And with rapture raise Songs of love and praise. 2. God and man indeed,

Comfort in all need,
Thou becam'st a man of sorrows,
To gain life eternal for us,
By thy precious blood,
Jesus, man and God

193.

12. The Father's equal, God the With him thou ever reignest ;(Son, Thou art partaker of his throne, And all things thou sustainest : Both angels and men view their Maker as man, (sion: With joy that is past all expresO happy, unspeakably happy, who A. Drese. Find in him life and salvation.(can T. 22. 3. This mystery every throne and were Admires with adoration; (power The angelic choirs for evermore Extol his incarnation: The angels and elders before him fall down, (ing; With accents melodious him praisUnto the Lamb slain, and to him. on the throne,

(235.)
BEFORE the heavens
stretch'd abroad,
From everlasting was the Word;
With God he was, the Word was
And must divinely be ador'd. (God
2. By his own power were all

things made;

They render glory unceasing.

4. The Church on earth in humble strain,

By him supported all things stand; He is the whole creation's Head, And angels fly at his command. 3. Mortals with joy behold his face, The eternal Father's only Son; How full of truth, how full of She sings, The Lamb for us was (shone. Our foe is cast for ever;

Exalteth Christ our Saviour;

grace (slain, Was Christ, in whom the Godhead For Christ hath redeem'd us by

his precious blood Out of every nation and kindred, And made us thereby kings and priests unto God,

To him thanksgiving be render'd. 5. When Christ in majesty shall

come,

With all his bright attendance, On every man pronounce a doom, An awful, final sentence: Then shall all his enemies quaking with dread, (to cover; (cendent; Wish mountains and rocks them ransom'd with gladness will lift up their head, And live with Jesus for ever.

Thy glory and might are trans-The
And thousands of thousands thy

praises proclaim,
Upon thee gladly dependent.

J. Angelus.

195.

(237.)
T. 14. 4. Jesus, thou art my King,
O THE delights, the heavenly Christ the mighty One art thou,
To me thy succour bring:
The glories of the place, (joys,
Where Jesus sheds the brightest
Help for all on thee is laid:
Of his o'erflowing grace. (beams
This thy promise claim I now,
Send me down the promis'd aid.
2. Sweet majesty and awful love
Sit smiling on his brow,
5. Triumph and reign in me,
And spread thy victory:
Sin, and death, and hell control,
Pride, and self, and every foe
All subdue, thro' all my soul
Conquering and to conquer go.
C. Wesley.

And all the glorious ranks above
At humble distance bow.

3. Princes to his imperial name
Bend their bright sceptres down:
Dominions, thrones, and powers re-
To see him wear the crown. (joice
4. Upon that dear majestic head
That cruel thorns did wound,
See what immortal glories shine
And circle it around.

5. This is the man, the exalted
Whom we unseen adore; (man,
But when our eyes shall see his face,

Our hearts shall love him more.
Watts

196.

(238.)
T. 341.
WORTHY, O Lord, art thou,
That every knee should bow,
Every tongue to thee confess;

Universal nature join,
Strong and mighty thee to bless,

Gracious, merciful, benign.
2. Hail your dread Lord and ours,
Dominions, thrones, and powers:
Source of power he rules alone:

Veil your faces, prostrate fall,
Cast your crowns before his throne,
Hail the Cause, the Lord of all.
3. Justice and truth maintain

Thy everlasting reign;
One with thine almighty Sire,
Partner of an equal throne,
King of kings, let all conspire,
Gratefully thy sway to own.

(239.)

197.*
T. 97.
THOU reign'st above on heaven's
throne,

The Father's equal, God the Son;
The Holy Ghost to us displays
Thy majesty and boundless grace,
And in the Scriptures clearly doth
explain,

That thou, Lord, madest and re-
deemedst man.

2. With awe and reverence 'fore
thee,
(knee,
And at thy name we bow the
As all in earth and heaven join
To extol thy majesty divine,
And thee, to God the Father's
glory, call
(of all.
The great Jehovah, mighty Lord

(saves, (242.)

(244.) 202. T. 96 or 90. Springs forth obedient to thy call; JESUS, thou source of calm re- But still to adore, believe, and love, A heart that no desire can move,

pose,

(knows,

203.*

JESUS, who with thee

T. 68.

Thy like, nor man, nor angel Give me, my Lord, my Life, my All. Fairest among ten thousand fair; (245.) E'en those, whom death's sad fetters bound, (round, Whom thickest darkness compass'd Find light and life, if thou appear. 2. Effulgence of the light divine, Ere rolling planets knew to shine, Ere time its ceaseless course began: Thou, when the appointed time

was come,

Didst not abhor the virgin's womb,
But God with God, wast man with

man.

3. The world, sin, death oppose in
vain ;

Thou by thy dying death hast slain;
My great Deliverer and my God:
Against thee vain is Satan's rage,
In vain doth hell its powers engage,
Nought can withstand thy con-
quering blood.

4. Lord over all, sent to fulfil
Thy gracious Father's sovereign
will,

To thy dread sceptre will I bow;
With duteous reverence at thy feet
Like humble Mary, lo, I sit.
Speak, Lord, thy servant heareth

now.

Can compared be?
Source of rest and consolation,
Life, and light, and full salvation :
Son of God, with thee
None compar'd can be.
2. Life, thou diedst for me,
From all misery

And distress me to deliver,
And from death to save for ever:
I am by thy blood,
Reconcil'd to God.

3. Highest King and Priest,
Prophet, Lord, and Christ,
Thy dear sceptre is embraced
By me at thy feet abased:
I choose Mary's seat
At thy holy feet.
4. Grant me steadiness,
Lord, to run my race, (der,
Following thee with love most ten-
So that Satan may not hinder
Me by craft or force:
Further thou my course.
5. By thy Spirit's light
That I watch and pray with fervour;
Me instruct aright,
Trusting thee, my soul's preserver:
Love unfeign'd, O Lord,
Unto me afford.

6. When I hence depart,
Strengthen thou my heart,
In thy righteousness array me,
And into thy realms convey me,
That at thy right hand
Joyful I may stand.

Freylinghausen

68

(246.)

JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD.

T. 341.There remember me in love,
Plead for me a sinner there.

204.
O DAY-SPRING from on high,
In mercy hear my cry:
See the travail of thy soul
Saviour, and be satisfied:
Rule in me without control;
May I ever thine abide.

2. Jesus, who art the Tree

Of immortality,
Feed this tender branch of thine:
By thy influence I shall thrive:
Thou, the true, the heavenly Vine,
Grafted into thee I live.

3. Of life the Fountain thou;
I know, I feel it now;
Faint and dead no more I droop;
Thou reviv'st me, thy supplies,
Every moment springing up,
Unto life eternal rise.

4. Thou the good Shepherd art;
From thee I'll never part:

Thou, my Keeper and my Guide,

Watch me still with tender care,
Gently lead me by thy side,

Kindly in thy bosom bear.
5. Thou art my daily Bread,
O Christ, thou art my Head;
Countless benefits on me

As thy body's member flow:
Nourish'd I and fed by thee,

Up to thee in all things grow. 6. Prophet, to me reveal

Thy Father's perfect will: Never mortal spake like thee; Lord, may I by thee be taught, May I listen eagerly

Tothy words with comfort fraught. 7. High-priest, on theé I call,

Thy blood aton'd for all: Thou dost still in heaven above

As the Lamb once slain appear;

8. Jesus, thou art my King,
Praises to thee I sing:
Kept by thy almighty hand,
Saviour, who shall pluck me
thence?

Faith supports, by faith I stand,
Strong in thy omnipotence.
C. Wesley.

205. T. 581 or 83.
CHRIST,whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light;
Sun of righteousness arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night :
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
2. Dark and cheerless is the morn,
Unaccompanied by thee;
Joyless is the day's return,
Till thy mercy's beams I see ;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
3. Visit, then, this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy divine!
Scatter all my unbelief:
More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

C. Wesley.

T. 249.

WE bow before thy throne,
Jesus, :|: and thee alone
Our God and Saviour own:
Whilepilgrims here on earth we are,
We to thy courts will oft repair,
To offer prayer and praise;
O God of Grace,

Thy saving name we bless.
2. Again we raise the strain,
Worthy: the Lamb once slain,