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"Sing to Jehovah, all you people of the

earth. For Jehovah is great and very much
to be praised."-Psalm 96:1, 4.
 To Find Songs Desired:
In general, the songs have been arranged
throughout the book in alphabetical order
according to the opening word of the first
verse. For the index of songs according
to subject matter or themes, see
the last four pages.

Copyright, 1984, by
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
of Pennsylvania
Publishers
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.
International Bible Students Association
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Sing Praises to Jehovah

English (LsbE)

Made in the United States of America

1 "Bless Jehovah, 0 My Soul"
(Psalm 103)

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1. All my soul will bless Je - ho - vah - My lips sing praise to
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his ho- ly name-
2. As a fa - ther, God shows mer - cy, For he well knows of dust we are made.
3. For Je -ho - vah has es - tab -lished, In heav'n a - hove, his glo - ri - ous throne.
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Him who is for - giv - ing er - ror, Tak- ing a - way all sor - row and shame.
Like the blos -som of the field is, That is the way we quick- ly will fade.
0 - ver all he has do -min - ion; T'ward all his works his pow'r he has shown.
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Slow to an - ger, mer - ci - ful, gra - cious, All his deal - ings prove him to be.
But Je - ho-vah's great lov- ing-kind- ness Is t'ward all who heed his com-mand.
Bless Je - ho - vah, 0 you his an - gels; With all your heart his name ex-tol.

All the ones who fear

r Je - ho - vah, His lov - ing-kind- ness they will see.
If his or - ders we re-mem- her, God's righ-teous-ness will make us stand.
Bless Je - ho - vah, all his ar - mies. Bless God Je - ho - vah, 0 my soul.
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2 Obeying God Rather Than Men
(Acts 5:29)

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1. All things we do
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please our God; The world we've left be - hind.
2. To "Cae - sar" we pay back his things, Give rul - ers all their due.
3. If we would bring Je - ho - vah praise And lead a peace - ful life,
4. Our sa - cred ser - vice must come first. We will not be de - terred,

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The un - be - liev - ers think we're odd, But

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this we do not mind.
To God such con- duct hon - or brings And shows that he is true.
We may not walk in law - less ways Or join in world - ly strife.
For man - y are the ones that thirst; They need to taste God's Word.
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And rath - er God than men o - bey, That is our firm

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But since we were bought with a price And no more are our own,
We pay our dues to God Most High, Serve his The - oc - ra - cy,
Tho' men may seek to in - ter - fere, We know what course to take:

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Our lives and we do each day A -round him now re - volve.
We take to our Lord's ad - vice And serve our God a - lone.
Thus fear - less e'er tes - ti - fy To his true Sov -'reign - ty.
0 - bey our to him ad- here; He ne'er will us for - sake!
3 Gaining Victory Over the World
(John 16:33)

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1. As we move a - head tri - um-phant

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In Je - ho-vah's strength and
2. In this world we will have trou - ble. Of this fact we're well a - ware.
3. O'er the world we are vie - to -rious Thru our faith in Christ, our Lord.

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Man - y vie - t'ries he does grant us war - fare that is

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right.
But "Take cour- age!" said Christ Je - sus. keep you in my care.'
With his King-dom es - tab-lished, he who wields the sword.

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We in - cur the na - With the preach-ing of God's Word.

Yes, we can at - tain vie - t'ry, For the bat - tie is not ours.
Just as he the world once con-quered, We can sure - ly do the same.

Filled with con - fi - dence in vie - t'ry, We will march on un - de - terred.

God Je - ho - vah does the fight - ing; Fire from him his foes de - vours.
Trust - ing in our God, Je - ho - vah, Glo- rious vie - t'ry we shall claim.
4 God's Promise of Paradise
(Luke 23:43)

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1. A Par - a - dise
r.: our God has prom - ised, By means of
2. Soon here on earth, for God so pur - posed, His Son will
3. 0 joy of joys! What grand re - u • nion When bil - lions
4. Yes, Par - a dise our Lord did prom • ise. And he is
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Christ's mil - len • nial reign, When he'll blot out all sin and
cause the dead to rise. It was the prom ise of Christ
dead re• turn to life! 'Twill be a time of fine in -
now earth's right-ful King. So let us thank our God Je.
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er - ror, Re-mov - ing death and tears and pain.

Je . sus: 'You'll be with me in Par - a dise.'
struc - tion, Com• plete - ly free from hate - ful strife.
ho vah. Do leap for his prais - es sing.
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A Par - a - dise the earth will be. With eyes of

God's Promise of Paradise (continuea)

faith this we can see. This prom - ise Christ shall soon ful -

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5 All Creation, Praise Jehovah!

(Psalm 148)
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1. All ere - a - tion, praise
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Je - ho - vah; Bless his match -less, pre - cious name.
2. Sun and moon and star - ry heav - ens God's grand qual - i - ties dis - play.
3. From the earth is praise as -cend - ing. "0th - er sheep" now make their choice.
4. Let a great crowd from all na -tions To Je - ho - vah 's tern - pl~ stream._
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Day and night his ho -
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ly an - gels Joy - ous - ly do hiP ac -claim.
They o - bey his reg - u - la - tions; Nev - er will these pass a - way.
To serve God, their Grand Cre - a - tor, In his court-yards they re -joice.
He is wor - thy to be wor-shiped. He a - lone is God Su-preme.
6 Declare the Everlasting Good News
(Revelation 14:6-8)

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1. A - round the earth with ur - gen- cy God's an - gel flies,
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With ev - er - last - ing
2.And then what does a sec - ond an - gel loud de - dare That we, Je - ho - vah's
3. The "Son of man" with all his an - gels in ar - ray Be -gins his work of

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good news, high a - mid the skies. He says: 'Give glo - ry and fear him up -
Wit - ness - es, there - in may share? He tells a - bout the fall of Bab - y -
judg - ing na - tions in this day. Hate what is bad. Ap - ply the good, you

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on the throne. Yes, wor - ship God Je - ho - vah and serve him a - lone. For
Ion the Great, That soon de -struc -tion by our God will be her fate. And
faith- ful "sheep." Fear God a - lone and his com-mand-ments ful - ly keep. The

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now has come the MostHigh's awe - some judg - ment hour, Soon all the wick - ed
so Je - ho - vah God com-mands that we pro - claim His ven -geance and the
ob - Ii - ga - tion laid up - on us by our Lord Is, 'Preach the good news,'
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ones will feel his might - y pow'r.'
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Ac - cord - ing - ly God's King -dom preach- ers
vin - di - ca - tion of his name. The field in which we preach and teach is
teach the whole truth of God's Word. As min - is - ters we do ex - hort cou-

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must not fear But speak out bold - ly this good news both far and near.
great in - deed; But God's own an - gel in mid-heav - en takes the lead.
ra - geous - ly, "Come wor -ship God Je - ho - vah, serve him joy - ful - ly."
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7 The Hope of Mankind's Jubilee

(Leviticus 25:10)
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1. Cre - a - tion groans, weighed down in sin. It seems a hope - less plight. A
2. A Ju - bi - lee of peace and rest, To set ere - a - tion free, Christ
3. By means of Christ's Mil - len - nial Reign, Man's lot God will a - mend. The
4. Je - ho - vah's peo - ple sound a - loud This joy - ous hope of theirs. With
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Sab- bath day is soon to dawn. Re - is now in sight.

Je · SUS is to ush - er in; This is by God's de - cree.
glo - rious Ju - bi - lee will bring All bond - age to an end.
beam- ing eyes they look a - head For an - swers to their pray'rs.
8 Loyally Submitting to Theocratic Order
(1 Corinthians 14:33)

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1. As Je - ho-vah's peo - ple

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sound thru-out the earth
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2. Je - sus Christ our Lead - er is in full con - trol; He e -quips the
3. Then we have God's "stew -ard" and His ac - tive force. These will ev - er

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King - dom, of such price -less worth. The - o - crat - ic or - der

sol - diers that he does en - roll. 'Tis a spir-'tual war - fare,
guide us in our Chris - tian course. So may we be stead - fast,

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must all o - bey And re - main u - nit - ed, loy - al - ty dis -
so we have to act As a group, u - nit - ed, close - knit and com -
seek - ing God to please, Loy - al - ly pro - claim - ing all his wise de-

play.
pact. Loy - al sub-mis-sion in rec - og- ni -tion, This to our God we owe.
crees!
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Loy- al - ty to him we show.

9 Jehovah's Blessing Makes Rich

(Proverbs 10:22)
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1. Boun . te - ous bless . ings Je - ho - vah does grant, Al; we u .

2. Though per- se - cu . tion and ha - tred a - bound, And of these
3. If we per -fonn what our hands find to Work . ing in
4. Hence, asGod's wor . ship -ers, may we show Bless . ings there
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hearts we im - plant Words that the wise will ob - serve.

see all a -round, Bold - ly all trials we con-front.
loy • al and true, In us will find keen de - light.
he will re - veal; With them no pain will he add.
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JO Be Steadfast, Unmovable!
(1 Corinthians 15:58)

1. As the "last days" move a - long to the end, Wise - ly in ser - vice our -
2. Plea - sures from Sa - tan's old sys - tern a - bound. Great is the need for our
3. Let us serve God with real vig - or and vim. Care let us take lest our
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selves we ex - pend. Firm and un - mov - a - ble we want to be,

mind to keep sound. If we keep stead-fast, to God ev - er true,
vi - sion grow dim. To the Good News may we al - ways hold fast.

Serv - ing our God faith-ful - ly.

Safe - ly he'll car - ry us thru. Stead fast we
Soon these last days will have passed.

all need to be; Far from this world we keep free, we

Be Steadfast, Unmovable! (continued)

11 The Shulammite Remnant

(Song of Solomon 6:13)
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1. "Dear Shu -
2. Thus speaks
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and fair, Your spir - i - tual
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for hire Since blaz - ings of
4. Fair Shu - lam - mite "rem - nant," temp - ta - tions re - sist . Stay clean for your
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vir - tues are man - y and rare. Your speak - ing is pleas - ant, your
share his e - ter - nal re - ward. And how does the fair one, so
love are like blaz - ings of fire. Un - yield - ing as She - ol all
Bride-groom; on vir - tue in - sist. Your vir - gin com - pan - ions that
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firm as a wall, Re - ply to her Lord, as a mod - el for all?
true love will be. Like flame of Je - ho - vah is your love for me."
walk in your train Re - joice at your course and the prize you will gain.
12 "God Loves a Cheerful Giver"
(2 Corinthians 9:7)

1. As we serve our dear Fa - ther, we should ev • er keep in mind

2. His ex • am - pie in giv - ing we do well to im - i - tate.
3. Yes, the giv - ing that's cheer - ful, to Je - ho - vah brings de light.
4. So to God and Christ Je • SUS we are grate - ful for this joy,

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That he's hap - and gen - 'rous, yes, lov . ing and
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When our giv . ing is cheer - ful, good - will we ere . ate.
It a - dorns all his teach - ing, to love does in . cite.
While ad - vane • ing true wor - ship our pow'rs we em - ploy.

As a Giv - er, he's match - less; e'en his Son for us he gave,
All our time and re - sourc - es, to Je - ho • vah they be - long.
Great in - deed is its val - ue when it wells up from the heart;
May our heart ev - er move us to be cheer-ful as we give

For all sorts of man - kind he most tru - ly wants to save.

If to him we do ~ve them, we nev - er will go wrong.
Hap - pi - ness and great JOY to us then it will im • part.
And to please God Je - ho - vah as long as we will live.
13 Christian Dedication
(Exodus 39:30)

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1. Be - cause Je - ho - vah ere - at - ed The u - ni - verse

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2. The an - cient na - tion of Is - rael, At Si - nai they did say: The
3. In wa - ter Je - sus was bap-tized To righ - teous-ness ful - fill, And
4. We come be -fore you, Je - ho - vah, To praise your name so great. Dis-

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Law Je- ho - vah's giv - en us We glad - ly will o - bey. He
hum - bly he did there pre - sent Him - self to do God's will. When
own - ing self, with hum - ble hearts Our lives we ded - i - cate. You
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breath of life he has giv - en And to

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his crea - tures shown That
was their hus - band-ly own - er; He bought them from the sea. A
he came up from the Jor - dan As God's a - noint - ed Son, 0-
gave your on • ly - be - got - ten, Who paid the price so high. No
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na - tion of ded i • cat ed ones They al - ways should prove to be.
be - dient and loy - al he would serve As God's con - se - crat - ed One.
Ion - ger as !iv - ing for our -selves, For you we shall live or die.
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14 "Be Glad, You Nations"!
(Romans 15:10)

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1. Be glad, you na-tions, with his peo - pie! God's King - dom is at hand.
2.Be glad, you na -tions, with his peo - pie! This sys - tern nears the brink
3.Be glad, you na -tions, with his peo - ple! Go tell from door to door

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Christ Je - sus reigns up - on Mount Zi - on; Re • joice in ev - 'ry land!
Of Ar - ma - ged-don's com- ing bat - tie; It's near - er than they think.
The good news of Je - ho-vah's King- dom; Pro - claim from shore to shore
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The sev - en Gen - tile Times have end - ed; Their kings have had their day.
While men praise their dis - gust - ing im - age And spurn the Prince of Peace,

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Be glad, you na - tions, with his peo - pie! Je - ho - vah's King holds sway.
We hail that One with ju - bi - Ia - tion; His rule will e'er in - crease.
Be glad, you na - tions, with his peo - pie! Serve God in faith - ful - ness.
15 Life Without End-At Last!
(John 3:16)

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1. Can you see, with your mind's eye, Peo ples dwell - ing to - geth er?
2.Man and beast, liv - ing in peace, Cause no harm to each oth - er.
3. In those days old will grow young, Flesh re - vived as in child - hood.
4. Par - a-dise all will en - joy As they sing of God's glo - ry.

Sor -row has passed. Peace at last! Life with- out tears and pain.
Food will be there. All will share In what our God pro - vides.
Trou -hies are gone, from now on No need to weep or fear.
Yes, ev - 'ry day we will say To God our Mak - er, ''Thanks!"

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Sing out with joy of heart. You, too, can have a part.

Live for the day when you'll say: "Life with- out end, at last!"
16 Be Joyful for the Kingdom Hope!
(Romans 15:10-13)

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1. Be joy - ful! Be joy - ful! Take up the glo - rious King - dom hope!
2. Be hap - py! Be hap - py! Hold fast the hope that God pro-vides!
3. Sing prais es! Sing prais - es! The King -dom hope now us on!

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hap - py! Be
joy - ful! God's King- dom is
hap - py! Find rest in God who
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Sing prais - es! Sing prais - es! And serve God zeal - ous ly!

Up - hold his reign with all your might. Be peo - ple full of zeal.
Be strong in your well - found - ed hope. Be ne'er of it a - shamed.
Lift up your eyes and view the fields! The har - vest-time is here,

Hold fast the King -dom hope so bright. Let men know how you feel.
In dark-ness you no Ion - ger grope; From death you were re -claimed.
And great in -deed the fruit it yields, As sheep - like ones draw near.
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joy - ful! Be joy - ful! Make known your glo - rious King - dom hope!
Be hap py! Be hap - py! On God Je - ho - vah base your hope!
Sing prais - es! Sing prais es! To our great God who gives us strength!
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joy - ful! Be joy - God's King - dom is at
Be hap - py! Be hap - Keep free from Sa - tan's snares!
Sing prais - es! Sing prais - Hold fast in - teg - ri - ty!
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17 Jehovah's "Dewdrops" Among Many Peoples

(Psalm 110:3)
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rem-nant of Christ's bride.
2. In the midst of man - y peo - ples, God's true ser-vants are like dew.
3. Fine com-pan-ions aid the rem - nant In this day of King-dom might.
4. Man - y are those vol - un - teer - ing, Fight-ing for Je - ho-vah's fame.

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pre - cious, As they gath - er to his side.
They are gen - tle and - fresh - ing. With all men they peace pur - sue.
0th - er sheep, who are dew -drops, Serve with them in sheer de - light.
May we all be just dew -drops, As the King-dom we pro - claim.
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18 Bless Our Christian Brotherhood
(1 Peter 2:17}

1. Christ Je - SUS with kind - ness And pa - tience ev - er taught,

2. How hap - PY are Chris - tians Who lis ten to God's Word!
3. Let's take to all lov - ers Of truth the King-dom news,

In - struct - ing dis - ci - pies To whom God's peace he brought.

How blest are these meek ones, Who act on what they've heard!
Help them see their priv - 'lege The side of God to choose.

He showed love in real broth- er - hood, With zeal for righ-teous - ness,
Dis - ci - pies of Christ Je - sus, known For lov ing broth - er - hood,
Yes, help them e'er to search for God, While yet he may be found,
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Set pat - terns of hu - mil - i - ty,

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Of love and faith-ful - ness.
Pro - claim God's King-dom rule with joy And do their broth-ers good.
And join with our dear broth -er - hood, That their joy may a - bound.
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Lord Je - ho - vah, heav'n-ly Fa Do bless our Chris-tian broth-er - hood.

19 Joyful All Day Long

(Psalm 32:11)
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1. Come re - joice! Leap for joy! In God's fa - vor we do bask. Joy- ful
2. King-dom truth set us free. For this rea - son we God's own
3. It's a source of great joy To be preach-ing to 0 the

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be, all day long, As we take on ev - 'ry task. There is noth - ing
Son gives com -mand, And we lis - ten to his voice. With his blood he
joy that we have When the sheep-like ones we find. As we love our
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lack -ing. We have God's back -ing.

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bought us. In - deed, he taught us. Our God, thru him, did fix on us his
broth-ers And wel - come oth - ers, We have the peace of be - ing of one

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We have peace, in - ner calm And con-tent-ment that are deep. Self -suf-
Now his King -dom is here, Bring-ing joy be -yond com- pare. He has
All day long, great our joy As the King-dom we make known. A great
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fi - cient we are; Close to God we strive to keep. Full of ex - ul -

raised up a "stew - ard" And placed us in his care. We are now en -
crowd has ap -peared. Look and see how it has grown! May Je - ho - vah

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ta - tion, No de - vi - a - tion, With heart-felt joy much fruit-age we now r e a ~

light-ened; Our hope is bright-ened. This hope with all man-kind we seek to share.
lead us And ev - er feed us. To him we ren-der praise, as God a -lone.
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20 Sing the Song of Kingdom Cheer
(Psalm 96:1, 10)

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1. Come, sing the song of King - dom cheer, You peo - pie of the earth.
2. In this our song of King - dom cheer, Je - ho - vah we ac - claim.
3. Join in the song of King - dom cheer: "Je - ho - vah now is

Sing out the new song loud and clear; Make known the King- dom's birth.
We wor - ship him with all due fear And bless his ho - ly name.
His reign - ing by his Son is here; With joy the heav - ens ring.
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How come - ly are the feet of those That with good news are shod!
The i - dol gods that peo - pie serve Are val - ue - less to them.
Je - ho - vah comes to judge the earth, And with his righ - teous - ness,
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A -mong the na - tions they dis -close, 'Sal - va - tion is by

But from God's wor - ship we'll not swerve; From him all truths do stem.
He'll bless all those who prove their worth Thru all their faith - ful - ness.
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21 Hail Jehovah's Kingdom!
(Revelation 11:17)

1. Come, you Chris - tians, hail God's King-dom, Now es - tab - lished with his Son
2. In the fore - front let the "rem - nant" Of the faith - ful "lit - tie flock"
3. Hail with joy Je - ho - vah's King-dom! Preach with zeal and teach with skill;

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In the heav ens where, as Mi - chael, He o'er Sa - tan vie - t'ry won.
Hail Je - ho - vah's glo - rious King-dom, Which they'll share with Christ the Rock.
Help the meek and hon - est-heart-ed To be-come "men of good-will."

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Soon the Dev - ii, Drag - on, Ser -pent With his de - mons will be bound.
Let all those whose earth - ly hope is To in - hab - it Par - a - dise
Hail Je - ho - vah's won - drous King-dom; Its grand vir - tues now pro-claim.
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Then the Christ will make God's prais- es Ev - 'ry-where on earth re-sound.
Help the "rem - nant" to bear wit - ness, Yes, God's King - dom ad - ver - tise.
It will bring e - ter - nal bless-ings, Vin - di -cate Je - ho - vah's name.
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22 Heeding Jude's Message
(Jude 21)

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2. Warn - ings that are clear and strong Help us see what is
3. With en - tice - ments, men of sin Sub tly our hearts would
4. Yes, we must up a fight For the faith with our
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peal. It was writ - ten for us all So that we

wrong. Sa tan wants us to de fleet But his wiles
win. In God's love we choose to stay, From his ways nev - er
might. Mer - cy, love and god ly peace, To us may they in -
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fall. From its fine, a - bid - ing coun - sel Strength and cour-age we de -
tect. He would have God's or - ders; And with sly, de - cep - tive
stray. How Jude's mes -sage e - quip us, Helps us all to keep a -
crease. To Je - ho - vah our Sav - ior, Thru Christ Je - sus, who's our
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speech, How he tries hard us to o ver -reach!
lert! Thus a • pos - ta - sy we will a • vert.
Lord, Let us hon • or give with one ac - cord.

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23 The Bible's Hope for Mankind
(Romans 12:12)

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1. Dark
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days are here; man lives in fear With dire ex - pee - ta - tion
2. Life's dark-some night, filled with much fright, None can be de - ny - ing,
3. Puffed up with pride, men God de - ride With blas-phe-mous slan - der,
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as to all ere - a - tion. Hav - ing no hope,

r y they grope
for all men are dy - ing. None from the grave his life can save;
in sin's ways me - an der. Sa - tan holds sway o'er earth to - day;
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As the sys- tern nears its end. But the Bi - hie gives us a
All man's work is i - ty. But the Bi - hie holds out a
Wick - ed - ness is round. But the Bi - hie tells us that

rea - son for cheer, Due to all the proofs that the King- dom is
hope for the dead, That a res - ur rec - tion for these lies a.
soon there will be Judg-ment from Je ho - vah, and then all will
The Bible's Hope for Mankind (continue<!)
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near. From the eyes of men God will wipe ev - 'ry tear.
head. To re - fresh - ing foun - tains of life they'll be led.
see, Blot -ting out of wick - ed ones e - ter - nal - ly,

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24 "No Part of the World"

(John 17:16)

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1. Be -cause our God set us a - part, It is to him we give our heart.
2. All world-ly trends we must a - void, In God's own work to keep em-ployed.
3. Those who God's friend - ship cul - ti -vate, This wick - ed world will sure - ly hate.
4. So we take cour - age, un - dis-mayed.
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No part of Sa - tan's world are we; Like Christ, our Lord, we choose to
From flesh-ly things we must ab - stain If we for - ev er would re - main.
Yes, per- se - cu - tion we ex -pect, But God, thru Christ, will us pro- tect.
"Watch o - ver them for your name's sake.'' Hence of his care may we par -take.
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25 God's Pretty Things
(Ecclesiastes 3:11)

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1. Each pret - ty
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thing God made In its ap - point - ed time.
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3. An oc - cu - pa - tion grand That we have come to learn
4. With wis - dom let us all Live each day as we should

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eat and drink and work, This is a giftsub - lime.
Rich bless - ings, so that they May love him all the more.
Is that of wit - ness - ing; It is our high con - cern.
And make God's pur - pose known And seek to do what's good.
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And time in - def - i - nite Deep in our hearts he placed.

With his de - light ful things Men will be oc - cu - pied;
This is a gift of God And brings us hap - pi - ness.
This is our pre - cious lot That we so glad - ly take,
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And for e - ter - ni - ty God will with them
It is a pret - ty thing That we to - day pos-sess.
And all these things we do For God Je - ho - vah 's sake.
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26 Meeting God's Requirements
(Revelation 12:17)

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1. Faith-ful to God O let us be, And hold fast our in - teg - ri - ty.
2. If we our eye just sim - pie keep, Truth in our bod - y will prove deep.
3. 0 let us help our broth- ers true, Help as our-selves our neigh- hors too,

From house to house with joy pro-claim The glo- ries of Je - ho - vah's name.
If 'hove all else we guard the heart, E - ter -nal life will be our part.
And dwell in peace and u - ni - ty, With all who serve God faith - ful - ly.
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To mourn-ing ones, cause them to sing;
If we're a - lert to preach the Word, The truth by man - y will be heard.
We keen- ly do ap - pre - ci - ate, As min - is - ters, our hap - py state.

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Mark in the fore - heads those who sigh, That God may spare them from on high.
If we make straight paths for our feet, With King-dom joys we'll be re - plete.
0 may we keep it free from blame, And thus ex - alt Je - ho - vah's name.
27 Fear Them Not!
(Matthew 10:28)

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1. Ev - er
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on -ward, 0 my peo - pie, Let the King-dom tid - ings go.
2. Tho' your foes be strong and man - y, Tho' they threat- en and re - vile,
3. Nev - er fear you are for - got - ten, I am still your strength and shield.
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Trem - ble not be - fore your foe.

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of truth know
Tho' they use fair speech and smile, The un - war - y to be - guile,
Tho' you die up - on the field, Ev - en death to me will yield.

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That my reign -ing Son, Christ Je - sus, From the heav'ns has cast the foe,
Fear them not, my faith - ful war - riors; Fight; let not your heart grow faint;
Fear them not, my Chris -tian war - riors; Tho' men's boast - ing threats may fly,
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Soon will bind the Dev - il, Sa - tan, Let - ting all his vie - tims go.
For I will pre -serve the faith - ful, Keep them all re -straint.
I will keep all who are faith - ful As the of my eye.
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28 Bless Our Meeting Together

(Hebrews 10:24, 25)
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1. Bless us as
f we meet to - geth - er, Great Je - ho - vah, we now pray.
2. Of our spir - 'tual need we're con - scious; With your Word, please, do us fill.
3. Yes, this meet - ing is for wor - ship; Ho - Ii - ness is what we seek.
4. So, dear Fa - ther, bless our meet - ings; Grant us peace and u - ni - ty.

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For our meet - ings we

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do thank you; May your spir - it with us stay.
Train our minds and tongues to wit - ness, Love with - in our hearts in - still.
We de - sire to know you bet - ter And keep ev - er hum - ble, meek.
For our part we want to serve you, Mag - ni - fy your Sov - 'reign - ty.
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29 Forward, You Witnesses!
(Luke 16:16)

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1. Firm - ter - mined in this time of the Pre - pared are God's
2. Jus - tice truth have been pushed a - side by man. The name of Je-
3. Sol - diers Jah do not seek a life of ease. The world and its

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ser - vants the good news to de -fend. Tho' Sa - tan a -gainst them has vaunt - ed,
ho vah the wick- ed seek to ban. These must be re -stored to their plac - es
rul - ers they do not try to please; at all times re -main - ing,

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In God's strength they keep on un-daunt-ed.
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By Chris - tians with bold, beam-ing fac - es. Then for -ward, you Wit-ness -es,
In - teg - ri - ty al - ways main-tain -ing.

heart! Re- joice that in God's work you, too, may have a part! Go tell far and

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Forward, You Witnesses! (continued)
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wide God's New Or • der is near, That e'er long its rich bless -ings will be here!

30 "Zealous for Fine Works"

(Titus 2:14)
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1. For fine works we ev - er must be zeal - ous As we
2. May our love re - fleet a deep sin - cere - ness, As
3. Zeal for God should mark our ev - 'ry ac tion. Faith,
4. Stead • fast e'er thru trial and trib • u . la - tion, Let

preach the King-dom news world-wide.

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Well we know Je • ho-vah's name is
Chris - tian broth-ers we now serve. In the face of Ar - ma - ged-don's
love, these tru - ly play their part. Such whole-heart - ed - ness brings sat - is -
keep our love from grow-ing cold. Burn - ing zeal for God's own vin - di -

Jeal - ous. In his house we ev - er will a - bide.

near - ness, From such ser vice may we nev • er swerve.
fac tion, Just like fire that burns with - in the heart.
ca - tion Spurs on ward, serv -ing him whole-souled.
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31 Zeal for Jehovah's House
(John 2:17)

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1. For Je - ho -vah's house Christ Je - sus Showed a zeal be - yond com - pare.
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2. The a - pos -tles and dis - ci - pies For fine works were zeal - ous too.
3. And to - day we see a peo - ple With a zeal for righ-teous - ness.
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Like a fire it burned with - in him, As wrong - do - ing he laid

With the help of ho - ly spir - it, How their con - gre - ga - tions grew!
Noth-ing damp- ens their fine spir - it In this world of law - less - ness.

And he came to preach sal - va - tion, K.ing-dom truths to men re - veal.

They did not hold back from preach - ing, And from house to house they went.
They are spurred on by Je - ho - vah; It's for him they work whole - souled.
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For his Fa -ther's rep - u ta - tion He was eat - en up with zeal.

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Ev - 'ry- where they preached sal - - tion, Tell-ing men they should re - pent.
They ad - vance with King - dom ing, Ev- er zeal- ous, ev - er bold.
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32 "From House to House"
(Acts 20:20)

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1. From house to house, from door to door, Je - ho - vah's Word we spread.
2. From house to house, from door to door, Sal - va - tion we pro-claim.
3. Of course, it's not at ev - 'ry door We find a hear - ing ear;
4. Then let us go from door to door To sprea:J. the King - dom news.
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From town to town, from farm to farm,

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It comes to those who choose to call Up - on Je - ho - vah's name.
At times there is a scold - ing tongue, And those who will not hear.
And to be "sheep" or to be "goats," We'll let the peo - pie choose.

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This good news that God's King - dom rules, As Je - sus Christ fore - told,
But how can they ~all on the name Of One they do not know?
'Twas just the same m Je - sus' day; Not all would hear his word.
At least we'll name Je ho - vah's name, His glo - rious truth de - clare.
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Is be - ing preached through • out the

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earth By Chris• tians young and old.
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So to their hous - es and their doors The Sa - cred Name must go.
He said his "sheep" would hear his voice; Hence we are not de-terred.
And as we go from door to door, We'll find his "sheep" are there.
33 "Jehovah Himself Has Become King!"
(Psalm 97:1)

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1.Give thanks, you peo - pie, to Je - ho vah. Make his

2. Tell out his glo - ry 'mong the na tions. The sal -
3. Re - nown and strength to God at - trib ute. Give him

deeds known a-mong all the na - tions. Glad- ly sing to our God, mel - o -
va - tion he gives, tell from day to day. For Je - ho - vah is great, ver - y
thanks for his Son, Je - sus Christ the King. And in ho - ly a - <lorn - ment bow
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dies make to him, And con - cern your - selves with his great acts.
much to be praised, To be feared more than all oth - er gods. Let the
down to our God, Speak ex - ult - ing - ly Je - ho -vah's praise.

heav - ens re - joice, Let the earth joy - ful be, For Je -
"Jehovah Himself Has Become King!" (continued)
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ho - vah God has be - come the King! Let the heav - ens re - joice, Let the

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earth joy - ful be, For Je - ho - vah God has be - come the King!

34 Living Up to Our Name

(Isaiah 43:10-12)
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1. Glo - Je - ho vah, al - might - y, e - ter - nal, Per - feet in

2. Help us, Je • ho - vah, to use each oc - ca - sion Your name to
3. As we con - tin - ue in your pre -cious ser vice, Work - ing to-

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jus tice and match - in love, Source

rof all truth and of
hon - or and your "sheep" to feed, Fol - low ing close ly in
geth - er in love and in peace, God - ly con - tent - ment is
Living Up to Our Name (continued)

in fi - nite wis - dom, You rule as Sov - 'reign in heav - en a - hove.

Christ Je - sus' foot - steps As his in - struc - tions faith - ful - ly heed.
our dai - ly por - tion; Joy fills our hearts as es in - crease.

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in your ser vice; Cre - a - tion's
We would be care - ful of our dai - ly con - duct, Lest some re -
Up to our name may we ev - er be liv - ing; Life - giv - ing

won - ders your glo ries pro - claim. Your fa - vored Wit ness - es
proach should de - tract from your fame. Be ing your Wit ness - es,
truth to all men we would bring; And, best of all, there - by

is what you've named us; 0 may we ev - er live up to our name!

great is our priv - 'lege; 0 may we ev - er live up to our name!
we would bring glad - ness, Joy to your heart, 0 Je - ho - vah, our King!
35 Love's Excelling Way
(1 Corinthians 13)

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1. God is love
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and there - fore bids us Walk in love's ex - eel - ling way,
2. We may spend much time in preach - ing, Per - se - cu tion too en - dure;
3. Love is nev - er hard, re -sent - ful, In what's bad takes no de -light.

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Let- ting love of God and neigh- bor Prompt all things we do and say.
Yet what prof - it would it bring us,

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-If our mo - tives were not pure?
It is strong, all things en - dur - ing, And takes joy in what is right.

E'en tho' we had faith and knowl-edge, Gifts of tongues and proph - e - cy,
Love is gen - tle, kind, long - suf - 'ring, Not ill - man - nered does it act,
Faith and hope and love con - tin - ue As we serve our God a - hove;

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Yet if love it - self were lack - ing, We would sim - ply noth- ing be.
Does not brag and is not jeal - ous, Us - es the crat - ic tact.
But the way that's most ex - eel - ling Is the god way of love.
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36 "Happy Are the Mild-Tempered"
(Matthew 5:5)

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1. God
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bless es those who are mild
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tern - pered; Their
2. "There was a time when I was youth ful, But
3. From earth the wick- ed soon will van ish; There'll

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hap pi - ness is tru - ly great. Tho' may suf - fer, they're not
now I'm old," King Da - vid said. "Yet, nev - er have I seen the
be no place for them to stand, While peace meek ones will be en -

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chaf - ing; But pa - tient- ly on God they wait. The wick - ed

righ - teous For - sak - en or his seed beg bread." Hence, walk up -
joy - ing And ev er -more pos- sess the land. Un - til that
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do not make them fret, Who proud - ly set them-selves on high. They
right - ly, trust in God And deal with men in faith - ful - ness. If
time may we main-tain That God's Word is in- spired and true, And
"Happy Are the Mild-Tempered" (continued)
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know such won't get life e - ter - nal, But will, like green grass, fade and die.
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you take plea-sure in Je - ho - vah, Your ser - vice he will great- ly bless.
prove our-selves both meek and low - ly In all we think and say and do.
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37 Making a Good Name With God

(Ecclesiastes 7: 1)
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1. For God's ap - prov - al With all our hearts we yearn. Al -ways to

2. Thru words and ac - tions A name we will ac - quire. And this we're
3. A name we're mak ing By giv - ing God due heed. Yes, while we're
4. The days are wick - ed, Andsteps we all must take, A ver - y

please him Will be our main con-cern. To him a name that's good,
mak - !ng, For it's our heart's de - sire. If we to God in - cline,
!iv - mg, This is our vi - ta! need. If we his Word de -fend
good name With Jah, our God, to make. May we do what is right,
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As we have un - der-stood, We can be mak- ing,

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we should.
We'll make a name that's fine, And for his bless-ings We'll be in line.
And all our ef - forts bend To glo - ri - fy him, He'll be our Friend.
Walk ev - er in the light And preach the King-dom With all our might.
38 Displaying Loyalty
(Psalm 18:25)

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1. God, Je - ho - vah, has a peo - ple Who de-light to bear

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his name,
2. To God's Joy - al con - gre - ga - tion We too will show loy - al - ty,
3. Loy - al - ly we'll help our broth - ers, Wheth - er new ones or the weak,
4. In this world that's so dis - loy - al, Loy - al - ty we will dis - play

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As a Joy - al con - gre - ga - tion Ded - i - cat - ed to his fame.

Give it our stead- fast al - le -giance Ev en in ad - ver si - ty.
Both in stud - y and in ser - vice With as - sis - tance kind and meek.
T'ward all those to whom it's ow - ing As we walk the Chris -tian

At its boun- teous spir - 'tual ta - ble Thank - ful - ly they dai - ly feed,
Faith - ful - ly we'll guard its in - t 'rests, Nev - er let them suf - fer harm;
And, as in a fam - 'ly cir - cle, We will nev - er rouse dis - trust,
Sa - tan we thus prove a Ii - ar, But Je - ho - vah we prove right.
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to him they would pleas - ing each thought and word and deed.
Should we see that they are threat-ened, We will quick - ly sound a - larm.
But show that in each re - la - tion Loy - al - ty will be a must.
Loy - al - ty wins us his fa - vor, And to him it gives de - light.
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39 God's Warriors Are Advancing
(1 Timothy 6:12)

1. God's war - riors are ad - vane ing; Their ev - 'ry pow'r they bend
2. Ag - gres - sive is our war - fare In this Je - ho - vah's day.
3. With God we are ad - vane ing; He sure - ly will pre - vail.

To hon or him, Je - ho vah, And his great name de - fend.

We speak God's Word with bold - ness. Why should we feel dis - may?
So, till his vin - di - ca tion, 0 may our zeal ne'er fail!

What tho' the great red drag on As . sails God's ar . my small,

His Son, as our Com - mand . er, Now bat tles for the right.
Since vie to - ry is cer . tain, His . ised full re . ward
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The shad ow of his own hand Se - cure - ly guards them all.

He takes the grand of - fen sive; Let's join him in the fight.
A - waits the tried and faith - ful, Who lay not down the sword.
40 Making Our Way Successful
(Joshua 1:8)

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'From my Law do not stray.
1. God Je - ho - vah told Josh - u - a:
2. When the kings ruled in Is - ra - el And o -beyed God's com -mand:
3. In the Bi - ble we find the way God would have us to live.

Read each day in an un - der -tone, Then take care to o - bey.

'Ev - 'ry king for him - self must write God's Law in his own hand,
Since we can-not di - rect our step, Help to us he must give.
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Let it guide you in all you do, From your mouth not de - part.
And must read in it all his days That he hum - blemight be.'
If we're feed -ing on his own thoughts We'll come to know his will.
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Then sue- cess-ful will be your way, As the truth guides your heart.
Then Je - ho -vah would bless his realm; Length-ened days he would see.
When our think-ing is trained by God, His com-mands we'll ful - fill .
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When our think-ing is trained by God, His com-mands we'll ful - fill.
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41 Praise Jehovah, the Rock

(Deuteronomy 32:4)
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ear, 0 you heav'ns· earth, let me speak. To all my

let us de clare ' ho-vah's great name, And let all men
faith -ful and just; him we give praise. So lov - ing, so
fear the true God do what is right; His righ-teous com -

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words give ear, all you meek. My teach - ings will trick - le like
know of his might - y fame. Let all whom he shep - herds give
wise, are all of his ways. Per - son - i - fi ca - tion of
mands let's make our de light. May we not act ru - in - ous -

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dew on the plain, My co - pi-ous show-ers of truth like the rain.'

praise to our Rock. His per- feet ac - tiv - i - ty laud, all his flock.
truth, righ- teous - ness, Je
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- ho -vah our Rock man - i - fests faith - ful - ness.
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42 "This Is the Way"
(Isaiah 30:20, 21)

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1. God's voice keeps on call - ing; 0 walk in the way, The way that Je -
2. The word from be -hind us, how pleas-ant its tone, For our Grand In -
3. The way of Je - ho - vah we need to ex - pound To those who will

ho - vah has shown us to - day. He has a fine chan - nel that's

struc tor has made his way known. We hear with dis - cern - ment and
lis ten the wide world a - round. Like doves to their dove - cotes those

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sure - ly u - nique, And thru it he es to warn and to

lis - ten with Of tak - ing false we now want to be -
hear - ing now And come to the God, their Ref - uge, their

speak. This is the way in which to walk. 0 do not

ware. Walk in God's way of truth and light, The way of
Rock. Je - ho - vah's way is of From Sa - tan's
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0 do not balk! With our own ears we hear the call so

li -ness so bright. Our eyes of faith do see that soon true
He gives re - lease. In paths of righ - teous-ness and ways of

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A - bout it we should ev - er talk.
peace there'll be, For Christ now reigns with King - dom might.
pleas - ant - ness He leads to life that will not cease.
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God's spir - it will help us to walk straight a - head.
No right or left turn ing we dare ev - er take,
We lift up our heads, then, and quick - en the pace,

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In tracks of
But walk - ing
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way
we do well to tread.
ad - vance-ment we'll make.
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With eyes on the King - dom, our true rest • ing • place.
43 Forward, You Ministers of the Kingdom!
(2 Timothy 4:5)

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1. Go for-ward in preach - ing the King-dom To peo - ple of ev - 'ry l a ~
2. New min - is - ters keep stretch-ing for -ward With God's prize of life in view.
3. To - geth - er we press ev - er for -ward, God's rem - nant and "oth -er sheep."

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With love in our hearts for our neigh-bor, Help meek ones to take their stand.
For - get - ting the things you've a - ban-doned, From God's Word your strength re - new.
The old and the young, men and worn - en, In step with the truth do keep.
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To glo - ri - fy our sa -cred ser - vice We must con - sid - er how we dress.
And as clean bear -ers of God's mes-sage From this world dif -f'rent may you be.
We have a min - is - try so sa - cred That we de - sire to dig - ni - fy.

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Our min - is - try is ver - y pre-cious; Je - ho - vah we e'er seek to bless.

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Be - fit - ting it is for God's ser-vants From ways of the old world to flee.
To lov - ers of truth it brings com- fort And hon - ors our God, the Most High.
Forward, You Ministers of the Kingdom! (continued)
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For - ward go - ing, Preach the King-dom mes-sage ev- er far and wide.

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44 Jehovah Really Cares

(1 Peter 5:7)
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1. God's lov - ing care is heart-warm - ing. It com-forts us when we're up - set.
2. Though tests and tri -als be - fall us, We'll nev- er have cause to de -spair.
3. Now var -ious kinds of af - flic - tion Do come up - on Chris-tians earth wide.
4. God's care, so lov-ing and cer - tain, He loy - al - ly will us af - ford.
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'And e'en the hairs of our head he's num-bered.' Why should we wor-ry or fret?
If God takes note of a fall - en spar - row, Sure · ly for us he will care.
Thru these Je - ho -vah re - fines and trains us; Help he will al-ways pro-vide.
As we press on in his sa - cred ser -vice, Sure we are of his re-ward.
45 A Prayer of Thanksgiving
(Psalm 65:2)

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1. Gra - cious Je - ho - vah, de - serv - ing of praise, To you, 0
2. Hap - PY are those whom you choose to in - vite In - to your
3. May your at - ten - tion cause joy to a - bound; all the

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Sov - 'reign, our voic - es we raise, And come to you, 0 great

courts of in - struc - tion and light. Your house is ho - ly, your
earth let your wor - ship be found. Crowned with your good - ness your

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Hear - er of prayer,
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Plac - ing our - selves un - der your ten - der care.
Word is our guide. And with your good-ness we'll be sat - is - fied.
King-dom ap - pears, Wip • ing out sick -ness, death, sor - row and tears.

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How fear - in - spir - ing is your righ -teous pow'r, Still - ing earth's
All that is wick - ed your Son will de - stroy. Bless - ed ere -
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gres - sions for - give -ness we
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tur - moil in your judg - ment hour. God of sal va - tion, your
a - tion will cry out for joy. Shout - ing in tri - umph, 0

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Son we were bought.

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King -dom we hail. Preach it we must, for it nev - er will fail.
thanks let us sing: "Praise to Je. ho - vah, our glo - ri - ous King!"

46 The Scriptures-Inspired and Beneficial

(2 Timothy 3:16, 17)
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1. God's Word is a shin -ing light,

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Guides our feet thru earth's dark night.
2. By these Scrip-tures from a - hove, We have come to know God's love.
3. That di - vine Word is in - spired, Teach - es us what is re - quired.
4. It is hen - e - fi - cial, true, Gives re - proof, in - struc - tion, too;

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It's the torch of lib - er - ~y; Yes, its 'truth will set us free.'
Faith in them will make us wise, Show us how to gain life's prize.
It helps us to set things straight, For God's dis - ci - pline to wait.
That the man of God may be Well e - quip'd, yes, per - feet - ly.
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47 Jehovah, Our Strength and Our Might
(Isaiah 12:2)

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2. Thru Christ, your Son, we now seek joy and peace;
3. Glad - ly, 0 God, we keep do - ing your will.
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1. Gra -cious Je - ho - vah, our strength and our might, You are our Sav - ior, in
Once blind - ed eyes be- hold
Tho' Sa - tan slaps us, we're

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you we de - light. We are your wit - ness - es bear - ing yom news,
truth e'er in - crease. Search - ing the Scrip - tures, we hear your com- mand;
trust - ing you still. Tho' he may slay us, 0 help us to be

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Wheth - er men hear or they proud - ly re - fuse.

Mak - ing our choice, with Je - ho - vah we stand. Je - ho - vah our Rock, our
Wit - ness - es hod - ing fast in - teg - ri - ty.

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strength and our might, Your name we make known Both day and night.
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ho - vah, Al - might - y in pow'r, You are our ing place; You are our Tow'r.
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48 Give Jehovah the Praise

(1 Corinthians 3:7)
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1. Give praise to Je - ho - vah. By his love di -vine You have this com-
2. Set him e'er be - fore you; Keep self out of sight. Thus for him you
3. Go forth with re - joic - ing God's ser - vice to do; Give thanks for each

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mis - sion His truth to let shine. You have noth -ing worth - while
can shine With heav'n's ra - diant light. Walk e'er in his pres - ence,
priv - 'lege He of - fers to you. Give praise to Je - ho - vah,

You did not re-ceive From God your Pro-vid - er; To him hon-or give.
Keep seek - ing his face, And al-ways as - sign- ing His work the first place.
His King-dom pro-claim, Till all on earth liv -ing Will hon - or his name.
49 Great God, Jehovah!
(Psalm 95:3)

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1. Great God, Je - ho - vah, Most High, E - ter - We so glad - ly

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2. Great God, Je - ho - vah, Ho ly, Al-might Y, In your ser - vice
3. Great God, Je - ho - vah, Shep - herd, In -struc - tor, Since you are a

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sing your praise, Hum - bly tread your righ - teous ways. You are our Fa ther,
joy we find, As we work where we're as-signed. You are our Tow - er,
God who cares, You 're con-cerned with our af - fairs. You are our Sav

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Judge, -------------King, Law - giv er. We're ac-count - a - to you through

Source of our pow er. And we do con - in you with
Rock and Re -deem er. We can al - ways come to you with

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all our days. 0 God, you are good; yes, you tru - ly are
heart and mind. 0 God, you are strong, yes, both lov - ing and
heart - felt pray'rs. 0 God, you are gra - cious, so gen - 'rous and
Great God, Jehovah! (continued)
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good. Help us to serve you the way we should. Your

strong. With your help - ing hand we will ne'er go wrong. Your
kind. To you we draw close and com - fort do find. Your
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name we would hon • or, your sheep-like ones feed, And serve with con -
cause we must cleave to, your pur - pose make known And ren - der our
name we hold pre - cious, and soon may we see How you will be -
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tent-ment wher - ev - er the You are our Mak . er,

ser - vice to you, you a . You are our Strong - hold,
come what you pur-pose to 0 Lord Je - ho . vah,
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our Life Sus -tain - er. All good things do come from you.
our Shield and Help - er. We can al - ways trust in you.
lof ty Di -vine One, There's no oth - er God but you.
50 Responding to God's Love
(1 John 4:11)

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1. Great God, there's none a - bove you; Whole-heart - ed - ly
2. You were the first to love us; Your love thru Christ does move us To
3. From faith - ful King-dom ser - vice This world will nev - er swerve us; We'll
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ho - vah, so de - serv - ing of praise. We hail your name so fa - mous, Your

love you in re - turn from our hearts. To sane - ti - fy your name and Re -
keep on tell - ing out what is true. In free and will - ing We

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Word
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by which you let us now learn the things a - bout all your ways.
veal your love, Christ came, and e - ter - nal life he there - by im - parts.
would be e'er ful - fill - ing a love that gives to all what is due.

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You show such ten - der feel - ing, Yet just you prove in deal - ing; You
No great - er love had an - y Than he who gave for man - y His
As we thus serve to - geth - er Our love for one an - oth - er Dis -
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man - i - fest such wis- dom and pow'r. By Scrip - ture we can be sure that,
life, a gift at great sac - ri - fice. That we may nev - er per - ish, His
clos - es those who fol -low your Son. His King - dom val - ues we take And

if we keep our hearts pure, You'll pour out bless-ings on us- a show'r.
shep - herd- ing we cher - ish And heed his coun -sel and his ad - vice.
of them prop-er use make; We Ion~ to hear his prom-ised"Well done_..,.."_ _

51 Making Jehovah's Heart Glad

(Proverbs 27:11)
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In wis-dom your work we'll ful - fill.
2. May we from your side nev - er move; A liar the Tempt-er we would prove.
3. Your "slave," so faith- ful and dis-creet, Helps us know what is wise and meet,
4. Im - part to us your ac -tive force, That we may keep a faith- ful course
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For then we know we'll have a part In mak • ing glad your
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Your prin - ci - pies and laws so right We would make dai • ly our de - light.

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Feeds us with nour -ish- ment when due, Thus strength-ens us your will to do.
And bring forth fruit-age to your praise, And thus make glad your heart al -ways.
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52 Our Father's Name
(Matthew 6:9)

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1. Great Je - - vah, heav'n - ly Fa - ther, Let your name be sane - ti - fied.
2. We seek ways that we may al - so Sane - ti - fy your match-less name;
3. 0 Di - vine One, Lord Je - ho - vah, You a - lone are the Most High.

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ful • fill your sa - cred pur - pose, Nev - er more to be de . fied.
With all bold - ness, we keep speak - ing Of your pur - pose, of your fame.
There is noth - ing more im - por - tant Than your name to glo - ri . fy.

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Soon will come the vin - di . ca - tion, By your own vie . to - rious deed.
Ex . er . cis - ing faith and cour - age, We will hon or to you give.
In your name we lift our ban - ners; We de - sire to man - i . fest

Mag - ni - fy your rep - u - ta - tion; To it may all men give heed.

Ho - ly Fa - ther, for your name's sake, May we faith - ful - ly e'er live.
That you are a God of pur - pose And for - ev - er will be blest.
Our Father's Name (continued)

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Sov • 'reign Lord, you are our Mak • er; All ere • a - tion comes from you,

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For you are a God of pur • pose, Mak • ing all your thoughts come true.

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53 Theocracy's Increase
(Isaiah 9:6, 7)

1. Hail the The - oc - ra - cy, ev - er in - creas - ing! Won-drous ex -pan - sion is

2. Christ on his judg-ment throne sits and is reign - ing; Na -tions and peo - ples be -
3. 0 what a fa - vor we now have in liv - ing! Does not this in -crease bring

now tak- ing place. Praise to Je - ho - vah is sung with - out ceas - ing By those who
fore him ap - pear. God's sov-'reign- ty he will soon be main - tain - ing, Crush-ing his
joy to your heart? Share in the joy that gets great - er by giv - ing And in the
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walk in the light of his face. Long years a - go saw the hum - ble be - gin - ning
en - e -mies both far and near. Won - der - ful Coun - s'lor and Fa - ther Su - per - nal,
wit - ness work glad - ly take part. Bold - ly warn those who are God's name de - fam - ing;
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As our Re- deem - er a low - ly way trod. Now a great crowd join the
Yes, Might - y God is he and Prince of Peace. Zeal of Je - ho - vah will
Tell all such men Ar - ma - ged - don is nigh. And all the while zeal - ous -
Theocracy's Increase (continued)
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rem - nant in bring - ing to him at the right hand of God.

bring peace e - ter - nal his prince - ly rule ev - er in -crease.
ly keep pro - claim - ing ood news to the meek ones who sigh.
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54 We Must Be Holy
(1 Peter 1:15, 16)
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1. God has com - mand - ed that we must be ho - ly,

2. We're set a - part as Je - ho - vah's pos - ses . sion,
3. As we move for - ward, it's tru ly im - pres sive
4. All op por . tu . ni - ties let us be seiz - ing,

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Since thru Christ Je - sus we have been made clean.

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His "ho - ly na - tion" and his "oth - er sheep." By all our con- duct
How by our God we are be - ing re - fined. He gives his peo - ple
Grow -ing in ho - Ii - ness, walk - ing in light. Prais - ing Je - ho - vah,

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hum- ble and By all ob - serv - ers may we thus be seen.
we make con - fes - sion That his right laws we are anx -ious to keep.
truth that's pro - gres - sive, So there's no need to be 'look- ing be - hind.'
him al - ways pleas - ing, He is the Ho - ly One, faith - ful, up - right.
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55 Daily Walking With Jehovah
(Micah 6:8)

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1. Hand in hand with God Je - ho - vah, We would hum - bly walk each day.
2. Walk-ing with our heav'n - ly Fa - ther Is the safe course, tru - ly wise.
3. Help to us God has pro - vid - ed Thru his spir - it and his Word,

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0 how un - de - served this kind - ness That he grants to men clay!

We're be - set by ad - ver - sar - ies Who would rob us of prize.
Thru his Chris - tian con - gre - ga - tion And thru pray - ers that are heard.

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Since it's on - ly by ap - point -ment That we thus can take God's hand,
There are Sa - tan and his de -mons And the snares of fall - en flesh
As we walk with God Je - ho - vah, May we just - ly do what's right.
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We be - gin with ded - i - ca - tion; On God's side we take our stand.

And this world's ma - te - rial - is - m. How they would our feet en
' And be mod - est in his
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May we love sin - cere - ly kind-ness sight.
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56 Bravely Press On
(1 Timothy 1:12)

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1. He that is faith-ful, he that is loy - al, Nev - er will give way to fear,
2. Faith is the force that moves us to ac -tion;Love prompts to faith- ful-ness now.
3. Dai - ly Je - ho - vah, might - y in bat - tie, Ex - horts us faith - ful to be
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But gives the wit - ness of truth with all bold-ness, Show- ing the King - dom is here.
Zeal for our King keeps us ac - tive in ser - vice; Self - ish am - bi - tion must bow.
Till Ar - ma -ged -don de -stroys this old sys - tern And he has gained vie - to - ry .
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Then let's go forth. Brave- ly press on. Ad - vane- ing truth be our light.

Thus says Je - ho-vah: "I'll strength - en and help you; Bat - tie for truth and for right."
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57 Jehovah's Happy People
(Psalm 89:15)

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1. Hap- py are all those who the joy - ful shout - ing know, To whom the truth you
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2. Sa - tan and his le - gions are press - ing all a - round; So let our works a -
3. May we not lose cour -age, tho' man - y turn a - way. Tho' they the truth gain -

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show, To whom your bless - ings flow. For they will ev - er walk in the
bound; Make earth with praise re -sound. Je - ho - vah has pro - vid - ed a
say, We'll watch and fight and pray. For we must stand the test and keep
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bright-ness of your face; Hap - pi - ness they find as each serves in his place.
ref - uge for the meek; He will all those shield who his righ - teous- ness seek.
our in - teg - ri - ty; Since our God is pleased we can serve faith - ful - ly.
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now con - fess. With your Word and spir - it the

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58 Jehovah, "the God of All Comfort"

(2 Corinthians 1:3-7)
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1. Great in- deed the com - fort God sup-plies; For us he has af - fec-tion.
2. Suf - f'ring and af - flic - tion now a - bound; Of them we all are shar-crs.
3. Bless - ed be the God who com fort gives; We find it so as - sur-ing.
4. Strength and peace of mind we all can have, As hard-ships we keep fac-ing.
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We must com-fortoth - ers with his Word, Un - der his Son's di - rec-tion.
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But Je - ho-vah God will warm our hearts, Since we're his wit- ness bear-ers.
Yes, he will sus-tain and nour - ish us If we keep on en - dur-ing.
Christ our Lord and King taught us the truth: God's love is all em -brac-ing.
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59 Appreciating God's Reminders
(Psalm 119)

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2. Won - drous is Je ho- vah 's lov - ing- kind - ness; It reach - es far be -
3. May our plead - ings come be - fore Je - ho - vah That we his Word may

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all the heart, Who his

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stat - utes car - ry out so prompt - ly
yond the skies! His ju - di - cial rul - ings do pre -serve us,
un - der - stand. May he hear our pray'r and grant us fa - vor

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And from his laws do not de - part. God's com-mand-ments they ap - pre - ci - ate,
Tho' all the proud smear us with lies. Those who love God's law have per - feet peace;
And res - cue us with his strong hand. May our hearts to God keep ev - er true,

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And his lov - ing- kind-ness they re - late. For his

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Nev - er will their bless -ed - ness de-crease. Just as one ex -
That what he says we may al ways do. Loy - al, righ- teous
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man - i - fest a fond - ness, For on him they have learned to wait.
ults when find - ing great spoil, Our joy in God's Word will in - crease.
is our God Je - ho - vah. Dai - ly our strength he does re - new.

60 God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years

(Revelation 20:4-6)

1. God has de - creed a thou-sand years of jus - tice. The

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time has come for
2. Kind - ly dis - posed t'ward all im - per - feet hu - mans, In sin - re -mov - ing
3. One thou-sand years, the King-dom by Christ Je - sus! With eyes of faith we
4. So let us all put forth our best en - dea - vor; Keep on the watch, for

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his dear Son to rule man-kind. With him en-throned will reign twelve times twelve
work with Christ they will re - joice. All earth will be a par - a - dise of
now be - hold the won-drous scene: Dead ones a - rise and learn of God's re -
soon will dawn the glo-rious day. Strong and cou - ra - geous, may we act most

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thou - sand. To serve as kings and priests with Christ, they'll be as - signed.
plea - sure. In praise to God all ran - somed men will lift the voice.
quire -ments. A Judg -ment Day in righ - teous - ness, yes, it will mean.
wise - ly, In - vit - ing all to call on God with - out de - lay.
61 "I Am Jehovah"!
(Isaiah 42:8)

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1. Hear now the kings of pa - gan em - pires

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Ig - nore Je - ho - vah, God Most
2. See now the pow'rs of earth com - bin - ing In coun - sel 'gainst Je- ho-vah's

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High. They choose not to rec - og - nize his sov - 'reign - ty, And his
Son! Yet fear seiz - es hold up - on their might - y men, While the
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might - y pow - er they de - fy. But who was the one that 0 - ver -
poor of earth in an - guish groan. Ah! Who will de-stroy the proud op.

threw their hosts, That they per- ished ig - no - min - i - ous - ly? Yes,
pres - sor's yoke And de - liv - er all the meek of the earth? And
"I Am Jehovah"! (continuea)
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whose was the Arm that si - lenced all their boasts And gave his
who will es - tab - lish them in righ - teous - ness And turn their

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cho-sen peo-ple vie - to - ry? I am the Lord; there is no oth-er.

sor-row in - tosongs of mirth?

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I am the Lord; Je - ho-vah is my name. I've set my King up -

on my ho - ly moun-tain; Bow to his rule! My Son be - gins his reign.

62 Happy, the Merciful!
(Matthew 5:7)

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1. How hap - py are the mer - ci - ful! In God's eyes they are beau - ti - ful.
2. Those mer - ci-ful like God are blest; Thru sins for-giv - en they have rest.
3. The mer - ci-ful need have no dread When up be-fore od's judg-mentled;

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They tell
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to all who love the right That God takes de- light.
They ben - e-fit by mer-cy shown Since Christ fore God's throne.
For mer - cy he~use them toknof,\ Since they, show.
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At Cal - v'ry mer - cy

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God dis-played, Pro - vi - sion for our ran -som made.
This mer - cy they would glad - ly share By preach - ing God's Word ev - 'ry-where,
0 mer - ci - ful may we e'er be And show that t e ~ r qual - i - ty
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of - fers mer - cy to the meek, Be -cause he knows our frame is weak.
tell ing men: "Be of good cheer Be -cause the King-dom now is here."
us • ing each oc - ca - sion giv'n To im - i -tate our God in heav'n.
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In God's eyes tru ly beau-ti - ful.

63 Let the Light Shine

(Matthew 5:16)
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1. God has now com-mand - ed That there should be light Ban - ish - mg the
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2. With the King-dom mes - sage We go forth to spread Com -fort for the
3. Faith- ful in his ser - vice God helps us to be, Keep - ing firm, un -

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dark - ness Of man-kind's long night. From God's ho - ly tern - ple

mourn - ers, Hope for e'en their dead. All our strength to wit - ness
bro - ken, Our in - teg - ri - ty. We, his fa - vored peo - ple,

Light - nings flash and shine, That we may be guid - ed By his light di - vine.
Comes from God a - lone. He makes our com-mis - sion To us clear -ly known.
Joy - ful - ly pro-claim Glo - ry, praise and hon - or To his ho - ly name.
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64 Faith Like That of Abraham
(Genesis 22:1-18)

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1. How
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hap - py is the man that seeks God's Word to com - pre - hend;
2. 0 see now A - bra - ham of old, With I - saac by his side,
3. Yet A - bra - ham met that great test And by o - be - dience made
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For God, the great Om - ni - scient One, Knows from the start the end.
As - cend - ing Mount Mo - ri - ah's height; His faith is be - ing tried.
A pie - ture of how, thru God's love, His Son our ran - som paid.

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Thus for our com - fort and strong hope, By faith - ful men of old
Je - ho - vah asked of A - bra - ham To of - fer his dear son
Would you gain life from that grand gift? Sub - mis - sive you must be

He made pro - phet - ic dra - mas grand, Their mean - ings now un - fold.
In lov - ing sac - ri - fice to God, That God's will might be done.
And have a faith like A - bra - ham And act o - be - dient - ly.
65 Meeting in Unity
(Psalm 133)

1. How pleas - ant to see broth - ers All dwell in u - ni - ty,

2. Let's meet with one an - oth - er; To fine works let's in - cite.
3. Je - ho - vah God is faith - ful; His Word is ev - er sure.

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Who tru - ly love each oth - er And work in har - mo - ny!

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Make pub - lie dee - la - ra - tion Of our hope, true and bright.
Let's stud- y it to - geth - er To make our hope se - cure.

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Je - ho -vah's bless - ing on it rests; It's

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like Mount Her-mon's dew
To that end let's be dil - i - gent For meet - ings to pre -
And ne'er for -sake as - sem - bling with Our broth - er - hood so
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That fell up - on Mount Zi - on's slopes And made them fresh and new.
So that we be well e - quip'd With oth - ers truth to share.
But do so the more as we See God's day draw - ing near.
66 The Power of Kindness
(Romans 2:4)

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1. How thank-ful we to God should be, Who lov - ing - kind - ness shows
2. As Je · SUS dai - ly taught the truth He was both calm and meek,
3. Such kind-ness God's Word shows to be A fruit that we must bear,
4. What good we min - is - ters can do If we ap - pre - ci - ate

To un - de - serv - ing fall - en men, As ev - 'ry Chris - tian knows.

With kind - ness taught the low - ly ones, Was mind - ful of the weak.
If we would be like God and Christ And King -dom bless - ings share.
That Chris - tian kind - ness has a force That last - ing is and great!

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Tho' he's so great and pow -er - ful, He shows ex -ceed - ing thought-ful-ness.
His teach - ing gen - tly, lov - ing - ly, Re-freshed and blessed the wea - ry soul,
When faced with prob -lems that per - plex, Quite like - ly we will of - ten find
Not on - ly are re - ceiv -ers blessed But e - ven more are those who give.
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His kind - ness both draws us to him And moves to faith - ful - ness.
Caused sin - ful men to turn to God With hearts and minds made whole.
That their so - lu - tion sim - ply lies In be - ing mild and kind.
Thru kind - ness we bring praise to God, By whom we move and live.
67 Store Up Treasures in Heaven
(Matthew 6:20)

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1. How we ought to love Je - ho - vah, Fa- ther of

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ce - les - tial lights!
2. 0 what fol - ly to be spend - ing All our time in self - ish strife,
3. So let's use our time and rich - es And our strength to feed the "poor,"

All good gifts, all per - feet pres - ents, Come from him, all pure de - lights.
Heap -ing up mere tran - sient trea - sures, Which can er give us life!
Giv -ing "hun - gry" ones the good news Of the dom hope so sure.

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He gives cloth - ing, food and shel - ter, Soil and seed and sun and rain.
Rath - er let us be con - tent - ed With the things we real - ly need,
For by kind, un - self - ish ser - vice, Friends of God and Christ we'll be;

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Let's give thanks to our Pro - vid - er That our lives he does sus - tain.
And by good deeds let's take firm hold On the life that's life in - deed.
There -by stor - ing up in heav - en Trea-sures for e - ter - ni - ty.
68 Godly Compassion
(Colossians 3:12)

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1. If we tru - ly would be Chris - tians, Real com -pas -sion we must show
2. 'A Sa - mar - i - tan was trav - 'ling Down to Jer - i cho one day.
3. This makes clear who is our neigh - bor. He is one that needs our aid.
4. There are times when food and cloth - ing To our neigh-bor we might give.

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Both to loved ones and to strang - ers, Yes, to those we do not know.
On the road a Jew lay help - less; Robbed he had been on the way.'
God is good t'ward men of all kinds, Gives them rain and sun and shade.
But a need there is more ur - gent, That for all time they might live.
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Force - ful - ly made this so
Help - ing that poor vie - tim, He prej - u - dice set a - side.
Great is God's com pas - sion! He sure - ly is our best friend.
Knowl-edge of God's King- dom, God's truth and his righ-teous - ness
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With an ii . lus tra - tion. Hap - PY are the ears that hear.
Love came to the res - cue. God's com -mand-ments were ap - plied.
Boun-teous is his kind - ness. On this fact we can de - pend.
We will bring to neigh - hors That, in turn, they may God bless.
69 Godly Devotion With Contentment
(1 Timothy 6:6)

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1. If we would have God's bless ing, Con - tent - ment be pos - sess ing,
2. Con-tent with God's pro - vi sion, We make this our de - ci sion:
3. To God we're tru - ly grate - ful, Al - though the world is hate ful,
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We sure - ly need God's Word to heed And god - Ii - ness be stress
Serve God a - lone, His truth make known,And hold the King - dom vi sion.
For he does bless Our god - Ii - ness In these last days so fate - ful.

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Great gain is god - ly de - vo
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tion, Pro- tects us from sin's pro - mo tion.
We heed our Lord's in - vi - ta tion To walk the way of sal - va - tion.
Give God's truth tion, Dis - miss - ing all ap - pre - hen - sion.

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From day to day In God's right way, It keeps our zeal in mo - tion.
With joy so great, We con - tern - plate God's com - ing vin - di - ca - tion.
Let's be in - tent To be con - tent With Chris - tian com - pre - hen sion.
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70 Be Like Jeremiah
(Jeremiah 1:7, 18)

1. In ser - vice of God's King-dom There is joy be - yond com - pare.

2. Re - mem - her Jer - e - mi - ah, Who was called when young in years
3. For years then Jer - e - mi - ah Proved Je - ho - vah to be true.

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While ren - der - ing such

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ser - vice,
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We have God's own lov - ing care.
To take up sa - cred ser - vice, How Je - ho - vah stilled his fears?
He had sue - cess in ser - vice, Tho' he had some per - ils too.

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But as the Bi - ble warns us- And the Bi - ble's words are true-
'Tho' they will fight a - gainst you, Us - ing all their wick -ed pow'r,
Let's be like Jer - e - - ah, Trust in God im - plic - it -

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Be - sides the joys of serv - ing God We will have some per - ils too.
They'll not pre - vail a - gainst you, for You will be a might - y tow'r .'
Do bold and fear - less wit - ness - ing To Je - ho -vah's sov- 'reign - ty.
71 Hold Fast the Good News!
(1 Corinthians 15:2)

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1. In ser - vice we must keep stead- fast, As nears the fi - nal hour.
2. The res - ur - rec - tion hope for man Can sad- dened hearts re - vive,
3. As we work hard, ex - ert our-selves And strive to reach our goal,

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Like broth - ers, let us la - bor on, De - pend - ing on God's pow'r.
Helps them to faith un - mov - a - ble. From it they joy de - rive.
May we seek good as - so - ci - ates That will up- build the soul.

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The light of truth, how bright it shines, And there is much to do.
Be - liev - ers in God's prom - is - es We ev - er want to be.
The "good news" for - ti - fies our hope Of Par - a - dise re - stored.

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Our work in - deed is not in vain- To us will joy ac - crue.

Stand firm, be strong, with stead - fast - ness; Press on to vie - to - ry.
Hence, to our God we do give thanks Through Je - sus Christ our Lord.
72 The Joys and Fruits of Kingdom Service
(Matthew 5:12)

1. In the ser - vice of our God, Je - ho - vah, --

2. E - ven when from house to house we're preach-ing
3. 0 what joys there are in sa - cred ser - vice
We have joys that
We meet rid - i -
As we take the

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are be-yond c o m - p ~ For un - self - ish - ly we preach the
cule or ap - a - thy, We main-tain our strong de - ter - mi -
path our Mas - ter trod; Preach God's day of ven -geance; warn the
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good news
na - tion
wick - ed
And hold fast to our in - teg - ri - ty.
And bring hon - or to Je - ho - vah God!
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So that oth - ers may our com - fort share.

It is just as Je - sus Christ as - sured us: Giv - ing reaps the

Should we meet with bit - ter per - se - cu - tion For up -hold - ing
Al - so, we bring hope to all those yearn - ing For a world that's
The Joys and Fruits of Kingdom Service (continued)
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great - er hap - pi - ness. And what bet - ter thing could we be

God Je - ho - vah 's name, Je - sus said for joy we should be
free from sin and strife. This gives us both joy and sat - is -

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giv - ing Than the truth that leads to life and righ-teous-ness.
leap - ing, For the an - cient proph - ets suf -fered just the same.
fac - tion, Yes, our bless - ed hope of ev - er - last - ing life.

73 "Wisdom Is With the Modest Ones"

(Proverbs 11:2)
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1. If we would walk with our one God, We need to show true mod - es - ty,
2. What "good-for • noth-ing slaves" we are! As sin • ful men this we ad - mit.
3. 'Con - duct your-selves as less - er ones,' So taught our Lord by word and deed.
4. With fear and trem-bling we should serve, Be-cause Je • ho - vah God we love.
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Ap - pre - ci - ate how great God is And how so ver - y small are we!
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If we will but show mod - es - ty, How much we then will hen - e - fit!
But should we brag or get puffed up, Christ's coun - sel we do fail to heed.
To walk wi h him in mod • es ty Shows wis - dom that is a• hove.
74 Jehovah, Provider of Escape
(Psalm 18:1, 2)

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1. In this our day the proph - e • cy

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is now ful-filled. The
2. Now each day pres - sures come to test our loy - al - ty; The
3. Soon Christ will crush the Dev - il in the Fi - nal War, And

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Dev - il
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was hurled down; it's woe for earth and sea. Our
spir - it of this world at - tacks us taunt - ing - ly. Our
mourn - ing, out - cry, pain and death will be no more. As

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God en -throned Christ Je • SUS as Lord and King. So we sing:

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think - ing and our con - duct we must keep pure, to en-dure,
God re - news the heav - ens and earth be -low, all will know
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"Jah will pro - vide es - cape."
And, in the end, es
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By Jah we have caped.

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Je - ho - vah pro - vides es- cape for the loy - al. Our

en - e-mies will see what a might - y Crag is he. So, with

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i we give ac - claim To Je.

cour - age, as ser - vants of God,

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ho - vah, our Source of es - cape, and praise his name.
75 Joyful Praise to Jehovah
(Psalm 63:5)

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1. It is
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with lips of joy - ful cries Prais - es we of - fer with plea sure. Be-
2. He gave his Son most lov - ing-ly, O-p'ning the way to sal - va - tion. We
3. His strength and glo - ry we be-hold. How we de -light in his guid ance! We

cause Je - ho - vah God sup - plies All that we need in full mea - sure. With
raise our palms in his great name, Pray- ing for his vin - di - ca - tion. Our
glad - ly wor - ship God whole-souled, Plac- ing on him full re - Ii - ance. And
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hap - py hearts and ful song We to God up our voic - es. To

fel low -ship with we prize, Yes, as a pre-cious pos - ses - sion. Our
in the shad - ow his wings, How we find lov - ing pro - tee tion! Our

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him our thanks-giv - ing does e'er be - long; Our soul in him now re - joic - es.
love for him nev - er fades, nev - er dies; We give love heart-felt ex - pres - sion.
heart in ap - pre - ci - a - tion now sings; For him we have deep af - fee - tion.
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76 Jehovah, Our Best Friend
(Isaiah 41:8)

1. Je - ho - vah God, the Loy - al One, Is tru - ly our best Friend.

2. A faith - ful man thru all his days Was A - bra-ham,God's friend.
3. Years lat - er God's Son came to earth Be - cause of love for
4. No great - er friends could we now have Than God and his dear

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made
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the earth a home for us, Gave life that would not
when Je - ho - vah test - ed him, He kept true to the
He gave his life to bring us back To God on high a - gain.
They've shown true love that last - ing life By us now might be

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Tho' our first par - ents did for - sake Je - ho -vah's righ-teous way,
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He reck-oned God could raise his son If he'd o - be - dient be.
Tho' Sa - tan tried to lead him off From serv - ing God in love,
We know that friend-ship with this world Will mean God's en - mi - ty.

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still be-friends
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So God was fond of A - bra - ham, Who kept in-teg- ri - ty.
Christ Je - sus, as a loy - al Son, Proved true to God a - hove.
So we must prove our - selves his friends, Stead - fast in loy - al ty.
77 "Jehovah Is My Shepherd"
(Psalm 23)

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1. Je - ho - vah God is my Shep-herd;
2. Tho' in the vale of deep shad-ow
3. How wise and lov - ing my Shep-herd!
So why should I fear
I walk, I need fear
His prais - es with joy
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or fret?
no harm,
I sing.

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For he who cares for his sheep so much Will none of his own for - get.
For my Great Shep-herd is al - ways near; His staff keeps me from a - larm.
The cheer -ing news of his ten - der care To sheep-like ones I will bring.

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By qui - et wa - ters he leads me, My soul does re - store and bless.
My head with oil he re - fresh - es; My cup he has filled up well.
His Word I'll faith - ful - ly fol - low, Walk care - ful - ly in his way.

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He
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guides my steps for his own name's sake In path -ways of righ-teous-ness.
lov - ing-kind-ness will fol - low me, And e'er in his house I'll dwell.
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glo - rious trea -sure of serv - ing him I'll grate - ful - ly use each day.
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He guides my steps for his own name's sake In path-ways of righ -teous -ness.
His lov - ing-kind - ness will fol - low me, And e'er in his house I'll dwell.
My glo - rious trea - sure of serv - ing him I'll grate - ful - ly use each day.
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78 Speaking the "Pure Language"

(Zephaniah 3:9)
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1. God's peo - pie are speak- ing a Ian -guage so pure, A Ian - guage that
2. The change to this Ian -guage Je ho - vah does give To those who are
3. Wrong thoughts and bad hab - its are now put a - side By those who this
4. So shoul -der to shoul-der we serve our great God. His peo - pie he

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tru - ly u - nites. Its words are de - light - ful, bring joy to the
hum - ble and meek. For such ones are will - ing to go forth and
lan-guage do learn. They clean up their lives and ad - here to God's
guides and e - quips. And with the "pure lan-guage" the King-dom we
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To love and right works they in - cite.

Still oth - ers this Ian - guage to speak.
ways. The ways of the world they now spurn.
preach; Its mes - sage we bear on our lips. R.H.
79 Creation Reveals Jehovah's Glory
(Psalm 19)

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1. Je - ho - vah God, my soul is well a - ware,

2. For you have made the sun and moon and stars,
3. Your laws are per feet, your com -mands are true.

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The bril- liant heav'ns
f - ry do de - clare. From day to
And for the o ceans you have set their bars. Man can but
Re - mind-ers, or ders, al - so come from
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day and night to night they speak And with - out words bring
look, and see what you have done, And give you as
wise, are bet - ter than fine gold. 0 may them,
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knowl-edge to the meek.

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From day to day and night to night they
the De - serv - ing One. Man can but look, and see what you have
al -ways to them hold! They make us wise, are bet - ter than fine
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done, And give you praise as the De- serv - ing One.
gold. 0 may keep them, al- ways to them hold!
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80 Walking in the Name of Our God

(Micah 4:5)

1. Great Sov - 'reign in heav'n, Je ho - vah our God, For

2. Our foes now a - bound. They make up a host. And
3. From small Beth - le - hem comes God's Rul - er grand, The
4. Come wor - ship Je - ho - vah. Serve him as one. Do

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all
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of your love, you we
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want to laud. You par - don our sins; you
in their false gods they make loud their boast. We loathe their false gods; the
Shep - herd who saves with strength from God's hand. And now, with great joy, your
learn of his ways; his will let be done. All swords and all spears we

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life's way. Lord, here in your ser - vice we choose to stay.

we pro- claim And wor - ship Je - ho - vah, walk in his name.
"rem - nant" re - stored, Ex - alts your true wor - ship, 0 Sov-'reign Lord.
yield up for peace. With joy we will serve him, nev . er to cease.
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81 Gratitude for Divine Patience
(2 Peter 3:15)

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1. Je - ho - vah God, your pow'r sub-lune Made all things beau - teous in their time.
2. Great God, your zeal for righ - teous-ness Could end at all wick - ed - ness;
3. Your pa -tience we would not a - buse But use the preach good news,
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To this fact all things tes - ti - fy Through - out the earth

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But, that saI - va - tion may be ours, You have held back de - struc - tive pow'rs.
Show men your at - tri - butes di - vine, Which in your Word so clear - ly shine.

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Tho' from such beau - ty springs de - light For all who love the truth and right,
Now all who glad - ly your name bear, Your prais- es sing, give thanks in pray'r
Help us to make the way so plain That they saI - va - tion too may gain
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Yet still more beau - ty they will see In tri - umph of your sov-'reign - ty.
For pa - tience shown and long to see The tri -umph of your sov-'reign - ty.
And then with us the beau - ty Of your tri - um - phant sov -'reign - ty.
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82 The Women Are a Large Army
(Psalm 68:11)

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1. Je - ho - vah him- self gives the say - ing. The worn -en who go out to preach
2. On these fel - low work-ers, our sis -ters, Je - ho-vah's rich bless-ing we pray.
3. We must give them all due at - ten -tion As moth-ers and daugh-ters and wives.

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All form a large ar - my to wit - ness; Hu-man - i - ty they want to reach.
For much they ac - com-plish in preach-ing, The men-folk with pride just - ly say.
They share in the joys of the bar - vest, At-tempt-ing to save pre-cious lives.

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It means get - ting start -ed right ear - ly, To look to one's house-hold with care.
But man - y are wid - ows, old - tim - ers, And all have their prob-lems to face.
This ar - my of worn - en is wor - thy. Their ef - forts re - sult in

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By plan-ning and i - gent fore-thought, In ser - vice they have a fine s h ~

From meet-ings they sel - dom are ab - sent; En - dur-ance they show in life's race.
Look af - ter these with fel - low feel - ing. God's "say -ing" was not said in vain.
83 Zion's Reason for Rejoicing
(Isaiah 66:8)

1. Je - ho - vah has a na - tion; In our day it was born. A

2. The birth of this new na - tion Brought joy be - yond com - pare. It
3. It is Je - ho -vah's pur -pose The na -tions now to rock. The

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"land" was al - so bro't forth Where we need nev - er mourn. Je - ho-vah's heav'n-ly
serves the King.dom in-t'rests And of God's flock takes care. Yes, Zi - on's faith - ful
choice ones of such na -tions To Zi -on's height do flock. They deem it a rare

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Zi - on- She sud - den - ly gave y sons who

chil - dren Are trem- bling at God's and teach with
priv- 'lege To el - e - vate God's fame, ing down be -
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sound-ed God's name thru-out the earth.

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bold-ness. By noth- ing they're de-terred. Re-joice, ex - ult with Zi -on high a-
fore him, They call up - on his name.
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hove! How great for her is God Je - ho-vah's love! Her sons on earth are

serv -ing as a sign, and at Je - ho - vah's ta - ble they re - cline. cline.

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84 God's Great and Wondrous Works

(Revelation 15:3)
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1. Je - ho - vah God, Al-might - y One, How great and won-drous your works · are!
2. How righ-teous, true, are all your ways, Our Judge and our e - ter - nal King!
3. Who will not fear and hon - or you And mag - ni - fy your ho - ly name?
4. Your wise de - crees, how vast their sum! How they show forth your righ-teous - ness!
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moon and stars and shin • ing sun Your glo · ries tell, both near and
r far.
Since all ere - a - tion sings your praise, Why should not we thanks • giv - ing bring?
You are the Loy - al One and True, The God Most High of end - less fame.
Let all the na -tions to you come And wor - ship you, your name con - fess.
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85 Jehovah Is Our Refuge
(Psalm 91:1, 2)

1. Je - ho - vah is our ref - uge, Our God in whom we trust.

2. Tho' thou -sands will be fall - ing, Yes, at your ver - y side,
3. No plague will e'er be - fall you, No dire ca - lam - i - ty.
4. Praise Jah for such as - sur - ance; His righ teous -ness pro - claim.

His shad - ow is
iour shel - ter; A bide in it we must.
Ten thou -sand at your right hand; No harm will you be - tide.
But God will by his an - gels Pro - vide se - cu - ri - ty.
While mak - ing known his vir - tues, Our - selves we'll keep from blame.

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For he
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him - self will res - cue you From pes - ti - lence and trap - pers too.
You will not need to quake with fear, As tho' great harm to you were near.
The maned young Ii - on you'll not dread; Up - on the co - bra you will tread.
Whole -souled de - vo - tion let us show; Then we'll sal - va - tion by God know.
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Je - ho - vah is a strong -hold, A ha - ven for all the just.

Your eyes will mere - ly see it, As 'neath God's wings you'll a - bide.
No stone will make you stum - hie While God faith -ful - ly.
Je - ho - vah is our ref - uge, A is his great name.
86 Cultivating the Fruit of Love
(1 Corinthians 13:8)

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1. Je - ho - vah lov - ing- ly does be- stow On all his min - is - ters here be - low
2. All qual - i - ties for the min - is - try We strive to ex - er - cise pa - tient- ly;
3. And as we la - bor for rich in- crease Let's ear- nest- ly guard the bond of peace.

The gifts they need that they may do His sa - cred will and thus keep true.
Yet spe - cial ef - fort we di - rect The most im - por - tant to per - feet.
Be pa - tient tho' we suf - fer wrong; Bear weak ones' loads if we are strong.

His spir - it they ap - pre - ci - ate; Its man - y fruits they cul - ti - vate;

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It's not e-nough to use the mind In feed - ing sheep - like ones we find;
And feel in e - ven lit - tle things The joy un - self - ish in - t'rest brings;

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But one they give their great - est care- The fruit of love, be - yond com-pare.
But we must give with all our heart To share in bless - ings we'd im - part.
Thus per - feet - ing the fruit of love And be - ing like our God a - hove.
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87 The Lord's Evening Meal
(1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

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1. Je - ho - vah, our Fa - ther in heav - en, 0 this is a
2. We're gath - ered to - geth - er be - fore you, As sheep of your
3. The bread stands for Je - sus Christ's bod - y He gave on be -

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most sa -cred night! 'Twas Ni - san four -teen when your glo - ry was seen, Your
pas -ture we came, To praise the great love that bro't Christ from a - hove And
half of us all. The cup of red wine a sym - bol di -vine, His
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jus - tice, love, wis - dom and The Pass - o - ver lamb was then
hon - or your most ho - ly name. Be - fore us there stands a spread
blood which re - deems from man's fall . Let's keep this Me - mo - rial oc -
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eat- en, And Is - rael's twelve tribes went forth free. Cen-t'ries lat - er our
ta - ble Of wine and of un - leav -ened bread. They are sym- bols, we
ca- sion Fixed firm - ly in heart and in mind. Thus we'll walk ev - 'ry
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Lord his own

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life - blood out -poured To ful - fill this di - vine proph - e -
know; as re - mind - ers they show With what nour-ish-ment we must be fed.
day as Christ showed us the way, And so life ev - er - last - ing we'll find.
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88 The Prayer of God's Servant

(James 3:17)

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1. Heav - n 'ly Fa - ther, Sov-'reign Lord, Be your glo -rious name a - dared;
2. As our ser - vice we pur - sue, Teach us, God, your will to do.
3. Give us wis - dom from a - hove, Pure and gen - tle, full of love.
4. May the joy to have a part In your ser - vice fill our heart.

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For your mer - cies will en - dure, Ev - er ev - er sure.

Your com-mands we want to keep, Stay - ing your dear "sheep."
Help us mer - ci - ful to be, As we serve im - par - tial - ly.
Nev - er may our pray - ers cease That your King - dom may in - crease.

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frut ev - er sure, VJ.es, your mer - c1es
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Stay• ing close to your dear "sheep,"Your com-mands we want to keep.
As we serve im - par - tial - ly, Help us mer - ci - ful to be.
That your King-dom may in - crease, Nev - er may our pray - ers cease.
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89 The Divine Pattern of Love
(1 John 4:19)

1. Je - ho - vah our God has wise - ly

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pro - vid ed For us
2.By walk - ing God's way our love for our broth - er Will be
3. Je - ho - vah is love. His za - tion Will al -

all, One and all, A pat - tern di - vine, that we may be

true, Warm and true, Will make us a - lert to help one an -
Yes, al - wa s Un - self - ish - ly to his vin - di -

guid - ed, Lest we should Lest we should fall. That ex -eel-lent

oth - er In all we In all we do. 0 let us e'er
ca - tion, Sing -ing his praise, Sing - ing his So let us pro -

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by which he keeps ev - er, To which he in - vites
show that true warm af - fee - tion, Help oth - ers to guard
claim his name to each hear - er, Help "oth - er sheep" see
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The Divine Pattern of Love (continuea)

our con-stant en - deav - or, From which we may part, no, nev - er, no,
'gainst an - y de - flee - tion, Lest fi - nal - ly some should suf - fer re -
the truth ev - er clear - er, Let his ser - vice grow still dear- er and
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Thus show our
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For God's way is love.
Our broth - er ly love.
Yes, that is true love.
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90 Worshiping Jehovah, the Sovereign Lord

(Isaiah 2:3)
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1. Je - ho-vah God, our Sov-'reign Lord, Yourtruth to us has been re -
2. Your time has come to give in -crease To those that serve with you in peace.
3. A peo-ple that learns war no more, Puts sa - cred ser - vice to the fore;
4. How we re -joice in this your day, When King-dom rule has come to stay!
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Down from your throne your light does beam, So mil-lions to your wor-ship stream.
These hon - or you as God a - lone And wor-ship you be - fore your throne.
They bow down low in god - ly fear And to your righ-teous laws ad - here.
Your Roy - al Son now rules as King; Be - cause of this we glad - ly sing. I':'\
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91 Being Taught by Jehovah
(Isaiah 54:13)

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1. Je - ho - vah sends out light and truth; He

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is our Grand In -struc - tor.
2. Je - ho - vah gives us shep - herds too Who strive to teach with in - sight.
3. "Come, learn a -bout Je - ho - vah God," That is our in - vi - ta - tion.
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He leads his sheep so pa - tient-ly As their di - vine Con - due - tor.

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Their ed - u - cat - ed tongue re-fleets That in their heart they're up - right.
A teach-ing work is un - der way That prom - is - es sal - va - tion.

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His time has come for all to learn is the Su - preme One,
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The wea - ry ones they seek to help. Un - ru - ly ones they coun - sel.
By print - ed page and word of mouth The good news of God's King- dom

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Who lov - ing - ly pro -vides in -struc-tion the meek ones does be - stir.
By teach-ing what is true and right; in Je - ho - vah takes de-light.
Is be - ing preached thru - out the earth to ev - 'ry tribe and na - tion.
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Being Taught by Jehovah (continued)
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Was great-est of earth's teach- ers.

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His Mas -ter Work -er, Je - sus Christ,
Taught by Je - ho - vah now His Son di-rects the teach- ing.
As fel - low work-ers we In faith to be pro -gress - ing

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He spoke the things his Fa - ther taught,
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Ex - plain - ing King -dom fea - tures.
A priv-'lege we in - deed do have As truth our hearts is reach - ing.
And keep in step with pres - ent truth, His King-dom to be stress - ing.
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As chicks are gath - ered by a hen, He seeks in love to help all men.
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And soon thru Christ's Mil -len - nial Reign The res - ur - rect - ed ones will gain
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To - day he teach - es, just as then, The sheep-like ones with - in his p e ~
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It's by pro-claim-ing all we learn, They may to God in wor - ship turn.
In- struc- tion, so they may at - tain To per - feet life in earth's do-main.
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92 Preach With Boldness
(Acts 4:13)

1. Je - ho - vah's ser - vants need to be strong, Due to the pres - sures

2. Since we're be - liev - ing with all our hearts God's Word is truth - ful
3. Give kind as - sis - tance to all the weak, So that with bold - ness

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from Sa -tan's throng. We get this cour -age from God's own Word, Al - so from
in all its parts, We're not a - fraid of what men can do But have strong
they too can speak. Nev - er ne -glect those of ten - der years; Help them grow

shar - ing the things we have heard. God's Word gives pow - er, the will to
faith, ev - en tho' we are few. Let's fix at - ten - tion on work at
strong and get rid of their fears. Bring con - so - la - tion to thosewho

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stick, And keeps us loy - al 'through thin and thick.' Like the a -
hand And spread God's mes - sage through all the land. By preach-ing
sigh; Bid all take cour - age, on God re - ly. O'er all the
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pos- ties and men of old, Let us be stead -fast, re - joic - ing and bold.
bold - ly right to the end, We'll have Je - ho - vah for - ev - er as Friend.
earth he will rule as King And cause all man - kind his prais- es to sing.
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93 Jehovah's Lovely Place of Worship

(Psalm 84:1)
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1.How love - ly is your tern - pie grand, With court - yards where your
2. Je - ho - vah, when we come to you For help our pow - ers
3. A day with - in your court - yards fair Ex eels a thou - sand
4. Je - ho - vah is a sun and shield To all who righ - teous

ser - vants stand! My soul and heart for them do long, That there I
to re - new, We're made to feast on love and truth, So we can
spent else - where. We'd rath - er at your house be found Than with the
fruit - age yield. There's no good thing he does with - hold From fault - less
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might lift up my song, That there I might lift up my song.
serve with strength of youth, So we can serve with strength of youth.
wick - ed move a - round, Than with the wick - ed move a - round.
ones with - in his fold, From fault - less with - in his fold.
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94 King of Eternity, Sanctify Your Name!
(Ezekiel 38:23)

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1. Je - ho vah, you are God a- lone, To time in -def - i -

2. Cre - a tor of the u - ni-verse, You are the One from
3. Your ho ly proph-ets from of old Preached your sal - va -tion

nite the same. Great love and pa - tience you have shown, Un - til you
long a - go! You've seen men go from bad to worse, Right on your
zeal -ous-ly. We s e ~ ful-filled what you fore- told, To which we

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ti - fy your name~~ - ter nal is your pur -pose grand; Great

stool here be - low. To us your Son has now been giv'n; His
ness faith-ful- ly. Our earth, for - ev - er built to stay, Will
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wis dom all your deal - ings show; Your longed for King-dom
prince ly rule is here to stay. Be - fore him, see his
nev er tot- ter, will re-main. 0 King, your maj - es -
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is at hand, And so all ed - ness must

en - 'mies driv'n; For their de - struc tion we now pray.
ty dis - play, bring Mes - si ah's glo -rious reign.
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95 The Fruit of Goodness

(Galatians 5:22)
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1. Je - ho - vah the
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2. The good - ness of God, how it helps men get free From Bab - y - lon's
3. Such good - ness of God we would all im - i - tate; This fruit of his
4. To grow in this good-ness, just what can we do? En - gage in much

ca - tion of good-ness is he. In mer - cy his Son from the

bond - age of in - iq - ui ty. The good - ness of God gives us
spir - it we would cul - ti - vate. We need to be gen - 'rous, pure,
stud - Y, field ser -vice, pray'r too. Nor may we ne glect with our

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heav- ens he sent

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To lead sin- cere men from their sins to re - pent.
in -creas - ing light, That we can dis - tin - guish be - tween wrong and right.
no - ble and just, And al -ways in God and Christ Je - SUS to trust.
broth-ers to meet If we as to good - ness would be made com - plete.
96 Glorifying Our Father, Jehovah
(John 17:4)

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1. Je . ho - vah, your ere . a - tion sings Of hon - or, pow'r and

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glo . ry.
2. With joy we note just how your Son Ful - filled his sa - cred mis - sion,
3. Should we not, then, your prais - es sing, E'er seek you plea - sure?

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You willed, so all ere - at - ed things Ex - ist and tell their sto
r· ry.
How he on earth the vie - t'ry won And changed man-kind's con - di tion,
Our lives in ded - i - ca - tion bring, And serve you in full mea - sure?
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Rich bless - ings flow from your great hand, Good gifts, all per - feet pres . ents.
And how as King up - on the throne He car - ries out your or . ders,
Your name we ev - er must up - hold, Your work bring to its fin . ish.
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You've made pro - phet - ic pat - terns grand Ful - filled now in Christ's pres - ence.
Your name and pur - pose he makes known To all the tions' bor - ders,
May we ne'er let our love grow cold, Nor let our di - min - ish.
Glorifying Our Father, Jehovah (continued)
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At birth child Je - sus was a - dored By your an - gel - ic cho - rus.
Why, we your peo - ple find de - light In cry - ing out with glad - ness:
But with our heart and mind and soul We choose to serve you ev - er.
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How good you are, thru Christ our Lord, Pro - vid - ing ran - som for us!
"The Lord Je - ho - vah, God of light, Will soon wipe out all sad - ness."
To bring great hon - or to your name Will e'er be our en - deav - or.

97 Jehovah's Attributes
(Revelation 4:11)
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1. Je -ho - vah God, ex - alt - ed in might, The foun-tain-head of life and light,
2. Thosethings you've made-what wis-dom they tell! They wit -ness that you made them well.
3. On jus - tice you have found-ed your throne. Your righ-teous-ness you have made known.
4. Your lov - ing - kind - ness is our great boast; To it we are in - debt - ed most.

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Cre - a - tion speaks of your great pow'r; Still more will Ar - ma - ged -don's hour.
But, turn-ing to your Word, we see Your wis -dom shine more bril - liant-ly.
To us do give an ear to hear, That we may walk w1th you in fear.
Your at - tri - butes, your glo - rious name, Ex - ult - ing - ly we will pro-claim!
98 Contending for the Faith
(Jude 3)

1. Just as Je - sus Christ had fore • told, Wick - ed works earth wide a - bound.
2. Nev - er let the Dev - il weak - en Our strong faith in things fore - told;
3. Use each av - e - nue of ser - vice For the true faith to con - tend.

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Cold has grown the love of man - y; Ver - y lit - tle faith is found.
But by stud · y, pray'r and ser - vice, To the faith let's firm - ly hold.
Give a bold and faith - ful wit - ness Till this sys - tern has its end.

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There-fore let us be con-tend - ing For the faith that was re -ceived
By our stead- fast - ly con-tend - ing, Yield - ing not to doubt or fear,
Thru Je - ho -vah's vin - di - ca - tion Wick - ed - ness will no more be,

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the Chris - tian con - gre-ga - tion Who back there God's Word be - lieved.
We will strength - en one an-oth • er That thus all may per se - vere.
But to us will come sa1 - va - tion Un - der his The - oc - ra - cy.
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99 God's Unfolding "Eternal Purpose"
(Ephesians 3:11)

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1. Keep ev - er march - ing for - ward, Each one in his own place.
2. Our Sov-'reign Lord Je - ho - vah Gives us a liv - ing hope.
3. As God un - folds his pur - pose We must our-selves ex - ert

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For all his ser - vants on the earth Je - ho- vah sets the pace.
In men- tal dark -ness, filled with fear, No lon - ger do we grope.
And march a -long the road to life And keep our minds a - lert.
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He has re-stored true wor - ship And made his words come true.
It's his e - ter - nal pur - pose That men should live in peace.
Our God Je - ho - vah's pur - pose Will meet with sure sue - cess.

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Great is the crowd that has ap - peared And seeks his will to do.
Soon by the rule of Christ, his Son, He will make wars to cease.
Wise - ly we act and move a - head And seek his name to bless.
JOO Laud Jehovah Our God!
(Jeremiah 33:11)

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1. Laud our God!
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Je - ho - vah God! Make his great- ness known! Make it
2. Laud our God! Je - ho - vah God! Make his good - ness known! Make it
3. Laud our God! Je - ho - vah God! Make his King -dom known! Make it

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known! Shout for joy!

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f song! For the
known! Cry a - loud! 0 how kind is he! Let all
known! Sound his worth! Sound Je - ho - vah's worth To the

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heav'ns and
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earth to him be - long.
r~r AU things he made both
flesh his lov - ing- kind - ness see. Tho' fear - in - spir - ing,
far - flung cor - ners of the earth! The time is here! And

seen and un - seen. Pow'r and love all his works re - veal. His wis-dom,
man - ly in war, To the meek he is gen - tie, kind. Those who now
Christ reigns as King. To Je - ho - vah all praise must go. So our tri -
Laud Jehovah Our God! (continuea)
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jus - tice al - so a -bound; How they blend with his might and zeal!
seek him he will pro -tect. Lov - ing - kind -ness in him they'll find.
um - phant song we can And to God our al - le - giance show.
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Laud our God! Laud Je - ho -vah God! Make his great-nessknown! Make it known!
Laud our God! Laud Je - ho -vah God! Make his good-nessknown! Make it known!
Laud our God! Laud Je - ho -vah God! Make his King- dom known! Make it known!

101 Showing Concern for "the Flock of God"

(1 Peter 5:2)
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1. Je - sus Christ, as God's Fine Shep-herd, For his flock showed deep con - cern.
2. El - ders are his un - der - shep-herds; Lov- ing - ly they tend the "sheep."
3. "Feed my lambs" is Christ's in - struc -tion To each one whose love is pure.
4. As a flock- u - nit - ed, peace-ful- Man -y bless-ings we do share.
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With
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his life he did us pur-chase. Much from him we all can learn.
They must set a fine ex - am - pie And strict vig - i - lance e'er keep.
Ten-der - ly and with much pa-tience, All must help them to ma - ture.
God Je - ho -vah and Christ Je · SUS Shep-herd us with lov - ing care.
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102 The Resurrection Joy
(Revelation 20:13)

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1. Laz a - rus lay - ing In a cold stone grave.

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2. Those who hoped in Thought re - lease was nigh,
3. A ~ am's sin in Brought death on our race;
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How his sis - ters mourned him! None there him could
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So they felt de - ject - ed When he had to die.
Bu~ re -turn of dead ones Shall thru Christ take place.

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his friend Christ Je SUS Had but come be - fore,

ly friends of Je SUS Laid him in a tomb.
in death and Ha des Will hear his own voice
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have
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At the grave Christ Je sus Then did give a shout,
But the gates of Ha des Could not God de - fy.
B ~ fore God's great white throne They'll be judged a - right
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Call ing to the dead one: 'Laz - a - rus, come out!'

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In three days God raised him, Seat - ed him on high.
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Tho wrapped up in grave Laz - 'rus did 0 • bey.
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With joy his dis - ci Him they saw and heard.
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0 what great re - joic - ing Filled his friends that day!

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Keys of death and Ha - des On him are con - ferred.
Will live on his earth Ev - er free from strife.
103 Throw Your Burden on Jehovah
(Psalm 55:22)

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1. Let
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my prayer be heard
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by you, Lord; Do not hide your - self from me.
2.Had I wings just as a dove has, I'd fly far off to re - side
3. I will call up - on Je - ho - vah, Him who thrones on high,

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Pay at - ten - tion, give me an - swer, That con-cerned I

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may not be.
In a place safe from the wick - ed, Whose bad tongues, 0 God, di - vide.
He gives peace midst op - po - si - tion, And my soul he will re- deem.
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104 A Song to the Most High
(Psalm 47:2)

1. Let's sing to Je - ho - vah a song; To him praise and thanks do be -

2. Re - joice with the sound of the horn: The King - dom of God has been
3. We live in the "time of the end"; True wor - ship we all must de -

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long. With a glad cry to the Most

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High, We pro-claim that he's might-y and
born. Our be - hav - ior t'ward the Sav ior, May it ev - er his teach-ing a -
fend. God is lo - rious and vie - to rious;Hence our prais- es to him now as-

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strong.
dorn. Je - ho-vah God is reign • ing;Grand vie • to - ries at - tain •
cend.

ing. By his dear Son, the Wor-thy One, the King-dom has be • gun.
105 Hail Jehovah's Firstborn!
(Hebrews 1:6)

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1. Let's hail Je - ho -vah's First - born-God's Heir he has been made-
2. Al - tho' he was in God's form, He did not self - ish - ly
3. For this Christ was ex - alt ed And set by God on high
4. So hail Je - ho -vah's First born! Make known his King- dom reign.

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Who since he was ere - at ed, His Fa -ther's voice o - beyed.
En . deav - or to be e qua! To God, in ri - val - ry.
To be Je . ho - vah's a gent His name to sane - ti . fy.
From house to house keep preach - ing; The cause of truth main - tain.

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He made all things

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ex . ist ing In heav - en and on
But hum . bly he de - scend - ed And took the form of
He will at Ar - ma - ged . don God's wor - ship - ers de -
With per . son - al at - ten tion Show oth - ers what to

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And ~e, as God's own spokes - man, Made known Je - ho - vah 's
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To vm di -cate Je - ho - vah And give men life a - gain.
De - stroy foes of God's King - dom, Bring peace that will not end.
And stim u - late our broth - ers To hail God's First - born too.
106 Let's Watch How We Walk
(Ephesians 5:15)

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1. Let's watch how we walk And watch how we talk, That

2. Let's watch what we preach And watch what we teach, En -
3. Let's watch how we greet And watch how we treat All

thus we may be a - lert and wise, Buy - ing the op -por - tune time,
cour- age meek ones to take their stand. By our ble stud - y with them,
those we meet in our min - is - try. Like Christ - sus, our Fine Shep-herd,

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Since this world in Sa - tan Yes, watch how we walk And

Give them all a help - ing Yes, watch what we preach And
Care for his "sheep" lov - ing Yes, watch how we greet And

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watch how we talk, That thus we may be a - lert and wise.

watch what we teach, And thus help meek ones to take their stand.
watch how we treat, And stum - ble none in our min - is - try.
107 Sing Jehovah's Praise With Courage!
(2 Chronicles 20:21)

1. Let us sing Je ho -vah 's praise with cour - age, In whose strength we
2. Let us sing Je ho - vah 's praise with cour - age And give warn - ing
3. Let us sing Je ho -vah 's praise with cour - age, As we teach the

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face a might - y foe. Nev - er let the en - e - my dis -

loud for all to hear; For our King will soon de· stray the
low - ly and the true, Show-ing them their priv - i - lege to

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may us. Fear them not. But for -ward let us

wick- ed, False re - Ii - gion's end is ver - y Her -ald forth the
serve God, Help-ing them his will on earth to

good news of sa1 -va - tion. Help men see the need of ded - i - ca - tion. Let us

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sing Je - ho-vah's praise with cour-age, Mag-ni - fy his great and ho-ly name.

108 Jehovah's Word ls Faithful

(Joshua 23:14)
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1. Just as the rain that falls from the heav - ens Caus - es the
2. Josh u - a told the na - tion of Is - rael How God's great
3. Our God once showed to heirs of the prom - ise How his un -
4. We can be sure of what God has told us. His righ- teous
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earth to bring fJth its So is

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the word Je - ho - vah has
good - ness to them was Of all the things Je - ho - vah had
change a - ble word is sure. "By my own self, I swear," said Je -
prom - ise will find sue - cess. In the New Or - der he is pre -
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spo - ken; It will sue - ceed,

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yes, its truth be re -vealed.
prom - ised None met with fail ure; his pow'r he made known.
ho vah. This gives us hope like an an - chor se - cure.
par - ing, We'll praise Je - ho vah for his faith - ful - ness.
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109 Life Everlasting Is Promised
(Psalm 37:29)

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1. Life ev - er - last - ing
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2.True is the prom - ise us Soon to be grand - ly ful-
3. Our God, Je - ho - vah, as - sures us That he will make all things
4. Je · SUS has ful - ly con-firmed it, Par - a - dise will be re -

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preme, Here on earth in per - fee - tion. this is no mere
filled: 'Meek ones earth will in - her - it.' is what God has
new. Down from heav - ens will trick - le rich bless-ings, like
stored. Then in new earth Je - ho - vah a-

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dream.
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willed. We can live for - ev - er. It's worth all en - deav - or.
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God's prom - ise is faith ful. His Word will come true.
110 Be Forgiving
(Ephesians 4:32)

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1. Lov - ing - ly
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God Je - ho-vah
2. But God on - ly grants for - give-ness To those who like him would be,
3. Sure - ly days of bit - ter sor-row Our for - giv - ing can pre - vent;
4. True for- give - ness is a vir -tue That we all should cul - ti - vate.

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his Son be our us ex - aid.
for- giv - ing free - ly oth - ers, Show true em - pa - thy.
it we show lov - ing - kind-ness That in - heav - en sent.
will keep us from re - sent-ment, From the ness of hate.
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since
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are re - pen-tant,
so im - per-feet,
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Our for - giv - ing oth -ers free -ly From the heart proves us ma - ture,
When we tru - ly are for - giv • ing, We re • sem - ble God Most High,

On the ba - sis of Christ's ran-som, Ask - ing par - don in his name.
By some thought- less word or ac - tion. Hence we all need for -give - ness.
Shows a depth of un - der - stand-ing And helps them peace to se cure.
Who takes plea • sure in for - giv - ing, And his grace we mag- ni - fy.
111 The Light Gets Brighter
(Proverbs 4:18)

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1. Light from God's keeps shin - ing ev - er bright- er, Is
2. Light on the of righ - teous ones in - creas - es. Je -
3. Bright is the that shines now on our path - way Just

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get - ting ev - er light - er as the Day draws near.

ho - vah it re - leas - es with such lov - ing care.
like the sun at noon-day in a cloud - less sky.

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Truths, King - dom truths, Je - ho - vah is re - veal - ing; To
True un - der - stand ing he is now un - fold - ing; His
Our God is light and can but us en - light - en; Our

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Gone the time when false re - li - gion Kept us in its dis - mal pris - on.
Some -times due to im - per - fee - tion There may seem to be de - flee - tion;
Nev - er should we doubt or wor - ry, Seek to force the truth to hur - ry.

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Truth was re - vived. The "Lord's day" ar - rived. Light has flashed
But truth re - fines As light bright -er shines. Our gra - cious
Keep to the way And there ev - er stay. Light has flashed

as rays of sun at Trans - mit - ting to the

sends forth more light to He flash - es forth his
up and will keep on in - The righ - re -
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righ - teous ones the bright shin - ing light, God's bright shin - ing l i g ~ r
glo - rious light, a light bright-er still, A light bright- er still.
joic - ing, for so bright is the light. So bright is the light.
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112 Then They Will Know
(Ezekiel 35:15)

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ho - ly name re - viled, With their de - ceit your
1. Long have your foes your
2. Your glo - rious pow'r, by Sa - tan long de - fied, Soon will be shown and
3. Proud hearts that know no pit - y for the meek To hold theirpow'r o'er
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ho - ly place de - filed. Soon will your King your righ-teous-ness make known;
nev - er - more de - nied. His earth - ly host, in Ar - ma - ged-don's war,
all man-kind do seek. Your might - y arm will break the hate - ful yoke.

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Sa - tan's do - min - ion will be o - ver- thrown.
Will meet de - struc- tion and op - press no more. Then they will know you
Soon men will van - ish who your wrath pro - voke.

on - ly are Je - ho - vah; Then they will know your ways are just and true.
Then They Will Know (continued)

Then they will know through - out the whole ere - a - tion,

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All you have pur - posed you will sure ly do.

113 We Are Jehovah's Witnesses!

(Isaiah 43:10-12)
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1. Men make gods of wood and stone, But the true God they've not known.
2. 'You're my wit - ness - es,' God said, '0th - er gods you need not dread.
3. Wit - ness - ing ex - alts God's name, Lifts there-from re - proach and shame.

He is God Al - might - y, As he's of · ten shown. 0th - er gods just

I am God Je - ho - vah, Sov-'reign Lord and Head. I both saved and
But it warns the wick - ed Who God's name de - fame. Par - don it holds
We Are Jehovah's Witnesses! (continued)
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can - not see What in fu - ture days will be. For wit - ness -es they
showed to you When no oth - er gods you knew. Keep pub- lish- ing my
out to men, If they turn to God a - gain. Thus bear - ing wit - ness

look all in vain, Since none their god ship can main - tain.
name near and far; Prove that my wit - ness - es you are.'
brings joy and peace And hope of life that will not cease.

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We're Je - ho - vah's Wit - ness -es; We speak out in fear - less-ness.

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Ours is the God of true proph-e -cy; What he fore-tells comes to be.

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114 God's Loyal Love
(Isaiah 55: 1-3)

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1. Loy- al love! God is love. This truth cheers us from a - hove. Love caused God to
2. Loy- al love! God is love. All his works give proof there -of. Love for us he's
3. Loy - al love! God is love. Peace he sent us like a dove. Us he gave the
4. Loy - al love! God is love. May God's love move us to love. Loy - al - ly let's

send his Son, Who for us the ran - som won, That we might gain righ-teous-ness,
fur - ther shown, Giv - ing Christ a heav'n - ly throne To ful - fill his cov-'nant sworn.
'faith - ful slave,' Him a grand com - mis- sion gave, That Je - ho - vah 's name he bear,
help the meek, As God's righ-teous-ness they seek. May we preach from door to door,

Life e - ter - nal, hap - pi - ness.

See! His King-dom has been born. Hey there, all you thirst - y ones, Come and drink life's
In its vin - di - ca - tion share.
Com-fort spread the whole world o'er .
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wa - ter free. Yes, come, drink, you thirst - y ones; God's lov-ing-kind- ness see.
115 "Have Intense Love for One Another"
(1 Peter 4:8)

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1. Love that is Helps us all things to en-dure

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2. Love that is mere pre - tense Gives no rea - sons for of-fense,

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And God's fa - vor to se-cure, Serv-ing him a - right.

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Helps us show true def - er-ence To our broth-ers dear. It is pa - tient,
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God did send Je - sus Christ, our loy - al Friend, Our re - la - tion -

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gen - tie, kind, To our - selves is not con-fined, Puts all griev - anc -

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ship to mend with him u - nite.

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es be-hind T'ward those who God fear. Since the end is
"Have Intense Love for One Another" (continuetl)
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ho - vah God Let our feet with love be shod, As we walk the
near at hand, How we need to un - der-stand That our love must

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way Christ trod, Show - ing heart - felt

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e'er ex - pand T'ward hu- man - i ty! One an - oth - er
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world to - day Love in - tense we must dis-play. It is the sur -

we must love With true wis -dom from a - hove. May we cop - y

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pass - ing way- Cop-ies God a hove, Cop-ies God a -

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God in love For e-ter-ni . ty, For e - ter - ni . ty.
116 ''You Must Assist Those Who Are Weak"
(Acts 20:35)

1.Man-y are the weak - ness - es That we all pos

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- sess.
2. Rath - er than con - demn the weak, We should bear in mind
3. 'Who is weak and I'm not weak?' Paul did em - pha - size.
4. That should as - sist the weak, God's Word makes this plain.
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But Je - ho - vah God, in - deed, Loves us none - the - less.
That much good can be ob-tained By our be - ing kind.
We should feel what oth - ers feel, With them sym - pa - thize.
Help - ing them in deed and truth, Bless - ings we'll ob tain.
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He is so mer - ci - ful, His ways com - mend a - ble.

May we be dil i - gent, Give them en - cour age-ment.
Those stron - ger we ex-hort: "Give weak ones your sup-port."
They to our God be-long. Hence they should all be strong.
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May we im - - tate his love, Help those in dis tress.
Lend - ing them our full sup - port, Com - fort they will find.
With Christ's blood they all were bought, Life to re al ize.
If the weak we do as - sist, God will us SUS tain.
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117 Marriage-God's Arrangement
(Matthew 19:4-6)

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riage is God's ar - range - ment. By him it was de - signed.

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has an an - cient Guide - book With coun -sel good and wise.
of three strands are stron - ger Than those of on - ly two.
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It forms a bond of un - ion, Brings bless-ings to man - kind.

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It tells of god - like head - ship, Which hus-bands ex - er - cise.
When God is in a mar - riage, Then prob -lems will be few.

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Yok - ing a man and worn - an In this most sa - cred state

'Love her as your own bod - y.' This God re - quires of them.
There's great - er joy in giv - ing. This truth we all must learn.
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Helps them serve God to - geth - er-

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Each one with his own mate.
She who re -spects her hus - band Is like a pre-cious gem.
So as we serve Je - ho - vah To give is our con - cern.
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118 Supporting God's House
(Malachi 3:10)

1. May we of God's house - hold ev - er re - fleet That he has a

2. God's fam-'ly to - day in u - ni - ty lives, A house-hold to

place we dare not ne - glect, A house up - on which he did so de -

which at - ten - tion he gives. His "stew - ard," so faith - ful, serves him so

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cide That there his grand name would come to re - side. Just like Ne - he -
well, And, as a re - sult, there peace does now dwell. Let's bring to God's

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stored in God's "house of prayer," We too may him hon - or with all our
"first - fruits" him hon - or brings. He bless - es his house - hold in such a

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"tenth parts," Thus show that we love him
r· of our hearts.
God's house de -
fine way, Thus mak - ing us serve him ev- 'ry day.

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serves our full sup - port. 'Come wor - ship there,' we do ex - hort. His house- hold

is his fam - i - ly; He'll dwell a - mong them e - ter - nal - ly.
119 Holding Fast to "the Happy Hope"
(Titus 2:13)

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1. Men have been grop - ing for cen - tu - ries in dark - ness. Vain is their
2. Tru - ly we're glad now to learn Je - ho - vah 's rea - son Why he's per -
3. In this our day can be heard a proc - la - ma - tion. Men need no

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striv - ing for what is mere - ly wind. Wick ed - ness now is ex -

mit - ted gross wick - ed - ness so long. It will be dealt with by
lon - ger to live in doubt and dread. 'God will set free all the

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posed in its stark - ness; What a sad cli - max to men who've sinned.
Christ in due sea - son. Those on his side will break forth in song.
groan - ing ere - a - tion.' So we do all to look a - head.

Be of good cheer, for God's King - dom draws near. His Son's glo - rious
Holding Fast to "the Happy Hope" (continued)
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reign will bring free - dom from fear. Now, at long last, all man's

will have passed. To hap - py hope may we ev - er hold fast.

120 Be Steadfast Like Ruth

(Ruth 1:15-17)

1. Na - o - mi en - cour -aged Ruth to leave, E - ven tho' the part - ing would her grieve.
2. 'No, I nev - er will a - ban - don you. Where you will be, there I would be too.
3. 'For your peo -pie shall my peo - pie be, And your God my God e - ter - nal- ly.
4. 0 what faith and love fair Ruth dis-played! She a no - hie pat - tern for us made.

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But to Mo - ab Ruth just won't re - turn, Since her heart for Na - o - mi does yearn.
And where you lie down, there I would lie. And where you die, there please let me die.
May our God do so and add there-to Should ought sep - a - rate my soul from you.'
May we ev - er show like stead-fast-ness. Firm- ly cleave to God and righ-teous-ness.
121 The Truth That Sets Men Free
(John 8:32)

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1. Mo - sa - ic Law and
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cen - t'ries long a - go
2. 'I am the way, the truth, the life; Christ Je - sus right - ly said.
3. It is thru God Je - ho - vah 's Son that truth has come to be.
4. With faith - in - spir - ing truth we preach a - bout the Son of God.
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Were point- ing to a pre - cious truth that we have come to know.
He came to earth our sins to bear, for men his blood to shed,
And it as - sures us that all sin will end e - ter - nal - ly.
We are e-quipped to tell good nJs; our feet with peace are shod.

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It is the truth that sets men free, the truth a - bout God's
To vin - di - cate his Fa -ther's name and prove that God is
He is the Seed, the Prom-ised One, who mag ni - fies God's name.
God's Mes - si - an • ic King-dom is the truth we must up - hold.
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How thru Christ Je . SUS men can gain the life that's life in deed.
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And, now in this "time of the end"God's en - e . mies sub - due.
As King and Priest he's reign - ing now; this fact we all pro - claim.
Let's raise it high for all to see and work for it whole-souled.
122 Conducting Ourselves as "a Lesser One"
(Luke 9:48)

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1. Most fa - vored are those who to - day Will heed di - vine in -struc tion.
2. 'Con - duct your-selves as less - er ones,' Christ Je - sus rec - om-mend - ed.
3. We wise - ly then should take the lead In hon'r - ing one an - oth - er
4. The prin - ci - ple of head - ship is An aid to ing

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The work of those who look to God Is blessed with fine pro - due tion.
It makes f?r peace and u - ni - ty, And this, in - d~ed, is splen did.
And keep m mind that Je - sus died For him who 1s our broth er.
How we should keep self out of sight And love be em - pha - siz ing.
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But since we are af - flict - ed by In - her - ent im - per - fee

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A fine ex - am - ple he did set. It was his great - est plea sure
To God our broth - ers all be- long; To each one he gives ta! ents.
God's spir - it is a - vail . a - ble To help us, lest we stum . ble.
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We need to learn with hum - ble - ness To give our God sub tion.
To be sub - mis - sive to his God And serve him in full sure.
So let us act as less - er And keep our spir - 'tual ance.
Our good re - la - tion - ship with Will keep us ev - er ble.
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123 Move Ahead!
(Hebrews 6:1)

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1. Move a - head, Move a - head to ma - tu - ri - ty! It's the will of our
2. Move a - head, Move a - head, bold- ly wit - ness-ing! Ev-er - last - ing good
3. Move a - head, Move a - head; al- ways fol - low through And im-prove in your

God that we gain

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a - bil - i - ty. Try your best to im -prove in your
news to all sorts of peo - pie bring. Joy - ful - ly praise Je. ho - vah our
skills, for there's so much work to do! Let God's spir - it keep on mo - ti -

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min - is -try, And then our God your work will bless. There is a
God and King By wit - ness - ing from door to door. Tho' wick- ed
vat - ing you And make you know joy that's di - vine. Love all the

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place in the ser - vice for all; It is the work Je - sus

foes tend to cause you to fear, Do not shrink back, but let
broth - ers for God's own name's sake; With them in week ly as -
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did, you'll re - call. Look to God that you thus at no

ev - 'ry - one hear Glad -some news that the King - dom of
sem - blies par - take. And as - sist them good prog - ress each

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time may fall. Keep stand - ing firm for righ - teous - ness.
God is near. De -clare the truth yet more and more.
day to make, To - geth - er let - ting your lights shine.

124 The Fruit of Self-Control

(Galatians 5:23)

1. 0 Chris - tian, safe - guard well your soul; Be strong for truth and right.
2. Just as we strive to show true love And wis - dom ev - 'ry day,
3.The bod y we must keep our slave; We dare not yield to lust.
4. We must be calm when be - ing tried And when we're un - der stress;

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Keep ex . er - cis - ing self - con - trol, That you may win the fight.
So we must be like God a - hove And self - con - trol dis - play.
If we would self and oth - ers save, Con . trol our -selves we must.
Stand firm . ly on Je . ho - vah's side And cleave to righ - teous - ness.
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125 "Jehovah ls on My Side"
(Psalm 118:6)

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1.My heart up - on Je - ho - vah God Is stead - fast, firm, re - Ii - ant.
2. I know that in this cru - cial hour My faith will yet be test - ed.
3. Je - ho - vah God has now en - larged His ho - ly na - tion's bor - ders.

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A - round me swarms the Dev - il's crowd Like bees that were mo - lest - ed.
For man - y flock to do his will And keep his laws and or - ders.
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A - long
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But I can ev - er beat them off, Be - neath di - vine pro - tee - tion.
He gives sup• port to all such ones; In them he takes great plea - sure.
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But God is ev - er on my side. His love my heart en - tranc . es!
On those who love to bear his name God sets his deep af • fee . tion.
May I, with them,e'er zeal . ous be In 0 . ver - flow - ing mea . sure .
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and ex - alt him for - ev er.

126 Proclaiming Kingdom Truth

(Matthew 10:7)
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It's the King-dom truth we want to sow. That we have God's back-ing,
May we ev • er seek to do our best, Bring - ing hope to those who
That earth's prom-ised rul · er Christ be • came. Soon his King-dom will make

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are dis · tressed. Sure - ly King• dom truth will bring them rest.
known the fame Of the Sov - 'reign Lord Je - ho - vah's name.
127 Myriads of Brothers
(Revelation 7:9)

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1. Myr - iads on myr - iads of broth - ers Stand at my side to be
2. Myr - iads on myr - iads of broth - ers, All clad in rai • ment white,
3. Myr - iads on myr - iads of broth - ers- They preach both far and near

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Each one a faith - ful wit • ness, Keep - ing in -teg - ri ty.
Stand in Je-ho - vah's tern - ple, Serv - ing him day and night.
God's "ev - er -last - ing good news," Let • ting all peo - pies hear.

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Myr - iads there are on myr - iads, Tru - ly a might - y crowd.
Myr • iads there are on myr - iads. Glad • ly they let men know
And as they keep on preach - ing, Tho' some-times they're op - pressed,

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In all the na • tions of the earth They sing God's praise a - loud.
That to Je - ho - vah and his Lamb They their sal • va - tion owe.
Christ to the pas - tures green leads them, Where they find peace and rest.
128 Do More-As the Nazirites Did
(Numbers 6:8)

1. Naz - i- rites- 0 can we be like them? Can we act like them to - day?
2. Naz - i - rites-Their life - style was sim - ple. Self - de - ni - al was their role.
3. Naz - i - rites- They tru - ly were dif - f'rent. Why, they had a crown - ing sign.
4. Naz - i - rites- They set an ex-am - ple. Care they took with ho - li - ness.

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Sin - gled out, they could serve Je - ho - vah In a u-nique, spe - cial way.
Close to God it sure - ly did bring them. Could we too have such a goal?
They did more by be - ing sub-mis - sive; Clos - er to God they'd in-cline.
Un - de-filed, then, let us be like them; Their life our God e'er did bless.

An - a - lyze! Let's give it

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at - ten - tion. Time in - deed fast is run - ning out.
They ac - cept - ed cer - tain re -stric - tions; That was part of their sa - cred vow.
So to -day, as God's fel - low work - ers By sub-mis - sion our faith we show.
Count the cost and trust in Je - ho - vah. Those he cares for he will sus - tain.

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Can we do more in the ser - vice, Rais - ing a might - y shout?
Man - y of our Chris - tian broth - ers Lead such a life right now.
May Je-ho - vah bless our ef - forts, Set - ting our hearts a - glow.
Do - ing more, right the fore - front, Deep - seat - ed joy we'll gain.
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129 Now's the Time!
(Mark 13:10)

1. Now's the time to preach God's Word, Time to let the truth be heard.
2. Now's the time to prove we're true, Show -ing love in all we do,
3. Soon will come the fi - nal fight, Vic - to ry for truth and right.

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Nev - er be by threats de - terred; Show why God's rule is to be pre- ferred.

Help - ing broth - ers old and new, Wheth - er we be man- y or be few.
Then will end earth's dark - some night. Till then each must be a shin - ing light.

Let's warn men be- fore it is too late. Help them flee from Bab - y - Ion the Great
Yes, we must serve God un - self - ish - ly, Dai - ly love the truth that makes us free,
In due time we'll wel-come back the dead, Help them feed on Christ, the Liv - ing Bread.

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And es - cape in shar - ing in her fate. Zeal for God's house
If his smile of fa - vor we would see And main - tain our
No more e vils will there be to dread. Yes, all these things
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let them dem-on-strate. Now's the time our zeal to dem • on - strate.
full in - teg - ri - ty. Now's the time to keep in - teg • ri - ty.
are what God has said. Now's the time to preach what God has said.

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130 Joyful Service

(Psalm 32:11)
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1. Let us serve with joy

t • ful -ness our God and King, As our gifts and
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his we bring. Tho' but small our ser • vice, yet there-
work - ers there's a con - stant call.
. ,, Sa - cred the com-mis• sion we've re -
pos - si - hie for God to 1Je. There • fore let us preach the Word with
wit - ness to all those we meet, For our God, who grants us fa - vor

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de - vo - tion and
# ex • press our love.
by we prove Our heart's full
ceived from heav'n; Yes, to us rich bless - ings thru the work are giv'n.
di! - i gence, For in it we have the ut • most con • fi dence.
here be - low, Mak - ing us his ser - vants, our high prais • es flow.
131 Cleaving to Jehovah Our God
(Joshua 23:8)

1. Now we
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2. The things he has prom ised, the words that he has spo - ken, They're
3. The Book of God's truth let us day and night keep read - ing. We

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clu - sive de - vo - tion t'ward him we are pre - serv - ing. The of the
all com- ing true- soon op - pres-sion will be bro - ken! His in - com- ing
cleave to Je - ho vah and so his Word keep heed - To love him and
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na - tions,' of these we've had our fill. We cleave to Je - ho - vah; we
King - dom will cause all wars to cease. To him are cleav - ing; his
serve him we real - ly need to learn. His will his pur - pose with

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want to do his will. His truth in our hearts may he lov - ing - ly in - still.
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fame may we in -crease. For he is our God; he a - lone can give men peace.
faith we must dis - cern And make his true wor - ship our dai - ly chief con - cern.
132 Guard Your Heart
(Proverbs 4: 23)

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1. 0 guard your hearts, you sons

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of God, If you would win life's prize.
2. A pow'r - ful help to guard your heart God gives to us in pray'r.
3. Yes, al - ways strive to keep your mind On se - rious things and true,

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Keep tak - ing coun - sel from his Word And al - ways re - al - ize
Come oft to him with praise and thanks, Come with each need and care.
On things both chaste and lov - a - ble, On things praise - wor - thy too.
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That whole-some acts per -formed by us Pre - ced - ed are by thoughts.

Like - wise the stud - y of God's Word Helps keep the mind a - right
And if you keep con - sid - er - ing These things, you will have

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So guard your think - ing pro - cess well, Your mind, as Chris - tians ought.
And so will fel - low - ship with those Who walk in the light.
A heart well guard - ed and the hope Of life will not cease .
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133 Sowing Kingdom Seed
(Matthew 13:4-8, 19-23)

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1. 0 come, all you slaves of Je. ho - vah Most High Who've giv - en your
2. True, some of your seed by the way -side may fall, Which Sa-tan's "birds"
3. How much of your seed falls on soil that is fine May of - ten de -

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heart to Come out to the work he's en- trust - ed to you; Walk
like - ly eat; While oth - er seed of - ten on rock - y soil lands, To
pend much on you. With pa-tience and love you can thwart Sa-tan's "birds," Re -

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path-ways your Mas - ter has

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with · er from en - e - my Both wor - ries and greed are like
duce per - se - cu -tion's heat By be - ing a - lert you may

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giv - en to spread On soil that is a - ble to yield Fine fruit to God's

thorns that can choke Your seed-lings be - fore they ma- ture. How - ev - er, some
ward off the thorns, By mea-sures, some gen - tie, some bold. And thus with re -
Sowing Kingdom Seed (continuea)

praise, if you faith - ful - ly work And you do your full share in the field.
seed is quite like - ly to fall On the soil that is good, fine and pure.
joic - ing you can hope to reap At least thir ty, if not hun-dred-fold.
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134 "Carry On as Men"

(1 Corinthians 16:13)
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1. "Look! The man!" said

iPi - late of Christ Je - SUS.
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2. Je - SUS set for us a fine ex - am - ple. Sure - ly, we have
3. Man - ly cour - age is a sure re - quire - ment Of Je - ho -vah's
4. Men and worn - all Je - ho -vah's ser - vants, Ev - er look to

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Christ is
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one to im - i - tate! With un - flinch- ing
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man - li - ness he
need to be as he was then. As we face God's war of Ar - ma -
loy - al peo - ple, young and old. As the fore - told end draws ev - er
Je - SUS Christ, the reign- ing King. Un - a - fraid, be al -ways strong and

con - quered Sa - tan's wick-ed world of and hate.

ged - don, May we be cou - ra - geous; car - ry on as men.
clos - er, In the King-dom ser vice we must e'er be bold.
might - y. Soon the song of vie - t'ry man- ly ones will sing.
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135 Jehovah, Our Place of Dwelling
(Psalm 90:1)

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1.0 Jah,
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you've been our place of dwell ing In
2.A thou sand years, so long in pass - ing, To
3. 0 teach us how our days to num - ber, That

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all our gen - er - a - tions past. Be - fore

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you made the hills and moun-tains,
you seem but as yes - ter - day. But man is like the grass that blos -soms
we may ev - er - more re - joice. As we ap - ply our hearts to wis - dom,

Your awe - some maj - es - ty stood fast. You are The God to time in -
In morn - ing dew, then fades a - way. Our years are sev - en - ty or
Our lips praise you with thank - ful voice. 0 may your pleas-ant• ness, Je-

def • 'nite; To end less years you are the same. And
eight - y, If we have spe - cial might • i - Yet
ho - vah, Up on your ser • vants prove to Es-
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tho' you turned man to "crushed mat - ter," Your bound - less love did us re - claim.
their in - sis - tence is on trou - ble, And filled they are with hurt - ful - ness.
tab - lish all the work our hands do; Es - tab - lish our ac - tiv - i - ty.

136 Loyal Worshipers Bless Jehovah

(Psalm 18: 25)

1. Loy - al ones bless you, Lord, Prais - ing in full ac- cord; So may you,
2. We seek to hon - or you- May our thanks ne'er be few- Care - ful in
3. Grant us to un - der-stand Your King-dom pur - pose grand In which you
4. Help us, our Fa - ther dear, To o - ver - come all fear, As we spread
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please, af - ford Pros - per - ty.

~ You're wor -thy of our praise; Righ - teous are
all we do, With chas - ti - ty. Please help us all to know How best in
take a hand So glo - rious -ly. Keep show-ing good to all, That none may
King-dom cheer And praise your name. To us may peace a- bound, As we your
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all your ways. With works we'll fill our days, In loy - al - ty.
faith to grow. Lord, each day may we show In - teg - ri - ty.
ev - er fall. Do hear us when we call, Un - ceas - ing - ly.
prais - es sound In all the world a-round, To your great fame.
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137 The Appointed Time Nears
(Habakkuk 2:3)

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1. 0
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Je - ho - vah, Ho - ly One, The Rock from long a go,
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2. Not much Ion - ger will it be Un - ti! you draw your sword.
3. God Al -might - y, Sov-'reign Lord, Je ho - vah is your name.
4. Joy - ful - ly we raise our voice; To you, our God, we sing.

Out of Zi - on soon you'll roar; Your judg - ment is not slow.

Here on earth we see, at last, True wor - ship now re - stored.
Si - Jenee let all peo - pie keep And learn of your great fame.
Forth you go with Christ our Lord Sal - va - tion now to bring.

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E - ven if it should de - lay, We know it won't be late. See!
Wick- ed men may rant and rave And seek to cause us harm, But
Thru your Son you rule as King In such a might - y way. Yes,
0 Ma - jes - tic One a - hove, It's your ap - point - ed time. So

Pant - ing on, the end draws near; Hence pa - tient - ly we wait.
Your ap - point- ed time is here To bare your might y arm.
Seat - ed on the throne, 0 God, You o - ver earth hold sway.
We a - wait ex - pee - tant - ly Your vie - to - ry sub-lime.
138 0 Walk With God!
(Micah 6:8)

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1. 0 walk with God in mod - es - ty; Love kind - ness and be

2. 0 walk with God in pu - ri - ty; Re . lapse not in - to sin.
3. 0 walk with God in faith - ful - ness, For then you will at - tain

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With God keep your in - teg - ri - ty; Let him your strength re - new.
Ad - vance to full ma - tu - ri - ty And his ap - prov - al win.
Con - tent - ment true and god Ii - ness, Which are the great - est gain.
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If you would keep his truth so grand, By men be not be - guiled;

And on what - ev - er things are pure And love - Jy, true and just,
0 walk with God; be ev - er glad His glo - rious praise to sing.

But let God lead you by the hand, Just as a lit - tle
On these things think; and to en-dure, In God put all your trust.
The great - est joy that can be had His King- dom work will bring.
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139 Listen to the News of the Kingdom
(Isaiah 55:7)

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1. 0 lis - ten to the news of the King -dom to-day And hear Je - sus say:
2. Je • ho - vah, thru his wit - ness - es, calls men to-day: "You meek ones who pray,
3. 0 hap - py are all men who will !is • ten to-day And joy - ful - ly say:

"O'er earth I hold sway. Your Ad • ver • sar - y soon will be

Re - joice now you may. Soon Christ, who is en-throned, will his
"My God I'll o - bey." For God pre -serves the faith - ful; they

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tak - en a -way; So flee from his old sys - tern and do not de• lay."
pow• er dis-play And pain and sor - row to van - ish for aye."
feel no dis-may, But first his King - dom and ne'er from it stray.
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140 Waiting on Jehovah

(Lamentations 3:22-27)
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1. 0 God, y~ur lov - ing - kind - ness - es Have spared

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us to this
2. Your mer - c1es, 0 Je - ho - vah God, Are made each morn - ing new.
3. It's good for a - ble - bod - ied man To bear the yoke in youth,
4. Je - ho - vah God, you are our share. 0 may we ev - er show

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0 may your good- ness nev -

# er end T'ward us who tread your way!
A - bun - dant is your faith - ful - ness T'ward all who trust in you.
To wait in si - lence on his God, While serv - ing him in truth.
A teach - a - ble, meek at - ti - tude, While learn - ing you to know!
141 Jehovah's Holy Nation
(Isaiah 66:8)

a new - born land was a na • tion Born to Je - ho - vah

ful- ly this new ho - ly na - tion Makes known Je - ho - vah 's
bi-lant is God's cho - sen na - tion As "oth • er sheep" now
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in this our day. There it stands in ho - ly a - dorn -ment,

most wor • thy name. As a sign a - mong all the peo - ples
flock to its side. Loy al • ly they serve all to - geth - er

Let • ting pure wor - ship hold full sway.

His glo - rious King - dom they pro - claim. High ly ex-alt ed,
And in God's fa • vor now re side.

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wor - ship on on's height.

Jehovah's Holy Nation (continued)

There his na - tion and the "great crowd" Now to bring great de-light.

142 Creation's Hope of Liberation

(Romans 8:21)

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4. As - so - ci - a - tion with God's new "na - tion" Brings

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must now look to God Most High. He is be - friend - ing, help he is
hu -man fam - 'ly will at - tain. God's Son, a - noint - ed, has been ap -
bless -ings to those who are meek. They are a - wait - ing, an - tic - i -
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send ing To all those who now groan and sigh.
point ed To help men God's kind fa - vor gain.
pat ing, The King - dom joys of which they speak.
143 Take Sides With Jehovah!
(Exodus 32:26)

1. Once with con - fu sion our sad hearts were filled, Drink- ing the cup false re -
2. Now with our whole hearts we will serve our God And share in spread-ing his
3. We will not fear what the Dev - il can do, For God Je - ho - vah will

li - gion dis - tilled; But with what hap - pi - ness our hearts were thrilled
truth all a - broad, Help - ing our broth - ers God's vir - tues to laud,
car - ry us thru. Tho' they be man - y and tho' we be few,
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When of God's King- dom we heard (we first heard).

Prais - ing his great wor-thy name (his great name). Take sides with Je - ho - vah;
God is our strength and our might (and our might).
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Take Sides With Jehovah! (continued)

light. Tell, tell the glad tid - ings of free-dom and peace.

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His rule by Christ Je SUS Will ev - er in - crease.

144 We Must Have the Faith

(Hebrews 10:39)
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1. On man - y oc - ca - sions God spoke long a - go By means of his

2. Let's not throw a - way our great free - ness of speech, For we need such
3. We are not the shrink - ing sort God will de - stroy, But we are the

proph-ets on earth here be - low. But last - ly he spoke by his heav - en - ly

bold- ness to preach and to teach. If we by faith fol - low the steps of our
trust - ing sort he will em - ploy. Tho' ev - er so man- y foes 'gainst us a -
We Must Have the Faith (continued)
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Son; By pay - ing at - ten tion our safe - ty is won.

Lord, Je ho - vah will give us a fine rich re - ward. We must
rise, Our faith in Je - ho vah we'll still ex - er cise.

have the faith that the Bi ble does re - vive. We must build such

faith if God's war we would sur - vive. Do we have a faith ac-com - pa -

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nied by works? This kind of faith pre-serves our souls a live.

145 Be Long-Suffering
(1 Thessalonians 5:14)

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1. 0 what ex - am- pie Je - ho - vah our King Has by his long - suf-f'ring shown!
2. If God Je - ho -vah of e - ter - nal fame T'ward us can long - suf- f'ring be,
3. Long-suf - f'ring helps us to keep u - ni - ty And ed - i - fy ev - 'ry - one

Tho' he's en-dured much re-proach, mur-mur - ing, He has nev - er wea - ry grown.
Sure- ly we par -doned ones should do the same And show this fine qual - i - ty.
In con -gre - ga - tion and in fam - i - ly, That we may hear God's "Well done!"

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He was so pa - tient with Is - rael of old, E'en as with all hu -man-kind.
His spir-it's fruit- age we need in the field, Lest we should un - kind- ly speak.
Both god - like love and the wis -dom that's pure Help us long - suf - f'ring dis - play.

So, too, the "sheep" who now rest in his fold, God to be long- suf-f'ring find.
May we to thought -less im-puls - es not yield, But give proof that we are meek.
These vir-tues we need if we would en-dure Till we reach the per-feet day.
146 Flee to God's Kingdom!
(Zephaniah 2:3)

1. 0 seek Je - ho - vah, you meek ones and low - ly; Seek righ- teous -ness and seek
2. Come, you who hun- ger for truth and for jus - tice; Why Ion - ger sor - row and
3. Look up, yes, lift up your heads with re• joic - ing. See all the proof that the

meek- ness to - day. Thus it may be in the day of his an . ger That
cry out in pain? Seek now God's way to es • cape the Op - pres • sor, Sub-
King -dom is here! Wei -come the light that Je - ho - vah is send • ing, And

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you may be hid- den a - way.

mit-ting your-self to Christ's reign. Flee to God's King-dom, the hope of man-kind;
let him a - lone be your fear!
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Firm for his rule take your stand. There you will
(take your stand.)
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tee - tion and bless - ing; Has - ten to heed his com - mand.
(his com-mand.)

147 Never-Failing Treasures

(Matthew 6:20)
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1. 0
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heav - en - ly Fa - ther, how grate - ful we are
2. Your wis - dom and jus - tice, your pow - er and love
3. Our friend - ship with you is a bless - ing in - deed.
4. Good rea - sons we have to be thank - ful to you;
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truth we do now un - er -stan . How is the priv-'lege your

feel - ings ere - ate in our hearts. To as our Sav - ior Christ
more could we ev - er de - sire? Your un - de-served kind-ness that
know that your word will pre - vail. Rich fa - vors show - er on
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King- dom to preach And know that it's real - ly at

Je - sus, your Son, Great joy to us tru - ly im - parts.
gives peace of mind ls what we from you do ac - quire.
those whom you love. They're trea - sures that nev - will fail.
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148 Exalting Our God the King
(Psalm 145:1}

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1.
2. So
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3. God's
sing
may we
to

King - dom
Je - ho - vah a song!
be loy - al and true
is now close at hand
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And
To
- alt
say
him, our
ev - 'ry
bring what is
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God, all day long.------

day: "I bless you."
right, what is grand.
His
For
His
name let us bring to
righ -teous is God in
King -dom pro-claim far
the fore
his ways;
and wide,
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His
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draw near to him more and more. He 0 - pens his hand to us

great - ness de-serves all our praise. All those lov - ing him he will
you who have been "sat - is - fied." Je - ho - vah has set up on
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all, Is read - y to help lest we fall. Be loy - al to

guard; The go - ing will not be too hard. He helps us to
high The King whom no man dare de - fy. The wick - ed will

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him we all should; Je - ho - vah is gra - cious and good.

bear all the stress. Our Great King, Je - ho - vah, we bless.
soon

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be re -moved. God's sov- 'reign- ty then will be proved.
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149 "It Is Impossible for God to Lie"

(Hebrews 6:18)
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1. Our God prom- ised A - bra - ham he would be blest, For A - bra-ham
2. Since God, to show his word's un - change -a - ble - ness, Step'd in with an
3. To an -chor our faith in a hope that's se - cure, Our God by an
4. Je - ho - vah the Most High is faith - ful and true, He nev - er fails

proved him - self true un - der test. This bless - ing he long fore - saw
oath when he A - bra - ham blest, We have a strong hope and can
oath made his prom - ise more sure. So we all at - tacks on our
those who give him his just due. On two things, his word and oath,

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by his faith's eye; He knew it's im - pos - si

f- ble for God to lie.
God glo - ri - fy, For it is im - pos - si - ble for him to lie.
faith can de - fy; We know it's im - pos - si - ble for God to lie.
can re - ly- Yes, it is im - pos - si - hie for God to lie.
150 The Bread From Heaven
{John 6:51)

1. Our Fa - ther in the heav - ens, To time in - def - i - nite the same, We
2. The man - na that you fed them Fore - shad-owed your be - lov - ed Son, Who
3. This news of bread from heav - en From starv - ing men we dare not keep, But,

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glad - ly sing your prais - es And sane - ti - fy your ho - ly name.

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left his heav-'nly glo - ry To save man-kind that was un - done. He
as we have oc - ca Use it to feed Christ's hun-gry "sheep." Help

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as a lov - ing Shep - herd, How faith ful - ly you led Your
is the bread from heav - en; His flesh he free - ly gave In
oth - ers in their ef - forts To seek God's righ - teous - ness, Help

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an - cient sheep-like peo - pie, Sent
f
man - na
r
as their bread. You
sac - ri - fice for an men, That thus he them might save. By
them to gain sal - va - tion, That thus God them might bless. Then
The Bread From Heaven (continued)

quenched their thirst with wa - ter, Which is - sued forth from flint - y rock. To
faith let's be par - tak - ing Of bread that on - ly God can give; Yes,
af - ter the great bat - tle Of Ar - ma - ged - don has been fought, We'll
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Ca - naan's you brought them, A well - fed and a hap - py flock.

dai - ly us eat it, That we in pu - ri - ty may live.
sing God's praise for - ev - er, Re - joice in all that he has wrought.
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151 This Good News of the Kingdom Let Us Preach

(Matthew 24:14)

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1. Preach the good news of the King -dom rule that Je - sus Christ fore-told. This good
2. Preach the good news of the sump-tuous feast Je - ho -vah will pre -pare. This good
3. Preach the good news of the King-dom joy that now is to be had. This good

news of the King-dom let us preach! And in preach-ing this good news let's be cou -
news of the King-dom let us preach! That there soon will be great ban -quet - ing in
news of the King-dom let us preach! That no lov - er of Je - ho - vah God has
This Good News of the Kingdom Let Us Preach (continued)
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ra -geous, firm and bold. This good news of the King-dom let us preach! Preach the
which the meek will share. This good news of the King-dom let us preach! Preach the
rea - son to be sad. This good news of the King-dom let us preach! Preach the

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good news of the King-dom on the streets, from door to door; Preach this good news
good news of the fes - tive board that flows with choic - est wine, And that all the
good news that there's help for all who want to do what's right. Preach the good news

with the print -ed page all na - tions o'er. Preach with skill and preach with kind-ness,
hun - gry ones on fin - est food will dine. Preach the good news that sal - va - tion
that there's peace for all who trust God's might.Preach the good news that in serv - ing

with more zeal than e'er be - fore. This good news of the King-dom let us preach!
soon will make all fac - es shine. This good news of the King-dom let us preach!
God there tru - ly is de -light. This good news of the King-dom let us preach!
152 Appreciating God's Compassions
(Romans 11:33-35)

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1. 0 what rich - es, knowl-edge, wis - dom Do re - side in God the Lord!
2. For Je - ho - vah's great com - pas - sion Let us grat - i - tude
3. Not to wor~ ly ways con - form - ing, May we have our minds

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How un-search - a - ble

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his judg-ments! Nor has man
~ fhis ways ex - plored!
And de - vote our liv - ing bod - ies To the God of righ-teous - ness.
By the truth's trans-form - ing pow - er And with faith be e'er im - hued.
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Who of us has giv - en coun - sel Or to him has
Hav - ing made a ded- i - ca - tion, Let us e'er to
Ev - er pray - ing for God's bless - ing, Let us serve with

That to us he'd be in - debt- ed Or that we

'--fshould be re - paid?
With the pow - er of our rea - son Do - ing all that we can do.
And show love for one an - oth - er; Thus true peace and joy we'll find.
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153 Jehovah, the God of Our Salvation
(Psalm 85:7)

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1. Our Lord Je - ho - vah, God a - hove, Our sins for -give in your great
2. Gath-ered we are, Lord, to your fold, As sheep-like ones whom Christ fore -
3. Your truth and kind-ness, how they sprout! Rea -son we have with joy to
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~ t We
love. were in
'--i~i alltt--icon-- -
er - ror
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ceived And of God's truth we
told. NowYour sal - va -tion can be found For stray-ing man - kind
shout. Won-der - ful things we see to - day, Since o'er the earth your

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were be - reaved. Please save us with your help - ing hand. Lead us, 0 Lord, to
earth a - round. We know the peace that you im - part To ev - 'ry hum - hie,
Son holds This is the time of King-dom pow'r, When truth and peace a -

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your own land. In - to your fa - vor do bring, Of your sal -

grate - ful heart. How wise are those that do fear; For them saI -
mong us flow'r. May we pro-claim it far wide. Our grand saI -
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va - sing. Of your sal - va - tion we sing.
va - now is near. For them sal - va - tion now is
you pro - vide. Our grand sal - va - tion you pro -
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154 Jehovah, Our Creator

(Isaiah 42: 5)
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1. Our Sov-'reign Lord Je - ho - vah de • signed the earth well. To man he did
2. A Par - a - dise of beau - ty the earth must yet be. Je - ho - vah so
3. The com - ing of God's King-dom will set mat - ters straight. With great ex - pee -
4. With eyes to -ward Je • ho • vah we lov - ing - ly gaze, For he's our Cre-
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give it for him there to dwell. Vast myr - i - ads of an - gels cried
pur-posed by his own de • cree. Sin start- ed with re - bel - lion, bad
ta - tion that time we a - wait. We joy - ful- ly go forth to make
a - tor, so wor - thy of praise. How wise- ly he made ev - 'ry - thing
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out in de - light At God's fin - ished prod- uct; it was a grand sight.
use of free choice. This soon will be end - ed; for this we re - joice.
known this good news, To light - en men's dark -ness and truth to dif - fuse.
for all man - kind! We laud him and serve him with heart, soul and mind.
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155 "Welcome One Another"!
(Romans 15:7)

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1. 0 wel-come one an - oth - er as Christ Je · SUS wel-comed you! Since
2. Je ho - vah God is gath-'ring men who will learn war no more. The
3.So let us urge all peo • pies that they, too, laud Jah, our King, Re-

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Christ died for your broth - er, sure - ly he is wel - come too. So
time has come for his dear Son peace earth wide to re - store. From
joic - ing with his na - tion and, as one, his prais - es sing. To

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let those who are strong, ma - ture, sup - port those who
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are weak,
ev • 'ry na • tion, tribe and tongue, all sorts of men he draws, And
that end we must e'er pro - claim, in homes and on the street, The

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them to make their hope se - cure, as righ - teous - ness they seek. For
in their hearts and minds he plants de - light to keep his laws. With
good news of Je • ho • vah's fame to all whom we may meet. This
"Welcome One Another"! (continued)
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things a - fore - time writ - ten by God's proph - ets long a - go Can
glo - ry to our God in view, a wel - come we ex - tend To
hon - or thus to sing God's praise will nev - er come a - gain. These

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thru our firm en - dur - ance cause our com - fort, hope to grow. Then
all, with - out dis - tine - tion, and all sorts of men be - friend. To
tru - ly are the fi - nal days for all un - righ - teous men. So
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let us al - ways try to please not just our - selves a - lone, But
cop - y God's large -heart - ed - ness it is our priv - 'lege grand. As
let us love our broth - ers, al - ways let - ting God be true; Yes,
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view our
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in . ter - ests as though they were our own.
im . i . tors of his Son, we should our hearts ex - pand.
wel - come one an - oth - er as God's Word tells us to do.
156 "I Want To"
(Luke 5:13)

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1. 0 what love God's Son for us showed, For he left his heav'n - ly a -
2. 0 what help Je - ho - vah God gave When he sent the 'faith - ful, wise
3. Love for Go~ im - pe½ us To call back and pa • tient-ly
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bode,--------
slave'
That with men he might live, To whom truth he could give.
With whom we serve with joy, As our pow'rs we em -ploy,
Yes,God's
That the
teach
---- Thosewho sigh and who mourn And who feel so for-lorn;
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truth from his lips ev - er flowed. Great-ly he did com - fort man-kind,
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need - y and weak we might save! Tru - ly these most sure - ly can tell
seek - ers of truth we must reach. 0 what joy when these .... 1 un - der-stand
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Healed the sick, the lame To his roy com-

When we love them ev - So when wid - ows and
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mis - sion he proved true, And so lov - ing-ly said: "I want to."
or - phans would ask you, Will you read - i -ly say: "I want to"?
ear - nest - ly will do! All this since we have said: "I want to."
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157 Worship Jehovah During Youth

(Ecclesiastes 12: 1)
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1. Out
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of the mouth of babes God
r- once brought praise; They, to hail
2. To Chris-tian par - ents who love what is true, God ly fear
3. 0 Chris-tian youths, strive to keep your way clean; Learn while you're
4. If you re - mem - ber your God in your youth, And serve Je -

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Je · their voic - es did

SUS, raise. ev - en
t
babes can their God mag - ni -
is by their own chil - dren due. - ing for God, they to teach have the
young on Je - ho - vah to lean. to be pop - u - lar nev - er do
ho - vah in spir - it and truth, you grow old - er more joy you will

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fy, Join with their el - ders and

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him sane - ti fy.
right. Chil dren, 0 - bey them and bring them de light.
toil, For bad com - pan - ions good hab . its will spoil.
know, And make God's own heart with glad . ness to glow.
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158 Our Christian Unity
(Ephesians 4:13)

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1. 0 who's like our

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Fa - ther Je - ho vah, The cen - ter of
2. What rests on us now as a du ty, Who with Je - sus
3. See! God's the - o - crat - ic ar - range - ment Serves as our pro -
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true u - ni ty!
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He sent forth his Son to teach us the truth And
have been made one? Our think -ing, our con - duct- all must a - gree, That
tee - tion and guide. Ac - cept - ing his truth and mold - ing our lives, In

give his life, set - ting us free. The ba - sis of Chris tian
by us God's will may be done. Tho' works of the flesh spread
u-ni-ty we will a - bide. What, then, is our God re -

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one - ness God laid in Christ Je - sus our Lord. To bind in a fam - i - ly
sor -row, The fruit of God's spir - it brings joy. We know great- er hap- pi-ness
quir - ing? What qual - i - ties must we dis - play? That we prac-tice jus- tice, his
Our Christian Unity (continued)
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un - ion as one All

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those who ad - here to God's Word.
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giv - ing can bring, When we God's ex - am. pie em - ploy.
kind -ness Walk mod - est - ly in his right way.

159 Our Possession of Peace

(John 14:27)
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1. Peace have not the god - less kind, None

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of Sa - tan's crowd; Nei - ther those who
2. Praise Je - ho - vah, God of peace, God of eq - ui . ty . He will make all
3. We have left off bit - ter words, Left off self - ish fears. We have made from
4. As a fruit of righ - teous-ness, Peace we all must bear, Proof of wis- dom

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have his mind, Who are bad and proud. Peace thru Christ comes from a - hove,
wars to cease, Bring in har - mo - ny. Prince of Peace is Christ his Son,
spears and swords Plows and prun - ing shears. So that this peace we may keep,
from a - hove, Which we gain thru pray'r. We would rec - om - mend our way

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From a source di - vine, To all men of o t'ward God in - cline.

Friend of all the meek. When the fight for right he's won, Peace to them he'll speak.
Quick - ly let's for - give. Lov - ing - ly as Je - sus' "sheep," May we work and live.
By our peace-ful- ness, Till the light of per - feet day Brings full hap - pi - ness.
160 Walking in Integrity
(Psalm 26:1)

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1. Please, judge me, Lord,
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my Lord Je - ho - vah God. In you I trust and irF--"'
2. I do not sit with wick -ed men of lies. I hate the com• pa-ny
3. For I have loved the dwell-ing of your house. Your wor-ship, 0 sopure,
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in- teg-ri - ty I've trod. Ex - am - ine me

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and put me to the
of thosewho de-spise. With e - vii men take not a - way my
I dai - ly And I will march a - round your al • tar
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test; My mind and heart re - fine, that my soul might be b l ~
life, My soul, with those whose hands are full of bribes and strife.
grand, To make thanks-giv • ing heard a • loud thru-out the land.
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o walk e - In my in• teg-ri-ty.

161 Pray to Jehovah Each Day
(1 Thessalonians 5:17)

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1. Pray to Je - ho - vah, the Hear - er of pray'r.

2.Pray to Je - ho - vah each day that we live,
3. Pray to Je - ho vah when things ap - pear grim.
4. Pray to Je - ho - vah; ex - press grat - i - tude.

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This is our priv - 'lege, for his name we bear. T'ward him we
Ask ing for
can un .
- give - ness as we do for -
our hearts, yes, to
give.
him,
In
All
all temp-
our anx -
We bur - den
Praise and thanks - giv • ing be sure to in - elude. Tal~.d. to Je -

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ex • er . cise free - ness of speech; He is our Fa - ther whom

ta - tions we look for his aid; With his pro - tee - tion we'll
i - e ty on him un - load; This is a bless -ing on
ho - vah with sin - cer i . ty, Thus of his good-ness we

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we can be - seech. Pray to Je. ho - vah each ---

day.
ne'er be a • fraid. Pray to Je. ho - vah each day.
us now be -stowed. Pray to Je - ho - vah each day.
will come to see.
p1~ to Je. ho - vah each day.
162 "Preach the Word"!
(2 Timothy 4:2)

1. "Preach the Word," the God of heav - en Has com-mand-ed for this day.
2. "Preach the Word," in ev - 'ry sea - son, Al -ways read - y to im part
3. "Preach the Word" in work un - ceas - ing. 0 how vi - tal that all hear!

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Now to us the time is giv - en That di - vine charge to o - bey.

To each one who asks a rea - son For the hope with - in your heart.
Wick - ed - ness is fast in - creas • ing And this sys - tern's end draws near.

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"Preach the Word" a - long with teach - ing; Help the meek to un - der - stand.
"Preach the Word," tho' op - po si - tion Makes it out of sea - son seem.
"Preach the Word" and bring sal - va - tion To your - self and oth - ers too.

Fear not men, but keep on preach-ing On the streets through-out the land.
Faith - ful be to your com - mis - sion; Trust in God, who is su -preme.
"Preach the Word," for vin - di - ca - tion Of Je - ho - vah's name is due.
163 The Fruitage of the Spirit
(Galatians 5:22, 23)

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1. The fruit -age of God's ho - ly spir - it We all must pro-duce and re - tain,
2. God's peace we must make our pos - ses -sion To pros - per and have u - ni - ty.
3. The fine fruit of faith gives us cour -age And strength-ens our pur -pose in life.

That thus we may bring to him hon - or, And life in his New Or - der gain.
Im - por-tant is al - so long - suf - f'ring, That pa -tient with all we may be.
And what a good as - set is mild - ness! It mit - i - gates fric -tion and strife .
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So let us at all times be show - ing The love that is god - like and pure
0 what fine ef - fects come from kind - ness! It makes men more will - ing to hear,
Firm self-con- trol al - so is need - ed, If dis - ap-proved we would not be.

And try to be al -ways re - joic - ing, For joy gives us strength to en - dure.
While good-ness moves us to be ac - tive In shar -ing with all King-dom cheer.
Since bear -ing these fruits wins God's fa - vor, Let's cul - ti - vate them con-stant -ly.
164 Children-Precious Gifts From God
(Psalm 127: 3, 4)

1. Pre- cious gifts from God our dren are, A pos-

2. The real feel ings in a ful heart To draw
3. By com - mu ni - cat - ing ev 'ry day, Then our
4. An in - her i • tance our chil - dren are- But to

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ses • sion to train and to teach.

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up will re-quire all our skill. But by start ing at an
chil - dren will al - ways feel free To ex - press them-selves with -
God they do tru - ly be - long. They're a fruit age that brings

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might - y man We must aim them the tar - get to reach.

ear - ly age King-dom truth we can deep - ly in - still.
out re - straint; Their true friends and com-pan - ions we'll be.
rich re - wards If we teach them the right from the wrong.

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They are gifts from G o d ~ r He says: 'Use the rod.' Yet with
We can reach the heart If we ear - ly start. Look to
Do not them be - rate. Just com - mu - ni - cate. We our -
How we hope and yearn That they'll real- ly learn. Trust in
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der - ness and lov - ing care, Make their train - ing a mat - ter of prayer.
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God for help, on him re - ly, As his words we sin - cere - ly ap - ply.
selves must strive to keep from blame As these ar - rows we care - ful - ly aim.
God child rear - ing our chil - dren let's praise him each day.

165 Praise Jah With Me!

(Psalm 145:21)
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1. Praise Jah with me, our God

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and King. Let who have breath to
2. Praise Jah with me. He's lov - ing, kind And to an - ger to
3. Praise Jah with me. He sat - is -fies All to him look for
4. Praise Jah with me, for he is near; Our for sue - cor he

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him hon - or bring. From morn' till night his name we'll bless, Tell all man-
all hu - man-kind. Won- drous is he and tru - ly great; His might - y
dai . ly sup-plies. He gives sup-port to all the weak. Why should not
quick - ly will hear. All wick - ed ones he will de-stray, But he pre -

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kind of his al - might - i - ness.
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to men of his al - might - i - ness.
acts it's a joy to re -late. Yes, great acts it's a joy to re - late.
all men of his good- ness speak? Yes, all man - kind of his good - ness speak.
serves all who love him with joy. Yes, pre-serves all who love him with joy.
166 See Jehovah's Army!
(Joel 2:7)

1. See Je - ho - vah's ar - my, Loosed from Bab - 'Ion's chains,

2. See Je - ho - vah's ser - vants Search - ing for the "sheep"
3. See the "great crowd" march - ing Un - der Christ's com - mand,

Her - aid ing the King -dom In which Je - sus reigns. Bold - ly they press
Whom in Bab-'lon's bond - age The false shep-herds keep. These they try to
With the faith - ful "rem - nant," A cou - ra -geous band. Cau-tious just like

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for - ward, Each a vol - un - teer; Flint - like are their fac - es,
res - cue With re - peat - ed calls; These they keep in - vit - ing
ser - pents, Dove -like, free from guile, They brave per - se - cu - tion,

With no hint of fear. They trust God Je - ho - vah, Fol - low Christ his
To their King-dom Halls. When a "sheep" they get free, How they fol - low
Keep true un - der trial. They de - light to hon - or God their Lord and
See Jehovah's Army! (continued)
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Son, Joy - ful - ly pro - claim - ing: "God's rule has be - gun."
through And per - sist in teach - ing Truths both old and new.
King; So in their pure wor - ship They are pros - per - ing.

167 Thanks to the Giver of Life

(Psalm 36:9)
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1. Thank you, Je - ho - vah, our heav'n - ly Fa - ther. What can we
2. Hap - py are we, great Sov - 'reign e - ter - nal; Heav - en and
3. Prompt - ly you set up your prom -ised King - dom; Peace - ful re -
4. Grate - ful - ly we would serve you, Je - ho - vah, Make _ known your
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do but give you heart - felt praise? Fol low - ing close - ly
earth all your just de -mands. All that we now have
la we now have with you. Dai ly we look to
and your Word of truth. We look to you to

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ear- nest hands we raise.
we do sur - ren - der, loy - al wor - ship, to your wise com-mands.
you for true wis - dom, we may give you horn -age that is due.
bless all our ef - forts, may your spir - it give us strength of youth.
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168 Recognizing Earth's New King
(Psalm 2:12)

1. See yon - der thru the breadth of earth The sight my heart en - tranc - es-
2. The King, Christ Je - sus, leads the way; His lead - er - ship they fol - low.
3. For, see, the time has come at last For Christ to reign in pow - er.

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Je - ho - vah's band of war - ri - ors In u - ni - ty ad - vane - es.

He speaks the word and they o - bey And thus ex-pect no sor - row.
Soon all his foes shall lick the dust; Be - fore him they must cow - er.

Their he! - mets, bright a - gainst the sky, Bid ig - no - ranee and er - ror fly.
They wield their sword, the Word of God. Their feet are with the good news shod.
His God, Je - ho - vah, bares his arm. His trum - pet sounds a loud a - !arm.

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They shout a - loud their bat - tie cry: "Christ reigns! 0 earth, re - ceive him."
They walk the way their Mas-ter trod; Clear to thedeath they fol-low.
Be wise, you rul - ers, do no harm; You judg - es, own Christ's pow- er.
Recognizing Earth's New King (continuea)
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Hap - py are all they that put their trust in him to - day!

169 The New Song

(Psalm 98:1)

1. Sing to God the Lord a song of glad - ness that is

2. Make a joy - ous shout to God Je - ho - vah, all the
3. Let the might - y sea and all that there - in is roar

new; Tell of all the great things he's done and yet will do.
earth; Sing to God your prais - es with ju - bi - lance and mirth.
praise, Let those on the earth now ex - ult - ing voic - es raise.
The New Song (continued)

Praise his ho - ly Arm, and his right hand for vie to -

Praise Je - ho - vah God, yes, sing a - loud be - fore the
Let the floods re - joice and let the riv - ers clap their

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ry; In the sight of all men he has judged righ - teous - ly.
Lord, Harp and horn and trum - pet sound praise in full ac - cord.
hands, Hills and moun-tains al - so sing prais • es in all lands.

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Sing, Sing, Sing! Loud let the New Song ring.

Sing, Sing, Sing! Je - ho - vah now is King.

170 "Let God Be Found True"
(Romans 3:4)

1. The God of truth Je • ho - is; He nev - er tells a lie.

2. When God his First • born sent to earth His Fa - ther's will to do,
3. Tho' men God's Word have rid - i - culed And false-hoods have pre - ferred,

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al • ways can de • pend; Him - self he can't de . ny.
Then Je . sus, by his words and deeds, Let God be e'er found true.
We, like our Lord, let God be true; We stand firm on his Word.

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true be found, tho' ev - 'ry man A Ii - ar proves to

ho - vah's will was law for him, His pre - cepts he did
us who preach that truth . ful Word It has the fi - nal say.

His truth is pure and will en -dure Thru - out e - ter - ni - ty.
He took de -light in what is right And led his Fa - ther's "sheep."
Its truth we seek, since we are meek, And God's Word we o - bey.
171 A Victory Song
(Exodus 15:1)

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1. 'Sing to Je - ho - vah, for he has be -come high - ly ex - alt - ed. The

2. Thus sang all Is - rael. Je - ho - vah their God gave them a vie - t'ry. And
3. Praise Jah, you peo - pie. To God does be -long pow- er and glo - ry. His

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horse and its er

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He has pitched in - to the sea. My
vie - t'ries we ness In this time in which we live. Christ
King - dom stands Y, Soon to strike the fi - nal blow. We
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strength and my might is Jah, Since he serves for my sal - va-tion.
Je - sus now rules as King, And Sa - tan's old sys - tern tot-ters.
lift up our voice in praise. To God and his Lamb we're grate-ful.

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This is my God; I shall raise him on high. Pha-raoh's char- iots and his
How we re - joice, For de - liv - 'ranee is near! The great Drag - on, Sa - tan,
Hap -py are To be liv - ing to - day. To our God Je - ho - vah
A Victory Song (continuea)
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mil - i - tar - y fore - es He has cast in to the sea. Your

and his wick- ed an - gels- Down to earth they have been cast. The
and to his Mes - si - ah Thanks we ren - der all day long. To

right hand, 0 Je ho - vah, is prov - ing Pow'r - ful in a - bil - i - ty.'

Lamb of God to vie - t'ry is rid - ing. Earth's long dark-ness now is past.
them a - lone we look for sal - va -tion. Grand will be our vie- t'ry song!
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172 Keep On Seeking First the Kingdom

(Matthew 6:33)
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1. Some- thing dear to God Je - ho - vah, Bring - ing him such keen de - light,
2. What a fa - vor have God's ser - vants In that King - dom work to share!
3. Soon this sys - tern will be end • ing; Then God's new one will a - rise.

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i set all mat - ters right.

Is his King -dom by Christ Je - sus, Which will
Since we're grant - ed that fine ser - vice, Let us give it great - est care.
And all men will praise Je - ho - vah; Earth will be a Par - a - dise.
Keep On Seeking First the Kingdom (continuea)
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Proph - ets saw by faith that King - dom And to of it held true.
Why be anx - ious for to - mor - row Lest we lest we thirst?
Let's pro - claim the King - dom good news, Help the ones to see

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And to - day our Lead - er Je - sus Urg - es us the same to do.

For our God will make pro - vi - sion If we seek his King - dom first.
That their hope is in Je - ho - vah And in his The - oc - ra - cy.
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Keep on seek - ing first the King - dom And Je - ho - vah's righ - teous - ness.

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Put first his own vin - di - ca - tion,

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173 Love-A Perfect Bond of Union
(Colossians 3:14)

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1. The love of man - y has grown cold In this time of the But
2. A love with-out hy - poc - ri - sy, A love that is in - tense, We
3. As this old sys - tern falls a - part Our love must us u - nite. The
4. A fine re - la - tion-ship with God Will help us to sue - ceed ~ In

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let us keep our first true love And thus a - void that trend. If
real - ly need to cul - ti - vate And free - ly it dis - pense. Let's
bond of u - nion that we have We must keep hold ing tight. Af -
lov - ing oth - ers as our-selves In this dire time of need. So

we our God would im - i - tate, To all we will im - The

broad - en out to reach the hearts Of all our broth - ers Thus
fee - tion, warm with ten - der - ness, Is vi - tal for each As
let our love be deep and strong In all sin-cer - i - A

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love our God him- self dis -played That wells up from the heart.
love the ones that God does love And ren - der them their due.
broth - ers it will keep us close, Un - til our work is done.
feet bond of u - nion now Love proves it - self to be.
174 Stay Awake, Stand Firm, Grow Mighty
(1 Corinthians 16: 13)

1. Stay a - wake, stand firm, grow might - y In the war - fare that is
2. Stay a - wake and keep your sens • es, Al • ways read - y to O·
3. Stay a - wake, al - ways be pa • tient; On Je • ho - vah learn to
4. Stay a - wake, re - main u • nit • ed As the good news we de-
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right. Car - ry on as men un • daunt • ed, For the
bey. In his place each one be heed • ing What Christ
wait. For his hand con • trols all mat • ters; He will
fend. And to the . 0 . crat ic or · der It is
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Un• der Christ, the Great • er
Je . SUS has to say. From his fine ex • am • pie
nev . er act too late. As with Gid • e • on's three
vi . tal to at . tend. Let us shout with all God's
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Gid e • on, We're a • round the camp of Mid i • an. Soon the
we dis -cern How Je • ho • vah's fa . vor all can earn. So, as
hun . dred men, Our Com• mand • er soon will tell us when. So 0 •
loy . al ones: Look! "Je • ho • vah's sword and Gid . e -on's!" Stay a .
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bat - tle cry will be giv - en, Put-ting en - e - mies to flight.
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one, we serve as an ar - my, Ev - er loy - al to God's way.
bey his rules for the bat - tle. It will God's name vin - di - cate.
wake, stand firm and grow might - y! Car- ry on right to the end!
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175 The Heavens Declare God's Glory

(Psalm 19:1)
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1. The heav'ns de - clare the glo - ry of Je - ho - vah; The work-ings of his

2. Je - ho - vah's law is per - feet, life re -stor - ing, And his re - mind - ers
3. Je - ho - vah 's fear is pure and stands for - ev - er. Our God's ju - di - cial
4. We thank you for your laws, re - mind - ers, or - ders; By keep -ing them we're
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hands
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in skies a - hove we see. Yes, day to day
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make the in - ex - pe - rienced wise. His or - ders make the heart re -
rul - ings righ-teous are and true And more de - sired than much fine
to reap a large re - ward. 0 may our works and in - most

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praise; Night tells to night of know! - edge, might and maj - es ty.
joice; His clean com - mand, which firm will stand, makes shine our eyes.
gold, A joy to eat, like hon - ey sweet, for - ev - er new.
thoughts Prove up - right, true and thus please you, our Sov - 'reign Lord.
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176 Welcome the Incoming King!
(Psalm 24:7)

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1. The due time has come to ex • tend a grand wel-come To
2.The great Sov-'reign Lord, the Su• preme One, Je • ho• vah, Has
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brought forth a King • dom that nev . er will end. De • serv • ing is

Son now as - sem • ble all na-tions, And the heav-ens are re• sound-ing with a
he of a real heart-felt wel-come; Let our great in • com-ing King know that his
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stir . ring bat • tle song. So 'lift up your heads, 0 you gates' with re •
cause we do de • fend. 0 be lift • ed up, loft - y gates! We bring

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joic - ing;
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good news; Hence, great is our joy as to - geth - er we sing. 'Je -

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man-kind Christ's Thou-sand Year Reign. His pow'r he'll dis-play thru his in - com-ing
lis - ten and gifts to him bring, For his time has come to bless those whom he
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King-dom, O'er earth his wide do - min- ion ex - tend- ing once a - gain.
fa - vors. So may we cry out "Wei-come!" to this in - com - ing
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177 What Sort of Persons Ought We to Be?
(2 Peter 3:11)

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1. The great day of Je - ho - vah God we keep close in mind. To
2. Our joy and peace un - no- ticed by the world does not go. A
3. Our ac -tions and our course of life we strive to main - tain In

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him and to his reign - ing Son our hearts are The
spec - ta -cle we've come to be, that all men may What
har - mo- ny with prin - ci - pies that bring great - est gain. Christ

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our great need of pray - ing may we e'er be a - In

con - fi-dence we seek to tell of the King- dom's And
spot - ted and un - blem-ished we would e'er want to be; As

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pray'r the need is great, in - deed, our - selves to ex - ert. By

talk a - bout God's prom - ise of new heav'ns and new earth And
ser - vants of Je - ho - vah God we have been set free. If

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pray - ing to our God with all our soul and heart, We will
how in these his righ - teous - ness will come to dwell. In the
we stay close to him and let him be our Friend, He will
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find the peace of that on - ly he can im - part.

tell - ing forth of good news may we e'er ex - eel.
help us and pro - for us right down to the end.
178 The Excelling "Peace of God"
(Philippians 4:7)

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1. The peace of God ex - eels. so pow'r ful - ly dis -

2.Anx - i e - ty and stress hu - man i - ty op-
3. On God we can re • ly. our needs he will sup-
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pels Ap - pre - hen - sion and all ten - sion, So with - in us calm now
press. They're a - bound -ing and con- found - ing, Mov-ing men to bit - ter -
ply. Ne'er fal - Ia - cious, ev - er gra - cious, He will guide us 'til we
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dwells. God's peace pro -tects the mind, Keeps the heart to him in•
ness. But are not up - set, For our God we'll ne'er for •
die. His is like the dew, Bring-ing joys that are not
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clined, Holds us stead- y, al -ways read - y-With his King - dom we're a - ligned.
get. His af - fee - tion and pro - tee - tion Give us peace; we need not fret.
few. With God's bless -ing we're pro • gress - ing, As we seek God's will to do.
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179 On Jehovah We Must Wait
(Romans 8:19)

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On Je • ho • vah it must wait.
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2. As com-pan -ions they now have A great crowd of "oth - er sheep." And with
3. God has prom-ised to man-kind A new heav-en and new earth. In these

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heav'n -ly kings will reign; This their hope is tru - ly great. Christ Je - SUS is
them their one de - sire Is in - teg - ri - ty to keep. As light keeps in•
righ-teous-ness will dwell, Fol-low- ing theKing-dom's birth. For this we are
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reign - ing; right he's main-tain • ing. He will give a grand re -

creas - ing wait with - out ceas - ing The re - veal - ing of God's
yearn - ing, truth we are learn - ing. In Je • ho -vah we do

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ward To all who are his own Who make the King - dom known.
sons, Which will bring last - ing peace, Yes, will bring last - ing peace.
trust; On him we all must wait. Yes, on him we must wait.
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180 God's Own Book-A Treasure
(Proverbs 2:1)

1. There is a Book that, by its man - y pag - es, Brings

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2. They wrote a rec - ord true of God's ere - a - tions, How
3. To - day we live in times of joy un - bound - ed. God's

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peace and joy and hope to hu - man - kind.

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Its won-drousthoughts are
by his might this u - ni - verse ap - peared. They al - so tell how
K i n ~ o r n with Christ as L o r ~ i s is the day Je -

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"blind." That pre-ciousBook is God's own ly Bi - ble. 'Twas

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writ - ten long a - go by men in - spired,
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not to be com-pared with fin - est gold. It of - fers hope be -

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loved their God Je - ho - vah,

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sin and man's great sor - row, But soon will come Je - ho-vah's vie - to - ry.
yond all hu - man think - ing; It is the grand-est sto - ry ev - er told.
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181 Join in the Kingdom Song!

(Psalm 98:1)

1. There is a song, a hap - py song of vie - t'ry; It mag - ni -

2. With this new song we ad - ver - tise the King - dom. Christ Je - sus
3. This King-dom song all hum - ble ones mas - ter. The words are
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rules; the earth is his do - main. And, as fore - told, there
clear, their mes - sage warm and In all the earth
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prompt all to be loy - al. Come sing with us; en - joy its King-dom
a new -born na - tion, A land o'er which Je - ho-vah's Son does
ti - tudes have learned it, And they in turn still oth - ers now in -
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theme: 'Je - ho - vah reigns; Let earth re - joice. You heav'ns a -

reign. 'Bow down all flesh Be - fore God's throne. His Son is
vite: 'Come wor - ship God. Give him the praise, For he from
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hove, Lift up your voice.' This song is new; tells of Christ's en -
King. Let's make it known! Come learn this song, song a - bout the
death Man-kind will raise.' So join with us Je - ho -vah's
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throne-ment And calls on all his king- ship to es - teem.
King- dom; Bow down to God and his rich bless -ings gain:

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182 "Balsam in Gilead"
(Jeremiah 8:22)

1. There's bal - sam in fair Gil - e This God's Word we hear.

2. Just call to mind that "God is Is wise, al - might - y, true.
3. And call to mind that man - y Which long a • go oc - curred,
4. And have you thought that oth - ers, De - press'd like you might be?

It com - fort brings to trou - bled hearts And helps grief dis . ap • pear.
What. e'er his prov - i - dence now sends Can work out well for you.
Were writ - ten for our com -
That man - y more are like -
fort, hope, In God's own ho - ly Word.
wise tried As to in • teg - ri - ty?
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It soothes us when we're sore - ly tried

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deep · ly are dis - tressed,
So on this God of com - fort call In fre - quent, ear - nest pray'r,
And hum - bly, too, ac - cept the aid That broth • ers, wise, ma - ture,
Seek out such ones and com - fort them And make their hearts to glow.

Or we have lost some loved dear one Who in death's sleep does
Pour out your soul; hold noth • ing back; Tell him your ev - 'ry care.
Would glad • ly, lov • ing - ly ex -tend To help you to en • dure.
In all such ways the heal • ing pow'r Of Gil • ead's balm you'll know.
183 Youth's Place in God's Arrangement
(Psalm 148:12, 13)

1. There's a place for ev - 'ry - one in God's ar -range - ment. He in -

2. So all young-sters who have come to know Je - ho - vah, What a
3. They can find good friends a -mong Je - ho - vah 's peo - ple. Why should
4. We are mem - hers of the Chris - tian con - gre - ga - tion, Where Christ
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vites the young and old to praise his name.
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The re -sponse of all the
hap - py, joy - ful day it then will be! Just im - ag - ine what a •
they seek friend-ship with the wick - ed world? Let them get in-volved with
Je - sus now sup -plies our ev - 'ry need. So in loy - al - ty let's
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young ones is im -pres • sive,

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waits them in the fu - ture- Par - a - dise for all e - ter - ni -
things that are up -build - ing, God's own sa • cred pag - es lie un •
take our place be• side him; coun - sel that he of - fers let us

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claim. How ef - fee - tive is the wit • ness they are giv • ing, They are
ty! In the mean-time we are liv • ing un - der pres -sure From this
furled. When in trou - ble let youths seek out those that love them, Tell these
heed. Nev- er let the world in - to its mold now squeeze us; Let Je -
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neat and well pre -pared and so po - lite! To Je - ho - vah they are
sys - tern that is soon to "lick the dust;' We must fight with all our
all the things that weigh up - on their mind. Yet their great - est Friend of
ho - vah, thru his Word, our minds keep clean. And to - geth - er, young and
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pre-cious as they serve him; To the old - er ones they al - so bring de- light.
might to o - ver-come it; King-dom loy - al - ty main-tain-it is a must.
all is God, Je - ho - vah; Un - der-stand-ing, mer - ci - ful, him they will find.
old, may we be faith -ful; Prais - ing him, for life e - ter -nal this will mean.
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184 Loving Shepherds Tend God's "Sheep"

(1 Peter 5:2)
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1. Sov -'reign Lord, we are so grate - ful, 0 great Shep - herd of your "sheep."
2. Christ gave "gifts in men" as shep -herds Who for us show real con - cern.
3. Shep-herds of Je - ho - vah's sheep-fold, Seek its wel - fare, not your own.
4. As we preach good news to - geth - er, What en - cour - age -ment we feel!
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Us you lov - ing - ly keep guard-ing. sare your "one flock" you do keep.
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They ex - pend them-selves in ser -vice, Help - ing all God's truth to learn.
Aid it in its growth to stat - ure, So that it may be full-grown.
W111 serve G.Jd in t.Js way ev - er, With his ll, - al ones show zeal.
185 The Resurrection-God's Loving Provision
(John 11:25)

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1. The res - ur - rec - tion of man-kind Spells mer - cy from a - hove,
2. Up - on the "cloud of wit - ness - es," Life too will be con - ferred.
3. All those in dark me - mo - rial tombs Will hear Christ Je - sus' voice
4. 0 "rem - nant" of the "lit - tie flock" And "otp - er sheep" 'mong men,
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cer - tain by Christ's sac - ri - fice In proof of God's great love.

"bet - ter res - ur - rec - tion" grand They're prom· ised in God's Word.
like the thief with Christ im - paled, In Par • a - dise re - joice.
those who lost dear ones in death, They'll see them once a - gain.

will be raised the "lit • tie flock"; A crown of life they'll gain.
we can hope that "oth • er sheep" Who now may chance to die
close of Christ's mil - len • nial rule, There'll be the fi - nal test;
keep a - bound - ing in good works Com • mand • ed by our Lord,
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their death, A thou • sand years they'll reign.
Will wak - en ear - ly from the tomb Their God to mag - ni - fy.
Then all a • void - ing Sa - tan's snare Will be for - ev • er blest.
For well you know death can't pre - vent Your reap • ing your re - ward.
186 Our Godly Joy
(Philippians 4:4)

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1. The spir it's fruit of god - ly joy We need

f if we'd en - dure.
2. We've man y rea - sons for our joy: We know God and his Son;
3. This joy to deep - en we must serve Our God con-tent - ed - ly,
4. Though cramped and low - ly be our lot While walk - ing in his light,
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To have this joy in full it takes A faith that's strong and

We're hon - ored as their wit - ness - es; With them we are at one.
Must ful - ly safe - guard our hearts And keep from mal - ice free.
This ly joy is our re - ward For serv - ing him a - right.

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This joy is no mere pass - ing mood; It al - ways is re - quired.

There's joy in know-ing that some - day All men our God will praise,
We al - so want to be a - lert To praise God all day long;
It marks us as Je - ho -vah's slaves As we his Word de - clare.

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That's why
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we read, "Re-joice!'"'Re - joice!" In words by God in - s p i r ~ f
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That ev - en those in Ha - des will Re - turn and walk God's ways.
Keep think - ing on up - build - ing things, A - void - ing all that's wrong.
To o - ver-flow with it we must This joy with oth - ers share .
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187 All Things Made New
(Revelation 21:4)

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1. The signs of the times

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prove God's rule has
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2. Let all men the chaste New Je . ru . sa . lem see, The
3. This cit . y so fair will be all men's de- light. Its

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glo - ry en-throned sits Je - ho - vah's Son. The bat - tle in heav - en he's
bride of God's Lamb, shin- ing ra - diant - ly. A - domed now with most pre-cious
gates will be o - pen both day night. All - tions will walk in her

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fought and
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won, And soon on
r the earth shall God's will be done.
gems is she, And on - ly Je - ho - vah her light will be. Re -
glo ry bright. 0 ser - vants of God, now re - fleet that light.
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joice. For God's tent is he

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him- self re - sides with them. No
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more will there be pain or cry ing, No sor • row-ing nor an - y dy - ing; For

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188 The Gift of Prayer

(1 Timothy 2:8)
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1. Pray'rs to God are tru - ly heard From all those who keep his Word.
2. Pray'rs that reach Je - ho • vah's ear Ear - nest need to be, sin- cere.
3. But in pray ing to our God We have need our-selves to prod,
4. Yes, we must find time to pray As we walk the nar - row way.

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And through Je - sus Christ a - lone We can reach God's ho - ly throne.
Be - ing heart - felt they re - fleet To our God all due re - spect.
Lest our words be • come mere rote, Rath • er, may they warmth de - note.
Pray'r con - soles and does up - lift; Tru - ly it's God's gra - cious gift.
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189 Proclaiming Jehovah's Day of Vengeance
(Isaiah 61:2)

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1. The trum -pets now are sound-ing; The call is loud and clear.
2. The bat - tle is Je - ho - vah's. Son di-rects the fight.
3. God's watch-men must give warn - ing. one they raise their voice.
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Je - ho - vah's day of ven-geance Is draw ing ev - er near.

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Vic to - rious is the fin - ish, Ex - alt ing truth and right.
Each stands in his po - si - tion Ac - cord ing to God's choice.
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We tell it out with bold -ness,

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Tho' men may frown and
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scorn.
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All strat - e - gy of Sa - tan Will sure - ly come to nought.
Je ho - vah times all mat - ters; The time is get - ting short
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The warn - ing must be giv - en;

r God's King-dom has been born.
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To car - ry out our war - fare Our hands by God are taught.
For us to preach God's King- dom And make a good re - port.
190 A Song to Jehovah
(Psalm 92:1, 2)

1. This song with joy we sing to - day To God, who leads us on our way.
2. We thank God for his splen-did light, That guides us thru this world's dark night.
3. We sing with our me - lo-dious tone And wor -ship God - on his throne
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Our thanks to him we do con - vey And praise him with our song.
0 how it shines so clear and bright With rays that com - fort bring!
And thru Christ Je - sus now make known Our hum - ble, heart - felt pray'r:
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In lov - ing- kind -ness great is he. So close to him we've come to be.
We thank him for the King-dom hope; No more in dark -ness need we grope.
"Je . ho - vah God, so lov - ing, true, Ac cept our thanks for all you do.
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His truth has real - ly set us free. To him we now be - long.

With each day's cares we now can cope. Our hearts re - Joice and sing.
Hear our en - treat - ies, prais - es too, For all your lov - ing care."
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191 Make the Truth Your Own
(2 Corinthians 4:2)

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1. The
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way of
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the truth is the best way of liv - ing. No bet - ter way
2. By put - ting God first and him ac - tive - ly prais - ing, The world and its
3. The Dev - il will ev er re - sort to de - cep - tion, But him you can
4. The flesh is so weak and
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the heart, too, is des -p 'rate. With this sin - ful

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can there be found.

~ iChrist Je - sus has taught us the val - ue of
friend-ship you'll lose. To those with- out faith it is tru - ly a -
firm - ly op - pose. The large shield of faith will pro-vide sure pro -
state you con - tend. But please be as - sured that you can o - ver -
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giv - ing, That hap - pi - ness spreads all a - round. Make the truth your
maz-ing That God's righ-teous way you did choose. Make the truth your
tee -tion And with it you 'H ward off his blows. Make the truth your
come it, For God is your Help - er and Friend. Make the truth your
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May your faith to all be shown. By the

own. Shun the world; leave it a - lone. As to
own. Sa -tan's wiles are not un - known. Put-ting
own. To bad do not be prone. If your
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way you do con-duct your-self You make known that the truth is your o w ~
God Je - ho - vah you draw near, You make known that the truth is your own.
on the ar - mor God sup-plies, You make known that the truth is your own.
bod - y mem - hers you con - trol, You make known that the truth is your own.

192 Making Known the Kingdom Truth

(Acts 20:20, 21)
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1. There was a time we did not know The way a

2. Our priv - i - lege we then did see To serve the
3. We wit - ness now to all we meet, From door to
4. And as we strive in ev - 'ry land True wor - ship

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Chris tian ought to go. But then Je - ho

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vah sent the
grand The- oc - ra - cy, To make well known Je - ho -vah's
door and on the street. With Bi - ble stud ies, pa - tient -
wide ly to ex - pand, May we serve faith ful - ly as

light, His King- dom truth so clear and bright.

fame, Thus glo . ri . fy ing his great name .
ly We teach the truth that sets men free.
one, Un - til God says the work is done.
193 Preach "This Good News of the Kingdom"!
(Matthew 24: 14)

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1. This good news King - dom must now be pro-claimed In wit - ness to
2. Since so bad are days, let us buy out the time From self • ish and
3. As you tell the good news, nev • er once be dis-mayed, Al• though you meet
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each land and na . tion. And Je -

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ho - vah's good name must be -
mere mun -dane plea sures. Let God's King - dom come first and his
stiff op - po - si tion. But with kind - ness and tact per - se -

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come wide - ly famed, - fore its com-plete vin • di - ca . tion.

ser - vice sub-lime, thus we may gain last - ing trea • sures. Then,
vere un - a - fraid; true to your preach -ing com - mis - sion.
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on God's side. And thus
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help great and small on God's grand name to call and work for its sane- ti - fi - ca - tion.

194 Enter Jehovah's Temple Courtyards!

(Psalm 100:4)
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1.Through-out the land Je - ho -vah's Wit - ness - es are preach -ing: 'God and his
2. 0 - pen the gates and let the hum - ble ones now en - ter. Come right in -
3. This is the day 'the lit - tle one be -comes a thou - sand.' From far a -
4. En - ter the gates and praise the Sov-'reign Lord Je - ho - vah. This is the

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Son have now be - gun to reign!' This is the time to come and
side, in - to God's court - yards grand. Do bring a gift and come up
way Christ's "oth - er sheep" draw near. Flock - ing like doves they come in -
call that can be heard earth wide. Come con - gre - gate with - in the
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wor - ship God Al-might - y, Learn of his ways and in his house re - main.
to his ho - ly moun - tain. Joy - ful be -come, and let your heart ex - pand.
to the tem-ple court-yards Where they can bless Je - ho-vah's name so dear.
court-yards of true wor - ship. Make this the realm where you will e'er re - side.
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195 This Is Jehovah's Day
(Psalm 118:24)

1. This is Je - ho - vah 's day. His rule is here to stay. He's laid in
2. Christ now in pow'r is here, And Ar - ma - ged-don's near. Sa - tan's old
3. God's reign - ing King we prize; He's won -drous in our eyes. He comes in

Zi - on his Chief Cor - ner-stone. Let all lift up the voice And thank God
or - der will soon pass a - way. Fear - less - ly preach the Word; God's mes- sage
God's name; his rule we ac - cept. En - ter the tern - ple gate! God's fa - vor

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and re - joice, For in Je - ho - vah's King-dom we put faith a - lone.

let be heard. Help all the meek ones God's com-mand-ments to o - bey.
sup - pli - cate, That we may ev - er in his min - is - try be kept.
This ls Jehovah's Day (continued)
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Je - ho - vah 's King - dom? E - ter - nal life and hap - pi - ness.

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- ver - sal Sov -'reign For his love and faith - ful - ness.

196 Jehovah's Dedicated Ones

(John 10:16)
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1. There's a na - tion set a - part, Ded - i - cat - ed in the heart.
2. A great crowd does now ap-pear. To the Shep -herd they are dear.
3. Forth they go to preach the Word, Bold and fear - less, un - de-terred.
4. "Lit - tle flock" and "oth - er sheep" Boun -teous bless - ings now do reap.

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Liv - ing by Je - ho - vah's law, Sheep - like ones to him they draw.
Ded - i - cat - ed and bap - tized, They by him are great - ly prized.
Serv - ing with God's rem - nant few, They re -sem - ble 'drops of dew.'
Im - i - tat - ing Christ their King, Jo to God's own heart the brin .
197 Make Melody to Jehovah!
(Psalm 47:6)

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1. This mel - o - dy we make to God,

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Act- ing with due dis - cre-tion.
2. We live in times of great dis -tress, Sor -row and trib - u - la - tion;
3. Je - ho - vah might - y acts per-forms. Na-tions with fear

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His wor - thy Son by his de - cree Of earth now takes pos - ses-sion.
Com-pared these are to win - ter-time, Marked by much des - o - la-tion.
How well our God takes care of those Who wit -ness work are do-ing.
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We shout in tri - umph, clap our hands. So much has God done
But Christ's Mil - Jen - nial Reign draws near; Soon will be gone all
For God is King of all the earth, Bless-ings to he's
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Our voic - es swell in joy - ful praise In a u - nit - ed
A Par - a - dise will clothe the earth. Then all will sing with
So mel - 0 • dy to him we make. Yes,from our hearts we're
Make Melody to Jehovah!
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Since Christ, as Lord, God has en-throned, Na-tions his pow'r must feel.
Thus we a • wait the bless • ed day When God makes all things new.
Dear broth - ers, let us, one and all, Keep prais -ing God with songs.

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His righ-teous rule has now be . gun. We make this known with zeal.
To re • al • ize this glo - rious hope Righ-teous-ness we pur - sue.
He sits up - on his great white throne; Hon • or to him be - longs.
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198 Getting to Know Our God

(John 17:3)
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1. Tru - ly we can tell,

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For we know well, How God
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now feels.
2. He is mer • ci • ful And lov - a - ble, This we do find.
3. Much we have to learn, We do dis • cern, A • bout our God.
4. May we im - i - tate His love, so great, In all we do.
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He so gra- cious • ly Has set us free

f r-r r And with us deals.
In him we can trust; We are mere dust, But he is kind.
So we strive each day To walk the way Christ Je - sus trod.
And Je • ho - vah's name We must ac-claim, For he is true. R.H.
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199 "The Scene of This World Is Changing"
(1 Corinthians 7:31)

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1. Though men now cause ru - in - a - tion To earth, God's love - ly ere -

2. Our foes, like dogs, keep on snap - ping. Our strength they want to keep
3. Though foes may put in ap - pear - ance And try to cause in - ter -
4. The Dev - il's sys - tern is end - ing; Re - straint for him is im-
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a - tion, Still we live in ex - pee - ta - tion That God such e - vils will
sap - ping. But hands with joy we are clap - ping; We know our vie - t'ry is
fer - ence, To God's Word we give ad - her - ence And seek to keep our hearts
pend - ing. Such good news we are de - fend - ing- Our God helps us to en -

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sure. Though the scene of this world is now chang - ing,

pure.
dure.

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kind- ly ar - rang - ing All things to keep us se - cure.

200 Proof of Discipleship
(John 13:34, 35)

1. Thru the love that must be shown, All true Chris - tians can be known.
2. Love to prin - ci - ple is true, Is for man - y, not just few.
3. Love has eyes to see the good. Love builds up the broth - er - hood.
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Christ
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dis -played love per - feet - ly, Proved to all his loy - al - ty.
Rich it is in whole - some-ness, 0th - ers al - ways seeks to bless.
Love to err - ing ones is kind, Seeks their bet - ter side to find.

Where else can such love be found, Which a - mong these does a - bound?
Love is Je - sus' new com-mand; Hence, love lends a help - ing hand,
By such love the world will know Why God's mer - cies to us flow,

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Each his ver - y life would an - oth - er one may live.
Nev - er looks for self - ish helps oth - ers life at - tain.
Thru his Son sent from a - how true that "God love"!
201 Rejoicing With God's Nation
(Psalm 106:5)

1. Thru our work of King• dom preach• ing All man • kind we are be •
2. See! There is a 'ho • ly na • tion' That Je · ho · vah God did
3. In a land so good and spa • cious, Free from strife and things vex •

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seech • ing: "Come and hear the Bi . ble's teach . ing. And for
sta • tion In his fold thru ded . ca . tion, To de.
a . tious, Look! A hap py crowd, vi va • cious In God's

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pres • ent King - dom truth be reach• ing." God all men is call • ing, From a
dare his mes • sage of sal • va • tion. God will show his fa • vor If we
ser - vice that is ef • fi • ca - cious. They're no Ion • ger sigh • ing. Truth from

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fate that is ap .
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pall . ing, To a pros . pect so
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act with right be hav . ior, Im • i . tat . ing Christ our
God they are now buy ing, In their lives his Word ap.
Rejoicing With God's Nation (continued)
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thrall - ing,
r To a grand New World that in -
Sav - ior; From this god ly course may we ne'er wa ver.
ply - ing, And his name they keep on glo - ri - fy - ing.
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So come, you peo - ples, re - joice!
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With God's "na - tion" give voice To this

life - giv -ing mes - sage so grand. Bow down to God on his throne. Make his

wor - ship your own. On the side of his King-dom takeyour stand.
202 To God We Are Dedicated!
(Exodus 39:30)

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1. To
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Christ, by our God Je - ho • vah, we have been drawn. He
2. All those who make this de - ci - sion are du - As
3. Thru our ded - i - ca - tion may God grant our To

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sent us
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his truth like beains of dawn. Down from his heav'n - ly
God's min • is - ters they are or-dained. They their voic - es
have a good con-science and be blest. A be -yond com-
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His light has clear - ly shone. Our faith in him has grown And
strong To sing the King-dom song, In one u · nit • ed throng, Since
pare Is what we now can share- Je - ho - vah's name to bear. To

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now we our-selves do dis • own.

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To God we
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now to their God they be - long. By wa . ter im - mer-sion they've sup-
him we have ac - cess in pray'r. To God we are ded - i • cat • ed;
To God We Are Dedicated! (continued)
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We've made the choice. In him and his Son we do re - joice.

port - ed their vow; And preachGod's own King-dom mes - sage now.
may we be wise And this fa - vored stand-ing al - ways prize.

203 Jehovah Leads His People

(Psalm 31:3)
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1. True knowl - edge God a - bun-dant - ly pro - vides. His
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peo - pie he in -
2. And step by step, m his own way and time, By means of ho - ly
3. In - struc - tive guid - ance clar - i - fies wrong views, And righ- teous-heart - ed
4. We grate - ful - ly ac - cept his help - ing hand, That his ad - vane - ing

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structs and 0 so pa - tient - ly guides! He gra

r--._/r- cious - ly en -dowed us
spir - it he re - veals things sub - lime. His "faith - ful stew ard" keeps us
ones with strength and pow'r it im - hues. If we ad - just - ments in 0 -
light of truth we may un - der - stand. Je - ho vah God, he is our

with free will.

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He kind - ly seeks in - to our hearts his truth to in - still.
well in - formed, And by such lov - ing care and guid -ance our hearts are warmed.
be -dience make, Je - ho - vah God will lead us for his own dear name's sake.
great - est Friend; As - sur - ed - ly he'll guide us in this time of the end.
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204 "Here I Am! Send Me"
(Isaiah 6:8)

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1. To - day men heap re - proach and shame In man - y ways on God's fair name.
2. Men make the taunt that God is slow; The fear of God they do not know.
3. To - day the meek ones mourn and sigh Be - cause the e - vils mul - ti - ply.
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Some show God weak; some paint him cruel. "There is
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no God!" so shouts the fool.
Some wor -ship i - dols made of stone; Some would put Cae - sar on God's throne.
With hon - est hearts they seek to find The truth that gives real peace of mind.
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Who'll go the name of God to clear? Who'll sing

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his praise for to hear?
Who'll tell the wick - ed what's in store? Who'll warn of God's great fi - nal war?
Who'll go with com -fort to these meek? Who'll help them righ-teous-ness to seek?

"Lord, here I am! Send me, send me. I'll sing your prais - es faith - ful - ly;
"Lord, here I am! Send me, send me. I'll sound the warn - ing fear - less - ly;
"Lord, here I am! Send me, send me. I'll teach such meek ones pa - tient- ly;
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No
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great - er hon - or could there be. here I am! Send
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me, send me."

205 Christ Our Exemplar

(1 Peter 2:21)
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1. What love Je - ho - vah showed, What good - ness

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from him flowed, When to this
2. Christ Je - sus told the way That we to God should pray: 'O let your
3. God's truth with zeal he taught And King - dom com - fort brought To all those
4. If we ap - pre - ci - ate His - ri - fice so great, We'll prove our -

he sent his Son! Christ came as heav'n - ly Bread, That man -kind
name be sane - ti - fied. Your heav'n - ly King -dom come. Your will on
who his mes-sage heard. He died up - on a tree To set all
selves his faith- ful "sheep." Like him we'll let God's praise Be fill - ing
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might be fed And life e - ter nal might won.

earth be done. May dai - ly bread be sup plied.'
man -kind free And that he ful - fill God's Word.
all our days, And then, with fruit we shall reap.
206 "Rejoice in the Hope"
(Romans 12:12)

1. To 0 let us thanks e'er give in joy - ful hope we live.

2. How we en - joy our hope a - head ev - en those who now are dead
3. To keep our hope e'er bright and strong, Our hearts we must keep free from wrong,

For hope serves as an an - chor sure; It helps us stead - fast to en-dure.

Will du - ly from their tombs a - rise And help make earth a Par - a - dise!
But dai - ly feed up - on God's Word And let our pray'rs by him be heard.

Our hope is like a hel - met too, Keeps Sa - tan's sword from cut - ting thru;
Ah, then to time in def i - nite All men on earth will ben - e - fit
That oth - ers may have joy as we, This hope let's not keep self - ish - ly,

It helps us ward off wick - ed - ness And strength-ens us for righ - teous - ness.
From God's pro - vi - sion, rich and kind, And thus in him full joy they'll find.
But make it known both far and wide, Help yearn - ing ones come on God's side.
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207 To Whom Do We Belong?
(1 Corinthians 6:20)

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1. To whom do you be - long? Which God do you 0 - bey?

2. To whom do you be - long? Which God will you 0 - bey?
3. To whom do I be - long? Je ho - vah I'll 0 - bey.
4.To God we do be - long! There's no un - cer - tain - ty.

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For just the one to whom you bow Your mas - ter is; you serve him now.
For one is false and one is true, So make your choice; it's up to you.
This God of truth I'll glad - ly serve; From pay - ing my vow I'll not swerve.
The u - - ty that he fore- told We now ex - pe - rience in his fold.

You can - not serve two gods; Both mas - ters can - not share
Shall Cae - sar of this world Claim your al - le • giance still?
He bought me at great cost; I've ceased from serv - ing men.
Just like the fra - grant oil Up • on the high priest's head,
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The love of your heart in its ev - 'ry part. To nei - ther you'd be fair.
Or will you o - bey the true God to- day And vow to do his will?
The death of his Son my ran • som has won; I'll not turn back a - gain.
We find it so sweet to - geth - er to meet And with his truth be fed.
208 A Song of Rejoicing
(Revelation 11:15)

1. Trum -pets are sound - ing. Joy is a - bound - ing. God's roy - al
2. Thru King-dom preach - ing And Chris -tian teach ing, Man - y are
3. May we keep deal - ing In fel - low feel ing With all God's

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Son is en-throned on high. Cym-bals are clash - ing. Bright gar-ments
drawn to Je - ho - vah's side. These, too, are voic - ing Songs of re -
peo - ple, our broth - er - hood. And may our sing - ing Ev - er be

flash - ing. Through-out the earth now

joic - ing, Sound -ing them out, 0 so far This is Je -
bring - ing Praise to Je - ho - vah, for he is

ho -vah's day. His King-dom here shall stay. Let ev-'ry

(Come re - joice.) (Be glad.)
A Song of Rejoicing (continued)
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liv - ing thing Prais-es to God now bring and sing: "To you, our
(Leap for joy.)

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God, we owe our sal - va - tion And to Christ Je - sus who's now our King."

209 Follow the Warrior King!

(Ephesians 6: 16, 17)
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1. We have a song to sing for Je ho - vah God; We have a

2. War-riors of God, a - rise, join the fight - ing force Un - der the
3.Not in our own might can we be con - quer - ors; Not of our -

song of his reign and glo - We have a mes - sage clear for all
Cap - tain ofGod's free na - Take up the shield of faith and the
selves can we be vie - tor - ious. But in the strength of God can we
Follow the Warrior King! (continued)

men to hear And a com - mis - sion to the sto - ry.

spir it's sword, Put on the hel - met sal va - tion.
all pre - vail, Mak-ing the name of vah glor - ious.

For -ward go! Fear-less - ly go! As an

(Yes, go!) (Fear- less - ly go!)

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us go com - bat the wick - ed foe; Fol- low the

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War - rior King who can nev - er fail. Fol- low-ing him, we shall pre - vail!
210 "Make Sure of the More Important Things"
(Philippians 1:10)

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1. We glad - ly serve our God, Je - ho . vah; he's the One we love. For
2. The things that count so much with God are that wegrate - ful be, 0-
3. It is im - por - tant that we strive God's teach - ing to a - dorn, Con-
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love's the all

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bey him with a joy - ful heart and keep in - teg ri - ty. And with all
duct our-selves as less . er ones, his coun - sel nev - er scorn. With righ -teous

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yet more and more as we all make sure Of things that are righ-teous and
men peace- a - bly live as we to them give The hope of the King-dom so
f r u ~ may we be filled, with good news be thrilled In ser - vice that praise to God

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true. And may we ev - er be flaw-less, hav-ing in God's work much to do.
grand-Work-ing good, caus-ing no stum-bling, giv-ing to all a help- ing hand.
brings. In this way we will be mak- ing sure of the more im - por-tant things.
211 Sharing Joyfully in the Harvest
(Matthew 9:37, 38)

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1. We live in the time of the har vest, A priv - 'lege be -

2. The"wheat" class is now in the "store house." The "weeds" have been
3. Our love for our God and our neigh bor Im - pels us to
4. Christ Je - sus, the Har - vest - er, sees how To ripe - ness the

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yond all com- pare. The an - gels

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are serv - ing as "reap ers," And
clear - ly de - fined. These lat - ter ones try to im- pede us, And
speed up the pace. The work of in - gath-'ring is ur gent, For
grain has been brought. How "white" are the fields that we work in! So

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with them, we too have a share. Christ Je - sus has set things in
"weep- ing,"their teeth they do grind. Je - ho - vah 's clean peo - pie are
now the con - clu - sion we face. This har - vest-time is one of
man - y there are to be taught! The joys we re - ceive are sur -

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mo - tion, By sow -ing the seed in the "field." The crops are all
bus y. From sun - rise to sun -set they serve. For great is the
ac tion, As sist - ing all those that would learn. What joys we can
pass ing, As God's fel - low work-ers we share. Keep ac - tive we
Sharing Joyfully in the Harvest (continued)
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read- y for har - vest - ing; Let's joy - ful - ly bring in the yield.
har -vest of sheep - like ones, From help - ing them may we ne'er swerve.
have in the field each day, As new ones the "wheat" class dis - cern.
must with all joy - ful - ness; To him and the har - vest be fair.
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212 We Thank You, Jehovah

(1 Thessalonians 5:18)
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1. We thank you, Je - ho vah, each day and each night, That you shed up -
2. We thank you, Je - ho - vah, for your faith - ful Son, Who o'er death and
3. We thank you, Je - ho - vah, for our broth - er - hood, Where we find com-
4. We thank you, our God, for the hon - or to preach A- bout your great

on us your pre - cious light. We thank you that we have the

Ha - desthe vie - t'ry won. We thank you for guid - ance in
pan - ions both true and good. We thank you for giv - ing us
name and the truth to teach. We thank you that soon all earth's

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priv - 'lege of pray'r, That we can ap - proach you with ev - 'ry care.
do - ing your will, For thus you do help us our vows ful - fill.
your ac - tive force, Your spir - it, which helps us to hold our course.
woes will be past, While your King-dom bless - ings for - ev - er last.
213 Working Together in Unity
(Ephesians 4:3)

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1. We must act to - geth - er as one. In - de - pen - dence, wise - ly we shun.
2. Ri - val - ry and en - vy are rife In this world of ha - tred and strife.
3. As we work to - geth - er each day, U - ni - ty e'er may we dis - play.

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mo - ny and one- ness of Bring peace of rar - est kind.

we seek and ev - er pur - sue. It's like re - fresh - ing dew.
is sweet and pleas -ant and good. Cher - ish it well we should.
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u. ni - ty brings bless
r ings. This we'll sure - ly find.
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Peace is so re - fresh ing. It is like the
U- ni - ty we cher ish, it is

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If with we are en-dowed, There's no rea - son e'er to be proud.
Dis - a - gree- men ts some-times a - rise; We're im - per - feet, we re - al - ize!
U - ni - ty re -wards us so well- With Je - ho - vah God we thus dwell.
Working Together in Unity (continued)
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Mod - est - ly, with gen - u - ine love, Let's praise our God a -
Quick - ly set - tling them is great gain. U - ni - ty we'll main- tain.
Peace to us he now has re - stored Un - der our Sov -'reign Lord.

214 Following God's Way of Life

(Proverbs 9:10, 11)
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1. What a fine gift, a most pre - cious pos - ses - sion, Is life through
2. Right - ly Je - ho - vah, it's you we are fear - ing. Knowl - edge and
3. Life has a pur - pose, and you are so gra - cious. Through your dear
4. Help us ap - ply in our lives all your teach - ing, Now that your

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Christ!May we
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use it a - right. To you, Je - ho - vah, we
wis -dom we thus do ac - quire. In - to your law we find
Son we now learn how to live. Love not the world or its
King-dom is near at the doors. May we to meek ones of

make this con - fes - sion: Your way, to us, brings ex - qui - site de - light.
plea - sure in peer- ing; In it we walk, in pure god - ly at - tire.
things os - ten - ta - tious. Seek great - er hap - pi - ness, learn - ing to give.
earth now be preach-ing, As Christ, our King, your true wor -ship re - stores.
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215 Extending Mercy to Others
(Luke 6:36)

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1. When Je - ho - vah de -creed that a del • uge Should de - stroy wick- ed

2. Now a - gain an old or - der is end · ing, And in mer - cy our
3. God has brought truth and mer - cy to - geth - er, And re - joic - ing is
,---...,

men long a - go, Then to No - ah he gave a com -mis-sion: 'Build an

God has de -creed That the news of its end • ing be giv - en, So that
found in our "land." What a fore -taste of King-dom con - di-tions That will

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ark! Preach the word! Let men know!' Now, did No - ah re - ject that as -
who - ev - er will may give heed. Have you said, "I can - not preach the
come from Je - ho - vah's own hand! So it's ours to show mer - cy to

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sign-ment, Since he nev - er had built arks be - fore? No, but he made good
good news; I am weak and un-trained in my speech"? But if you have re -
oth - ers By ex - hort -in all men, far and near: Act at once! Make a
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use of God's mer- cy, And he built and he preached more and more.
ceived of God's mer- cy, Then his spir - it can help you to preach.
full ded - i - ca - tion; Serve the King-dom of God that is here.

216 "Have Tender Affection"

(Romans 12:10)
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1. What ten - der af - fee - tion Je . ho . vah God is show-ing To
2. In broth - er ly love, we must have sin-cere af - fee -tion As
3. Since we as true Chris -tians be . long to one an - oth - er, Our
4. To ten - der af - fee - tion we wise . ly give at - ten - tion, As

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those that now seek his face!
~rt His mer - cy and good - ness bring
in God's house-hold we serve. Of him all our con - duct should
feel - ings must be in -tense. Due hon - or, re -spect and con -
Je - sus taught us to do. Our good -ness of heart and our
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joy that's o - ver - flow - ing; In him we have a sure rest - ing - place.
be a fine re - flee - tion And ful u . ni • ty thus pre -serve.
cern for ev -'ry broth - er Will us nev . er to give of - fense.
lov - ing com-pre - hen - sion Bring for man . Y, like -wise us too.

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217 Gaining Jehovah's Friendship
(Psalm 15:1, 2)

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1. Who will, Je - ho - vah God, your loy - al friend - ship gain?

2. 0 who, Je - ho - vah God, will with you e'er re side?
3. With you, Je - ho vah God, we ev - er want to dwell.

Who in your tent as guest will you for - ev - er let re-main?

Who can be - come your friend, the one with whom you will a-bide?
Your peace sur - pass - es ev - 'ry - thing; all thought it does ex - eel.
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'Tis he who fault - less - ly Does serve God fear - less - ly,
Yes, he who keeps his word, De - spite all pains in -curred,

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Thru Je - sus Christ, our Lord, You have to us re-stored

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Yes, he who's pure in heart and speaks and acts most truth - ful - ly.
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In love does walk up - right - ly, and with truth his loins will gird.
Your true pure wor - ship. Hence by mul - ti - tu des you 're now a -dored.
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To whom, Je - ho - vah God, do you your friend - ship give?

We do, Je ho - vah God, your friend-ship so de - sire.
And so, our God Most High, we lov - ing - ly will guard

Who will, in your great ho - ly moun - tain, with you real - ly live?
Your Word in - forms and clear • ly states what you of us re - quire.
Your pre - cious friend-ship and thus keep our ver - y lives
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un-marred.

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The one whose speech re - fleets that he e'er checks his neigh -bor nev - er to
We must our ways now mend, your rules ne'er bend so as to keep you as
As one u - nit - ed band we take our stand on your high moun-tain so

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vex.
Friend. Je - ho - vah, may we be Your friends e - ter - nal-ly.
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218 With Christ in Paradise
(Luke 23:43}

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1. 'With me in Par - a - dise you'll be,' Christ said to one hung on a
2. The glo - rious hope of Par - a - dise The"great crowd"has be -fore their
3. These "oth - er sheep" who win the prize Will be with Christ in Par - a -

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tree.
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ise to one who had erred Has caused us to be
eyes. No Ion ger do they live in fear. God's Word is 0 so
dise. These now have come to un - der-stand God's won-ders 0 so

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stirred To faith in God's own Word. It gives the res - ur-rec-tion hope,
clear! And to it they ad - here. To God our prayers we hum-bly raise,
grand! From his own gra -cious hand. Good news they'll preach in all the earth
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For God with death can ful - ly cope. His King - dom truth we now dis-
That we may serve him all our days And praise him ev - er - last ing-
And fill men's hearts with joy and mirth. This is the course that's tru - ly
With Christ in Paradise (continued)
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Bi - ble light we learn~ How we God's fa- vor earn.

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cern. In
ly, In faith-ful con- stan - cy, With heart - felt ec - sta - sy.
wise; Thus life they'll re - al - ize, With Christ, in Par - a - dise.
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219 Jehovah's Heavenly Throne

(Revelation 4)
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1. You, 0 Je - ho - vah, are God a - lone. Awe-some is your
2. "Twen - ty - four el - ders," all dressed in white, Serve as kings and
3. Light-nings and thun ders from you pro -ceed. To the voic - es
4. This heav'n-ly vi - sion makes us laud you, For you are Al -

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glo - ry, Lord, Lof - ty your throne. 'Round you a rain - bow shines em-'rald-
priests with Christ.Grand is the sight! Four liv - ing crea - tures your ways ac -
speak-ing truth May all give heed. Your glass - y sea be - speaks pu - ri -
might-y God, Ho - ly and true. Je - sus, our Sav - ior, now rules as

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green. God of peace - ful - ness, - quil, se - rene.
claim: Jus -tice, wis -dom, pow'r and love- praise your name.
ty. May we all bathe in your Word clean thus be.
King. So thru him we come to you hon - or bring.
220 Our Paradise: Present and Future
(2 Corinthians 12:4)

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1. Won-drous Je - ho - vah, God, we praise you For our spir -'tual par - a - dise,
2. Ad - min - is - tra - tion of your jus - tice You have giv - en Christ the King.
3. Af - ter the bat - tle of the great day Of Je - ho - vah has been fought,
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Where we by stud - y, pray'r and meet - ings Get as - sis - tance to be wise.
At your right hand since his en - throne-ment He rules o - ver ev - 'ry - thing.
And both the Dev - il and his de - mons To the deep a - byss are brought,

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0 let us give thanks for How great - ly we're blest

We praise you, Je - ho - vah, For hav - ing made known
Then your an cient ser - vants From tombs will a - rise,

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And in your ser - vice We have joy and rest!

Your won - der ful pur - pose To gath - er your own.
To serve you with glad - ness In earth's Par - a - dise.
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True love for you and for our neigh • bor Is the stron -gest bond of all.
0 may our con• duct e'er prove wor • thy Of the good news that preach,
They will help all men reach per • fee • tion Thru the priest-hood of Son;
3

How it u • nites us in your ser • vice, So that we may nev • er fall!

So that at no time we will stum • ble Sheep- like ones we seek to teach!
Then here on earth, to time in • def • 'nite, Last • ing joys from you will come.
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221 Youths! Imitate Their Faith

(Hebrews 6:12)
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1. Young Sam • uel to Shi· loh when weaned had to go To serve in God's
2. Young Tim • 0 - thy, al . so, from in • fan - cy grew To be a fine
3. Young sis - ters, re - mem -ber the Is - rael - ite girl Whose faith in Je -
4. Young broth- ers, young sis - ters, we urge all of you To im • i . tate
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proph • et
tern • ple, and there he did grow. A in Is - rael is
el • der; the Scrip -tures he knew. He put in - to prac - tice the
ho - vah was like a fine pearl. Al - though tak - en cap - tive, her
these grand ex - am - pies so true. We have a great trust in this
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what he be • came, And as a true he hon - ored God's
things he was taught. To ev - er be faith · ful he con - stant • ly
faith stayed in • Her zeal and de - vo • tion caused oth - ers to
"time of the Je. ho• vah has cho - sen the ones he will

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name. high priest called E - Ii had sons that were bad. Would they cor • rupt
sought. In his con • gre • ga • tion, so good his re • pute, He was rec - om •
act. To Na . a • man's wife she did come and in • form: 'Je • ho• vah 's true
send. So, all you dear young ones,come join in the fight With all of God's
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Sam• uel who was just a lad? No, Sam· uel was faith· ful; o-
mend - ed with• out a dis • pute. He had the rare priv- 'lege of
proph - et a cure can per• form.' The Syr - i . an chief - tain de·
ser • vants, who love what is right. Let's sound out the warn• ing and

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be -dience he'd learned. A - way from Je - ho - vah he would not be turned.

trav- 'ling with Paul; His mis - sion - 'ry ser - vice bro't bless-ings to all.
cid - ed to heed. Rich bless- ings it bro't him, this lit - tle maid's deed.
speak of his praise And share the re - ward at the end of the days.
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222 Keep Your Eyes on the Prize!
(2 Corinthians 4:18)

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1. When eyes of blind ones see a -gain

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And ears of deaf oneshear a-gain,
2. When tongues of mute ones speak a -gain, When old ones will be young a-gain,
3. When wolves and lambs will feed as one, When bears and calves bask in the sun,
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When des - erts blos - som as
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the rose And from parched ground fresh wa - ter flows,
When earth will yield her rich in -crease And all good things will nev - er cease,
A mere young boy will lead them all, And they will heed his child - ish call.
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When lame ones leap just like the hart, When loved ones nev - er have to part-
When songs of chil - dren fill the air, When joy and peace are ev . 'ry-where,
When tears be-long to yes - ter-day, When fears and pain have passed a - way,
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Such bless - ed times you'll re - al - ize, If you keep your eyes on the prize.
Then, too, you'll see the dead a - rise, If you keep your eyes on the prize.
You'll see how God these things sup - plies, If you keep your eyes on the prize.
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223 Your Loyal Ones Will Bless You
(Psalm 145:10)

1. Your loy - al ones will all bless you, Je - ho - vah God, our King. They
2. A gen -er - a - tion God did choose To tell forth all his praise. That
3. Je - ho -vah God is good to all; Of this there is no doubt. Thru

glad - ly tell of your great deeds And of your glo - ry sing. So

gen - er - a tion now ex - ists, And walks in God's own This
Je - sus Christ he'll save man-kind- Let none his good - ness To

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high and lift - ed So de - serv - ing of our praise, Un-

faith - ful ser - vant Now the "oth - er sheep" do feed In
ger he is This his Joy al ones know well. How
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search - a - ble your thoughts, Your might - y acts, your won-drous ways. Your
pass - ing thru this world, Their Shep-herd, Je - sus, does them lead. As
grate ful we should be That he de - sires with us to dwell! He
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loy - al ones cry out with joy; Their hearts do ov er • flow. The
loy - al ones they laud your works, Make men-tion of your name. They
lifts us up when we fall down And sat • is • fies our soul. For

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bub - ble ov - er as they speak Of you and your great fame.
this we bless him all day long; His good - ness we ex - tol.

224 "Take My Yoke"

(Matthew 11:28-30)
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1. You who toil so wea - ri • ly, Load - ed down op • pres

r sive • ly,
2. 'I am mild, of low - ly heart, And of this world am no part.
3. 'For my load is light, you'll find, And my yoke is tru - ly kind.
4. Be to Christ, your Mas - ter, true. He will guide and strength • en you;

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Je . sus calls you ten • der •

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'For re • lief do come to me.'
Learn of me the lov • ing Thus es • cape from ha - tred's dart.'
I give rest for heart and To all righ - teous - ly in - clined.'
In the yoke he'll work with That you thus God's will may do.
225 Drawing Close to Jehovah
(Psalm 73:28)

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1. Your fa - vor,
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2. Since you, as our great Shep-herd, Did kind - ly for us
3. Your Son taught us to know you And give you all due
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As your de - vot - ed chil -dren, We will to you keep near.

And called us by Christ Je - sus, We then the world for - sook.
Your ten - der - ness and good-ness, They sure ly us a - maze.
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It is the fin - est trea - sure To have you Friend.

Our sin - ful - ness you par-cloned In mer cy wide.
We want know you bet - ter, Draw clos - still.

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Your love is pure, makes us se - cure. Our thanks to you as - cend.

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You are so kind; much joy we find As with you we re - side.
Do us be - friend clear to the end; Help us to do your will.
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Index of Songs
Christian Brotherhood Jehovah's Happy People 57
Keep On Seeking First the
Be Forgiving 110 Kingdom 172
Bless Our Christian Brotherhood 18 Let's Watch How We Walk 106
Bless Our Meeting Together 28 Living Up to Our Name 34
"Have Intense Love for One "Make Sure of the More Important
Another" 115 Things" 210
"Have Tender Affection" 216 Make the Truth Your Own 191
Loving Shepherds Tend God's Making a Good Name With God 37
"Sheep" 184
Making Jehovah's Heart Glad 51
Meeting in Unity 65
Making Our Way Successful 40
Myriads of Brothers 127
Marriage-God's Arrangement 117
Showing Concern for "the Flock of
God" 101 Meeting God's Requirements 26
"Welcome One Another"! 155 "No Part of the World" 24
Working Together in Unity 213 Obeying God Rather Than Men 2
''You Must Assist Those Who Are Our Christian Unity 158
Weak" 116 0 Walk With God! 138
See also: 118, 122, 158, 182, 200
Responding to God's Love 50
Speaking the "Pure Language" 78
Store Up Treasures in Heaven 67
Christian Living "The Scene of This World Is
Changing" 199
"Balsam in Gilead" 182
"This Is the Way" 42
Be Long-Suffering 145
Walking in the Name of Our God 80
Conducting Ourselves as "a Lesser
One" 122 What Sort of Persons Ought We to
Be? 177
Daily Walking With Jehovah 55
"Wisdom Is With the Modest Ones" 73
Following God's Way of Life 214
Gaining Jehovah's Friendship 217 See also: 29, 54, 107, 118, 152
Getting to Know Our God 198
"God Loves a Cheerful Giver" 12
Godly Devotion With Contentment 69
Christian Qualities
God's Pretty Things 25 Appreciating God's Compassions 152
Guard Your Heart 132 Be Joyful for the Kingdom Hope! 16
Heeding Jude's Message 22 Be Steadfast Like Ruth 120
Jehovah's "Dewdrops" Among Many "Carry On as Men" 134
Peoples 17 Contending for the Faith 98
Cultivating the Fruit of Love 86 God's Word
Displaying Loyalty 38
Appreciating God's Reminders 59
Faith Like That of Abraham 64
God's Own Book-A Treasure 180
Godly Compassion 68
Jehovah Leads His People 203
"Happy Are the Mild-Tempered" 36
Jehovah's Word Is Faithful 108
Happy, the Merciful! 62
"Let God Be Found True" 170
Joyful All Day Long 19
The Bible's Hope for Mankind 23
Love-A Perfect Bond of Union 173
The Heavens Declare God's Glory 175
Love's Excelling Way 35
The Light Gets Brighter 111
Loyally Submitting to Theocratic
Order 8 The Scriptures-Inspired and
Beneficial 46
On Jehovah We Must Wait 179
The Truth That Sets Men Free 121
Our Godly Joy 186
See also: 22, 40, 79, 131, 149, 191
Our Possession of Peace 159
Proof of Discipleship 200
"Rejoice in the Hope" 206
Jehovah God
Rejoicing With God's Nation 201
Being Taught by Jehovah 91
Sing Jehovah's Praise With
Courage! 107 Cleaving to Jehovah Our God 131
Supporting God's House 118 Drawing Close to Jehovah 225
The Divine Pattern of Love 89 God's Great and Wondrous Works 84
The Excelling "Peace of God" 178 God's Loyal Love 114
The Fruitage of the Spirit 163 Gratitude for Divine Patience 81
The Fruit of Goodness 95 Great God, Jehovah! 49
The Fruit of Self-Control 124 "I Am Jehovah"! 61
The Power of Kindness 66 "It Is Impossible for God to Lie" 149
Walking in Integrity 160 "Jehovah Himself Has Become
King!" 33
We Must Be Holy 54
"Jehovah Is My Shepherd" 77
We Must Have the Faith 144
"Jehovah Is on My Side" 125
"Zealous for Fine Works" 30
Jehovah Is Our Refuge 85
See also: 16, 73, 156 Jehovah, Our Best Friend 76
Jehovah, Our Creator 154
Jehovah, Our Place of Dwelling 135
Dedication and Baptism
Jehovah, Provider of Escape 74
Christian Dedication 13
Jehovah Really Cares 44
Jehovah's Dedicated Ones 196
Jehovah's Attributes 97
To God We Are Dedicated! 202 Jehovah's Heavenly Throne 219
To Whom Do We Belong? 207 Jehovah's Lovely Place of Worship 93
See also: 55, 204 Jehovah, "the God of All Comfort" 58
Jehovah, the God of Our Salvation 153 Kingdom Service (Ministry)
King of Eternity, Sanctify Your
Name! 94 A Victory Song 171
Our Father's Name 52 "Be Glad, You Nations"! 14
The Appointed Time Nears 137 Be Like Jeremiah 70
Then They Will Know 112 Declare the Everlasting Good News 6
Welcome the Incoming King! 176 Do More-As the Nazirites Did 128
See also: 50, 75, 79, 100, 124, 149, 152,
Exalting Our God the King 148
217, 223 Extending Mercy to Others 215
Forward, You Ministers of the
Kingdom! 43
Jesus Christ "From House to House" 32
Christ Our Exemplar 205 Hail Jehovah's Kingdom! 21
Hail Jehovah's Firstborn! 105 "Here I Am! Send Me" 204
Recognizing Earth's New King 168 Hold Fast the Good News! 71
"Take My Yoke" 224 "I Want To" 156
The Bread From Heaven 150 Jehovah's Blessing Makes Rich 9
The Lord's Evening Meal 87 Join in the Kingdom Song! 181
The Shulammite Remnant 11 Joyful Service 130
See also: 101, 156, 218 Let the Light Shine 63
Making Known the Kingdom Truth 192
Move Ahead! 123
Kingdom, The Now's the Time! 129
All Things Made New 187 "Preach the Word"! 162
A Song of Rejoicing 208 Preach "This Good News of the
Creation's Hope of Liberation 142 Kingdom"! 193
Flee to God's Kingdom! 146 Preach With Boldness 92
God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years 60 Proclaiming Kingdom Truth 126
God's Unfolding "Eternal Purpose" 99 Sharing Joyfully in the Harvest 211
Holding Fast to "the Happy Hope" 119 Sing the Song of Kingdom Cheer 20
Jehovah's Holy Nation 141 Sowing Kingdom Seed 133
Listen to the News of the Kingdom 139 Take Sides With Jehovah! 143
The Hope of Mankind's Jubilee 7
The Joys and Fruits of Kingdom
The Resurrection-God's Loving Service 72
Provision 185
The New Song 169
The Resurrection Joy 102
Theocracy's Increase 53
This Is Jehovah's Day 195
The Women Are a Large Army 82
Zion's Reason for Rejoicing 83
This Good News of the Kingdom Let Us
See also: 4, 16, 23, 53, 137, 181 Preach 151
We Are Jehovah's Witnesses! 113 Prayer
Zeal for Jehovah's House 31
A Prayer of Thanksgiving 45
See also: 16, 17, 19, 27, 30, 42, 47, 52, 107, 139, A Song to Jehovah 190
172, 189, 201, 206
Never-Failing Treasures 147
Pray to Jehovah Each Day 161
Paradise (Present and Future) Thanks to the Giver of Life 167
God's Promise of Paradise 4 The Gift of Prayer 188
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize! 222 The Prayer of God's Servant 88
Life Everlasting Is Promised 109 Throw Your Burden on Jehovah 103
Life Without End-At Last! 15 Waiting on Jehovah 140
Our Paradise: Present and Future 220 We Thank You, Jehovah 212
With Christ in Paradise 218 See also: 24, 138, 154, 224

See also: 155, 179, 187, 197

Theocratic Warfare
Praise, Bless Jehovah Be Steadfast, Unmovable! 10
All Creation, Praise Jehovah! 5 Bravely Press On 56
A Song to the Most High 104 Fear Them Not! 27
"Bless Jehovah, 0 My Soul" 1 Follow the Warrior King! 209
Creation Reveals Jehovah's Glory 79 Forward, You Witnesses! 29
Enter Jehovah's Temple Gaining Victory Over the World 3
Courtyards! 194
God's Warriors Are Advancing 39
Give Jehovah the Praise 48
Proclaiming Jehovah's Day of
Glorifying Our Father, Jehovah 96 Vengeance 189
Jehovah, Our Strength and Our See Jehovah's Army! 166
Might 47
Stay Awake, Stand Firm, Grow
Joyful Praise to Jehovah 75 Mighty 174
Laud Jehovah Our God! 100
See also: 8, 92, 134
Loyal Worshipers Bless Jehovah 136
Make Melody to Jehovah! 197
Praise Jah With Me! 165 Youth
Praise Jehovah, the Rock 41 Children-Precious Gifts From God 164
Worshiping Jehovah, the Sovereign Worship Jehovah During Youth 157
Lord 90
Youths! Imitate Their Faith 221
Your Loyal Ones Will Bless You 223
Youth's Place in God's
See also: 49, 51, 212 Arrangement 183