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Excerpt from Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern: For the Use of All Who Love to Sing the Praises of God in Christ, in the Family, the School, or the Church Sing unto Him a new song; Play skillfully with a loud noise. The religion of the Bible has its origin in the love of God, and in its effects makes manifest His infinite benevolence. In bringing many sons unto glory through Jesus Christ, God has designed to show forth His own perfections and promote the highest happiness of man. The Redeemer not only saves from death in sin, and gives shelter from the wrath to come to those who ee to Him for refuge, He also secures them to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. He not only sets before them many great and precious promises, but He also gives to them a present earnest and foretaste of these glorious things. He calms the restless spirit with peace, inspires the heart with hepe that can not make ashamed, causes man to be joyful even in the midst of sorrow, and puts a' new song into his mouth, even praise unto the God who saves. The Chris tian receives the oil of joy instead of mourning, and the garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Though he still must suffer, he rejoices; though he sighs, yet for all that he sings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.