1 BLESSING, honour, thanks, and praise, Pay we, gracious God, to Thee; Thou in Thine abundant grace Givest us the victory: True and faithful to Thy word, Thou hast glorified Thy Son; Jesus Christ, our dying Lord, He for us the fight hath won. 2 Lo! the prisoner is released; Lighten’d of his fleshly load, Where the weary are at rest He is gather’d into God! Lo! the pain of life is past, All his warfare now is o’er, Death and hell behind are cast, Grief and suffering are no more. 3 Yes, the