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394 The Messiah’s Praise

Words: Benjamin Rhodes, 1787

Music: R. F. M. Mann and James A. Spark, 1870. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911

Meter: Short Particular Meter (6,6,8,6,6,8)

My heart and voice I raise
To spread Messiah’s praise:
Messiah’s praise — let all repeat:
The universal Lord,
Praise Him,
Let all praise Him,
By whose almighty word
Creation rose in form complete.

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