4 Thus, when the eastern wise men brought Their royal gifts, a star appears
Directs them to the babe they sought,
And guides their steps, and calms their fears. 5 When shall we reach the heavenly place Where this bright star shall brightest shine? Leave far behind these scenes of night, And view a lustre so divine?
1 SONS of men, behold from far, Hail the long-expected star! Jacob's star, that gilds the night, Guiding wildered men aright. 2 Mild it shines on all beneath, Piercing through the shades of death, Scattering error's wide-spread night, Kindling darkness into light.
3 Nations all, remote and near, Haste to see your Lord appear; Haste, for him your hearts prepare, Meet him manifested there!
4 There behold the day-spring rise, Pouring light on mortal eyes; See it chase the shades away, Shining to the perfect day.
The Sun of Righteousness.
1 WHAT heavenly light is that which shines In soft refulgence from the east,
And, pouring splendor through all climes, Makes every child of sorrow blest?
2 It is the Sun of Righteousness, The brightness of the great I AM! In him Jehovah manifests
His mercy, love, and grace to man.
3 God made from darkness light to shine; And, through the mighty Savior's grace, Will give the light of life divine To every child of Adam's race.
4 Immortal Source of light and life, In brighter flames of brilliance move, Till all are turned from sin and strife, To sing the deathless song of love.
1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord, I read my duty in thy word; But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters.
2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe, and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too.
4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear More of thy gracious image here;
Then God, the judge, shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb.
Imitating Christ in Duties and Sufferings. 1 IN duties and in sufferings too, Thy path, my Lord, I'd trace; As thou hast done, so would I do, Depending on thy grace.
2 Inflamed with zeal, 'twas thy delight To do thy Father's will;
0 may that zeal my soul excite Thy precepts to fulfil.
3 Meekness, humility, and love, Through all thy conduct shine; O may my whole deportment prove A copy, Lord, of thine.
1 AND is the gospel peace and love? So let our conversation be;
The serpent blended with the dove, Wisdom and meek simplicity.
2 Whene'er the angry passions rise And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, To Jesus let us lift our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life!
3 O how benevolent and kind!
How mild, how ready to forgive! Be this the temper of our mind, And these the rules by which we live. 4 To do his heavenly Father's will Was his employment and delight; Humility and holy zeal
Shone through his life divinely bright.
5 Dispensing good where'er he came, The labors of his life were love: If then we bear the Savior's name, By his example let us move. 6 Thy fair example may we trace To teach us what we ought to be; Make us, by thy transforming grace, O Savior, daily more like thee.
Christ our Example in Sufferings. 1 Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel temptation's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour. Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. 2 Follow to the judgment-hall, View the Lord of life arraigned: O the wormwood and the gall! O the pangs his soul sustained! Shun not suffering, shame or loss; Learn of him to bear the cross. 3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; There, admiring at his feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete: 'It is finished,' hear him cry ; Learn of Jesus Christ to die.
4 Early hasten to the tomb
Where they laid his breathless clay; All is solitude and gloom;
Who has taken him away?
Christ is risen; he meets our eyes — Savior, teach us so to rise.
Christ's Example in Forgiving.
1 TEACH us to feel as Jesus prayed, When on the cross he bleeding hung; When all his foes their wrath displayed, And with their spite his bosom stung. 2 Till death he loved his foes, and said, 'Father, forgive,' then groaned and died; And when arisen from the dead, His mercy to their souls applied. 3 For such a heart and such a love, O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee; O pour thy spirit from above,
That we may like our Savior be.
Christ's Example of Love to Enemies.
1 ALOUD we sing the wondrous grace Christ to his foes did bear;
Which made the torturing cross its throne, And hung its trophies there.
2 Father, forgive!' his mercy cried, With his expiring breath,
And drew eternal blessings down On those who wrought his death. 3 Jesus, this wondrous love we sing, And, whilst we sing, admire; Breathe on our souls, and kindle there The same celestial fire.
4 Swayed by thy blest example, we For enemies will pray;
With love, their hatred With blessings, will repay.
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