blessed God