Liturgy and Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren, Or Unitas Fratum

41.

T. 11. HARK! the herald angels sing: Glory to the new-born King, Glory in the highest heaven, Peace on earth, and man forgiv'n."

2. Joyful, all ye nations, rise; Join the triumph of the skies: With the angelic host proclaim: "Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

3. Veil'd in flesh the Godhead see! Hail the incarnate Deity!

Pleas'd as man with men to dwell, Jesus our Immanuel.

3. See the Son of God descend,
At the time by him directed,
Thirty years on earth to spend,
As a man despis'd, rejected,
As a victim to be slain,
His love's purpose to obtain.

4. What sure prophecies foretold,
And mysterious types depicted,
Sacred covenants of old,
Solemn promises predicted,
All was made Amen and Yea,
On that great eventful day.

5. What shall I now give to thee?

4. Hail the heaven-born Prince of Take my heart as a thank-offering:

What hast thou not done for me,
By that life of woe and suffering?
This restores far more than all
I had lost by Adam's fall.

44.

T. 585. HEAR, ye sinners, peace and parFreely offer'd, glad receive; (don Nor your hearts yet longer harden, Hear his voice and ye shall live; To God glory in the highest, Peace on earth, good will to men. 2. Meek and lowly see your SaMeet returning prodigals; (viour He receives them into favour, Therefore come, 'tis God who calls; Unto us a Son is given, Unto us a Child is born.

3. Now to Bethlehem we're inOr to Calvary, him to know, (vited, But ere long we shall be cited, When the trump of God shall blow, 'Fore the presence of his glory, As the judge of quick and dead. 4. Then on clouds in glory seated, He'll pronounce their final doom, Who, while here, tho' oft entreated, For Immanuel found no room: Gracious Saviour, since thou callMay not one of us refuse. (est. 5. May we all then stand before

thee,

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Given unto thee without loss,
As thy saints, who here adore thee, HOSANNA to the royal Son

In the manger, on the cross:

To God glory in the highest, Peace on earth, good will to men.

T. 14.

Of David's ancient line: His natures two, his person one, Mysterious and divine.

2. The root of David, here we find,

And offspring are the same; Eternity and time are join'd

In our Immanuel's name.

3. Blest he that comes to wretched

men

With peaceful news from heav'n; Hosannas in the highest strain To Christ the Lord be given.

Watts.

IV. THE NAME OF JESUS, AND HIS WALK ON EARTH.

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T. 146. 5. Our glad hosannas, Prince of

LORD Jesus, when I trace
Thee as the great Creator,
With fear I hide my face;

But when in human nature

I see thy deep distress,

And lowliness of heart, I freely must confess

That thou my brother art.

2. Therefore I'll thee adore
With deep humiliation,
And own thee evermore
Lord of the whole creation;
But thy humanity,

Thy birth, thy life, and death

Unite my soul to thee,

Until my latest breath.

Charm me in Immanuel's name;
All her hopes my spirit owes
To his birth, and cross, and shame.
2. When he came the angels sung,
"Glory be to God on high!"
Lord, unloose my stammering
tongue,

Who should louder sing than I?
3. Did the Lord a man become,
That he might the law fulfil,
Bleed and suffer in my room,
And canst thou, my tongue, be still?

4. No, I must my praises bring,
Though they worthless are and
For should I refuse to sing, (weak;
Sure the very stones would speak.

5. O my Saviour, Shield, and Sun, Shepherd, Brother, Husband, Friend,

Ev'ry precious name in one,
I will love thee without end

2. It makes the wounded spirit Then will we sing more sweet,

whole,

And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul,

And to the weary rest.

3. Jesus, the Rock on which I build, My Shield and Hiding-place, My never-failing Treasury, fill'd With boundless stores of grace: 4. Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend,

My Prophet, Priest, and King; My Lord, my Life, my Way, my Accept the praise I bring. (End, 5. Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; But when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought.

6. Till then I would thy love pro

claim

We love to hear of thee;
No music like thy charming name,
Nor half so sweet can be:
O may we ever hear thy voice!
In mercy to us speak;
And in our priest we will rejoice,
Thou great Melchizedeck!

JESUS, I love thy charming name,

'Tis music to my ear;

That earth and heaven might hear.
I gladly would thy praises sound,
2. Yes, thou art precious to my
In thee is all my trust;
Jewels to me are gaudy toys,
(soul,
And gold is sordid dust.

3. O may thy name still cheer my
heart,

And shed its fragrance there:
The noblest balm for all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.

4. I'll speak the honours of thy

name,

With my last labouring breath;
When speechless, thou shalt be my
My joy in life and death. (hope,

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SACRED name of Jesus,
So great and holy,

Doddridge.

T. 58.

That all our tongues can never praise thee truly,

'Fore thee we bow.

2. Saving name of Jesus,
In which salvation (and nation,
Is preach'd to every kindred,tongue,
Might all thee know.

2. Our Jesus shall be still our 3. Blessed name of Jesus,

theme,

While in this world we stay; We'll sing our Jesus' lovely name, When all things else decay: When we appear in yonder cloud, With all his favour'd throng,

How efficacious

(serve us, To save, to sanctify, and to preThee we adore.

4. Powerful name of Jesus,
In heaven revered,

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