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<h2>THE GOD OF ABRAHAM PRAISE</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“O Lord, God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Israel.” 1 Chronicles 29:18</h3></p>
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<p><em>Words:</em> From <em>The Yigdal</em> of Daniel ben Judah, circa 1400, paraphrased by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_o_l_olivers_t.html" target="_blank">Thomas Olivers</a>, circa 1765; first appeared in <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_e_wesley_j.html" target="_blank">John Wesley</a>’s <em>Pocket Hymnbook for the Use of Christians of All Denominations</em>, 1785. The lyrics are based on the 13 creeds of Moses Maimonides (circa 1130 - circa 1204).</p>
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<p>Daniel ben Judah was a Jewish judge in Rome.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Leoni,” Hebrew melody, <em>Sacred Harmony</em>, 1780 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_l_leoni.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>The God of Abraham praise, Who reigns enthroned above;<br>
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Ancient of Everlasting Days, and God of Love;<br>
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Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and heaven confessed;<br>
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I bow and bless the sacred Name forever blessed.</p>
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<p>Formless, all lovely forms declare His loveliness;<br>
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Holy, no holiness on earth can His express.<br>
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Lo, He is Lord of all, creation speaks His praise,<br>
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And everywhere, above, below, His will obeys.</p>
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<p>The God of Abraham praise, at Whose supreme command<br>
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From earth I rise, and seek the joys; at His right hand:<br>
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I all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power;<br>
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And Him my only Portion make, my Shield and Tower.</p>
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<p>He knoweth every thought, our secrets open lie,<br>
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End as beginning clear to His all seeing eye.<br>
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Wih perfect poise He binds, accordant to the deed,<br>
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To wrong the doom, to right the joy, in measured meed.</p>
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<p>The God of Abraham praise, Whose all sufficient grace<br>
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Shall guide me all my happy days, in all my ways.<br>
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He calls a worm His friend, He calls Himself my God;<br>
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And He shall save me to the end, through Jesus’ blood.</p>
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<p>The great I AM has sworn; I on this oath depend.<br>
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I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to heaven ascend.<br>
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I shall behold God’s face; I shall God’s power adore,<br>
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And sing the wonders of God’s grace forevermore.</p>
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<p>Though nature’s strength decay, and earth and hell withstand,<br>
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To Canaan’s bounds I urge my way, at His command.<br>
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The watery deep I pass, with Jesus in my view;<br>
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And through the howling wilderness my way pursue.</p>
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<p>The heavenly land I see, with peace and plenty blessed;<br>
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A land of sacred liberty, and endless rest.<br>
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There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound,<br>
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And trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned.</p>
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<p>There dwells the Lord our King, the Lord our righteousness,<br>
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Triumphant over the world and sin, the Prince of peace;<br>
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On Zion’s sacred height His kingdom still maintains,<br>
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And glorious with His saints in light forever reigns.</p>
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<p>He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side,<br>
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Arrays in garments white and pure His spotless bride:<br>
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With streams of sacred bliss, with groves of living joys,<br>
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With all the fruits of paradise, He still supplies.</p>
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<p>Before the great Three-One they all exulting stand,<br>
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And tell the wonders He hath done, through all their land:<br>
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The listening spheres attend, and swell the growing fame;<br>
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And sing, in songs which never end, the wondrous Name.</p>
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<p>The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing,<br>
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And “Holy, holy, holy!” cry, “Almighty King!<br>
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Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be:<br>
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Jehovah, Lord, the great I AM, we worship Thee!”</p>
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<p>Before the Savior’s face the ransomed nations bow.<br>
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Overwhelmed at His almighty grace, forever new:<br>
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He shows His prints of love—they kindle to a flame!<br>
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And sound through all the worlds above the slaughtered Lamb.</p>
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<p>The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high;<br>
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“Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” they ever cry.<br>
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Hail, Abraham’s God, and mine! (I join the heavenly lays)<br>
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All might and majesty are Thine, and endless praise.</p>
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