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"Rejoice in the Lora alway, and again I say rejoice."

1 mf REJOICE and be glad! the Redeemer has come !
Go look on His cradle, (pp) His cross, and His tomb!
cres Sound His praises, tell the story of Him who was slain;
f Sound His praises, tell with gladness, He liveth again.
2 f Rejoice and be glad! it is sunshine at last;

The clouds have departed, the shadows are past.
3 f Rejoice and be glad! for the blood has been shed;
Redemption is finished, the price hath been paid.
4 f Rejoice and be glad! now the pardon is free;
The Just for the unjust has died on the tree.

5 f Rejoice and be glad! for the Lamb that was slain
O'er death is triumphant, and liveth again.

6 f Rejoice and be glad! for our King is on high,
He pleadeth for us on His throne in the sky.

7 f Rejoice and be glad! for He cometh again:
He cometh in glory, the Lamb that was slain! Amen.

477

"We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour."

WHO is He in yonder stall, At whose feet the shepherds fall? f 'Tis the Lord! O wondrous story! 'Tis the Lord, the King of Glory! p At His feet we humbly fall; cres Crown Him, crown Him, Lord of all ! 2 Who is He in yonder cot,

Bending to His toilsome lot?

3 Who is He in deep distress. Fasting in the wilderness?

4

Who is He that stands and weeps
At the grave where Lazarus sleeps?

5 pp Lo, at midnight, who is He
Prays in dark Gethsemane ?

6 pp On the cross, lo! who is He

Sheds His precious blood for me? 7 cres Who is He that from the grave

Comes to heal and help and save ? 8 mf Who is He that on yon throne Reigns as King of kings alone?

Amen

1 f OH, timely happy, timely wise,
Hearts that with rising morn arise !
Eyes that the beam celéstial view
Which evermore makes all things new!

a mf New every morning is the love

Our wakening and uprising prove, Through sleep and darkness safely brought,

cres Restored to life and power and thought.

3 mf New mercies, each retúrning day,

Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new síns forgiven,
cres New thoughts of Gód, new hopes of
heaven.

4 mf If, on our daily course, our mind
Be set to hállow all we find,
New treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

5 mf We need not bid, for clóistered cell,
Our neighbour and our work farewell,
Nor strive to wind ourselves too high
For sinful mán beneath the sky.

6 mf 'The trivial round, the cómmon task,
Will furnish áll we ought to ask,—
Room to deny oursélves, a road
To bring us daily nearer God.

7 mf Seek we no more: contént with these,
Let present rápture, comfort, ease,
As Heaven shall bid them, cóme and go
The secret, this, of rest below.

8 Only, O Lord, in Thý dear love,
Fit us for pérfect rest above;
And help us, this and évery day,
To live more néarly as we pray. Amen.

cres

I ƒ AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun 5 ƒ All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept,
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth. and inf

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And hast refreshed me whilst I slept !

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Amen.

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A-men.

"Unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise."

■ ƒ 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.

3

2

Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return,

Till Thy mercy's beams I see,
cres Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

Visit, then, this soul of mine; Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; cres Fill me, Radiancy divine;

Scatter all my unbelief:

More and more Thyself display,
f Shining to the perfect day. Amen.