The phrase "the seal" resonates through 7 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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The Holy Spirit is the seal,
The foretaste, earnest, and the pledge....
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The Holy Spirit is the seal,
The foretaste, earnest, and the pledge.
...And mark me truly Thine.
And let the seal be stampèd clear,
With holiness in view,...
And mark me truly Thine.
And let the seal be stampèd clear,
With holiness in view,
...Angels clothed in shining raiment
Broke the seal and pierced the tomb,
While their faces, like the lightning,...
Angels clothed in shining raiment
Broke the seal and pierced the tomb,
While their faces, like the lightning,
...And to His testament of love
Made His own life the seal.
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And to His testament of love
Made His own life the seal.
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...With grace and pardon in His hands;
And sends His cov’nant with the seals,
To bless the distant darkened lands....
With grace and pardon in His hands;
And sends His cov’nant with the seals,
To bless the distant darkened lands.
...Lo, in swift descent angel forms are bent,
All the seals are rent, Christ is free.
Sing His triumph, tell the wondrous story;...
Lo, in swift descent angel forms are bent,
All the seals are rent, Christ is free.
Sing His triumph, tell the wondrous story;
...All in vain, the faithless nation
Set the seal and watches nigh;
Ye need not fear, ye need not fear,...
All in vain, the faithless nation
Set the seal and watches nigh;
Ye need not fear, ye need not fear,
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