21 August 2022 MORNING SERVICE, St John's Annerley Presbyterian Church (released 28 August)

Rev. Martin Duffield Psalm 34:1-3 INTROIT: Majesty! PRAYER HYMN 1 Praise My Soul Daniel 7:1-13 PRAYER HYMN 2 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Revelation 5:1-14 PRAYER HYMN 3 Hallelujah Sing to Jesus SERMON: Understanding the Exultation of Christ HYMN 4 This Earth Belongs to God BENEDICTION: 2 Thessalonians 3:5, He is exalted + CCLI Streaming Licence No 1053011 + PRELUDE Rejoice, the Lord Is King! Rev. Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Tune: DARWALL, Rev John Darwall, 1732-89 1. Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore. Mortals give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: rejoice! Again I say, "Rejoice!" 2. Jesus the Saviour reigns, the God of truth and love. When He had purged our stains He took His seat above. Lift ... + Hymn 1 Praise My Soul Rev. Henry F Lyte Tune: LAUDA ANIMA, John Goss, 1800-80 1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; to His feet your tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me His praise should sing: Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise the everlasting King. 2. Praise Him for His grace and favour to our fathers in distress. Praise Him still the same as ever, slow to chide, and swift to bless. Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him! Praise Him! Glorious in His faithfulness. 3. Father-like He tends and spares us; well our feeble frame He knows. In His hands He gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes. Praise ... Widely as His mercy flows. 4. Frail as summer's flow'r we flourish, When the wind blows it is gone. but while mortals rise and perish God endures unchanging on, Praise ... Praise the High Eternal One! 5. Angels, help us to adore Him; ye behold Him face to face; saints triumphant bow before Him, gathered in from every race. Praise ... Praise with us the God of grace. + Hymn 2 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Edward Perronet Tune: MILES LANE, William Shrubsole, 1760-1806 1. All hail the power of Jesus' Name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem, to crown Him, crown Him, crown Him, crown Him Lord of all. 2. You seed of Israel's chosen race, You ransomed from the fall, hail Him who saves you by His grace, and crown ... 3. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget your life before His call. Go spread your trophies at His feet, and crown ... 4. Let every tribe and every tongue, before Him prostrate fall, and shout in universal song, "we crown ... 5. O that with all the sacred throng we at His feet may fall; join in the everlasting song, and crown ... + Hymn 3 Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus William C Dix Tune: HYFRYDOL, Rowland H Prichard, 1811-87 1. Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus! His the sceptre, His the throne; hallelujah! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hear the songs of holy Zion thunder like a mighty flood. "Jesus, out of every nation, has redeemed us by His blood." 2. Hallelujah! Not as orphans are we left in sorrow now. Hallelujah! He is near us - faith believes nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received Him Whom the angels now adore, shall our hearts forget His promise: "I am with you evermore"? 3. Hallelujah! Bread of heaven, here on earth our food, our stay; hallelujah! Here the sinful come to You from day to day. Intercessor, Friend of sinners, earth's Redeemer, plead for me, where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea. 4. Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus! His the sceptre, His the throne. Hallelujah! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hear the songs of holy Zion thunder like a mighty flood: "Jesus, out of ev'ry nation, has redeemed us by His blood." + Hymn 4 This Earth Belongs to God Rev. Christopher Idle Tune: TRUMPET VOLUNTARY, Jeremiah Clarke, 1669?-1707 1. This earth belongs to God, the world, its wealth and all its people: He formed the waters wide and fashioned every sea and shore. Who may go up the hill of the Lord and stand in the place of holiness? Only the man whose heart is pure, whose hands and lips are clean. 2. Lift high your heads, you gates, rise up, you everlasting doors, as here now the King of glory Enters into full command. Who is the King, this King of glory, where is the throne He comes to claim? Christ is the King, the Lord of glory, fresh from His victory. 3. Lift high your heads, you gates, and fling wide open the ancient doors, for here comes the king of glory taking universal power. Who is the King, this King of glory, what is the power by which He reigns? Christ is the King, His cross His glory, and by love He rules. 4. All glory be to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; from ages past it was, is now and evermore shall be. + POSTLUDE (as Prelude Hymn) 4. He sits at God's right hand, till all His foes submit and bow to His command and fall beneath His feet. Lift ... 5. Rejoice in glorious hope! Jesus the Judge shall come and take His servants up to their eternal home. We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice, the trump of God shall sound, rejoice!