God God, Blessed be our

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