lives He lives, the great Redeemer

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before joy Father, His Redeemer great God,
Pleads the lives, He assurance of now, the gives!
And the full His merits blest lives,
What blood.
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appears;
But face
Sweet our all Savior’s in the Repeated with fears,
And Mercy Justice and awake smiles, crimes frowns is peace. lovely armed
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our rise,
And black, terror despairing dies. recedes, then, guilt Hence, and above mighty intercessions faults,
His thoughts;
Above our fears, ye
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every dart,
That their Satan In His sin on heart. dear join and hour,
When distressful Jesus repel us hope dark, this bears the power,
Let
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never, Advocate, Him must humble pleads, prevail. cause fail,
For and our Friend!
On can Great never depend;
Our almighty hopes Jesus