4 They see their Saviour face to face,
And sing the triumphs of His grace;
Him day and night they ceaseless praise,
To Him their loud hosannas raise.
AR from these narrow scenes of night
Unbounded glories rise,
And realms of infinite delight,
Unknown to mortal eyes.
2 No cloud those blissful regions know,
For ever bright and fair;
For sin, the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there.
3 The King eternal there displays
His beams of wondrous grace;
His happy subjects sing His praise,
And bow before His face.
4 O may the heavenly prospect fire
Our hearts with ardent love,
Till wings of faith and strong desire
Bear every thought above!
1 THERE is a land of pure delight,
T is a lan in of punt reign
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers:
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heavenly land from ours.
3 O could we make our doubts remove,
These gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes!
4 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.
1 JERUSALEM, my happy home!
When shall my labours have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls, And pearly gates behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?
3 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.
4 Jerusalem, my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.
Rise to adore the mystery of love,
Which hosts of angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God Incarnate, and the Virgin's Son.
2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
Who heard the angelic herald's voice, “Behold,
I bring glad tidings of a Saviour's birth
Το you and all the nations upon earth;
This day hath God fulfilled His promised word,
This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord."
3 O may we keep and ponder in our mind
God's wondrous love in saving lost mankind :
Trace we the Babe, who hath retrieved our loss,
From His poor manger to the bitter Cross:
Tread in His steps, assisted by His grace,
Till man's first heavenly state again takes place.
4 Then may we hope, the angelic hosts among,
To sing, redeemed, a glad triumphant song:
He who was born upon this joyful day,
Around us all His glory shall display;
Saved by His love, unceasing we shall sing
Eternal praise to heaven's Almighty King.
1 ANGELS, from the realms of glory,
Wing your flight o'er all the earth;
Ye, who sang creation's story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth;
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the new-born King.
2 Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o'er your flocks by night;
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the Infant-light!
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the new-born King.
3 Sages, leave your contemplations,
Brighter visions beam afar;
Seek the great Desire of nations,
Ye have seen His natal star:
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the new-born King.
4 Saints, before the altar bending,
Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord descending,
In His temple shall appear;
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the new-born King.
AIL, Thou Source of every blessing,
Sovereign Father of mankind!
Gentiles now, Thy grace possessing,
In Thy courts admission find:
Gratefully we bend before Thee;
In Thy Church obtain a place;
Now, by faith, behold Thy glory,
Praise Thy Name, and sing Thy grace.
2 Hail, Thou ever-blessed Saviour!
Gentiles now their offerings bring;
In Thy temple seek Thy favour;
Worship Thee, their Lord and King.
May we, body, soul, and spirit,
Live devoted to Thy praise;
Glorious realms of bliss inherit,
Grateful anthems ever raise.
ORD, in this Thy merey's day,
Ere it wholly pass away,
On our knees we fall and pray.
2 Holy Jesu, grant us tears,
Fill us with heart-searching fears,
Ere that awful doom appears.
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