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4 Since Thy love for our salvation,
Saviour, covered Thee with shame,
Let Thy Church, in every nation,
Sing the glory of Thy Name;
Let Thy Holy Spirit make us
Full of humbleness and love,
Like Thyself, until Thou take us
To our Father's house above.

Fno. M. Neale.

"And the light shineth in darkness."
L. M. 8 lines.

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7HEN marshaled on the nightly plain
The glittering host bestud the sky,
One star alone, of all the train,

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye:
Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks;
It is the Star of Bethlehem.

2 Once on the raging seas I rode ;

The storm was loud, the night was dark;
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed

The wind, that tossed my foundering bark:
Deep horror then my vitals froze;

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose ;

It was the Star of Bethlehem.

3 It was my guide, my light, my all;
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And, thro' the storm, and danger's thrall,
It led me to the port of peace:
Now, safely moored, my perils o'er,
I'll sing, first in night's diadem,

For ever and for ever more,

The Star-the Star of Bethlehem.

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Henry Kirke White, 1804.

ST. STEPHEN'S DAY.

"The noble army of martyrs praise Thee."

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To Thee, O blessed Jesus,
All praises be address'd.
Thou, Lord, didst win the battle,
That they might conqu'rors be;
Their crowns of living glory

Are lit with rays from Thee.

2 Praise for the first of martyrs,
Who saw Thee ready stand
To aid in midst of torments,
To plead at God's right hand.
Share we with Him, if summon'd
By death our Lord to own,
On earth the faithful witness,
In heaven the martyr crown.

3 Apostles, prophets, martyrs,
And all the sacred throng,
Who wear the spotless raiments,
Who raise the ceaseless song;
For these, pass'd on before us,
Saviour, we Thee adore,
And, walking in their footsteps,
Would serve Thee evermore.

4 Then praise we God, the Father,
And praise we God, the Son,
And God the Holy Spirit,
Eternal Three in One;

Till all the ransom'd number
Fall down before the throne,
And honor, power, and glory
Ascribe to God alone.

Earl Nelson.

"We rejoice before Thee in the blessed communion of all Thy

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S. M.

OR Thy true servants, Lord,
Who strove in Thee to live,
Who follow'd Thee, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymn receive.

2 For Thy true servants, Lord,

Who strove in Thee to die,

And found in Thee a full reward,
Accept our thankful cry.

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Thine earthly members fit
To join Thy saints above,
In one communion ever knit,
One fellowship of love.

4 Jesus, Thy name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness
Who lived and died for Thee.

Altered from Richard Mant, 1849.

"Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."

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RAISE to Thee, O Lord most Holy,

PRAIS

King of earth, and sea, and sky;

Be Thy name adored solely

For each martyr's victory.

Let the voice of praise and blessing
Evermore to Thee ascend,
For Thy glories everlasting,

For Thy mercies without end.

2 For the saints of every nation,
Who with joy their blood outpoured;
Gave themselves a pure oblation
In the service of their Lord;
Who, in life and death undaunted,
By their faith the world o'ercame ;
Scorned alike its pleasures vaunted,

And its doom of sword and flame.

3 Fearless, though by foes surrounded,
Threats and bribes unmoved they heard;
And the hearts of kings confounded
By the Truth's soul-piercing word.
Therefore heav'n's bright crown of laurel
Decks each calm and sainted brow;
Therefore clothed in white apparel
With the Lamb they triumph now.

4 In His sacred footsteps treading

They His glorious throne will share;
And with anthems never ending

Praise Him in heav'n's mansions fair.

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"I, John, was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.” ·

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N exile for the faith

Of his Incarnate Lord,

Beyond the stars, beyond all space

The loved disciple soared:

2 There saw in glory Him

Who liveth and was dead;
There Judah's Lion and the Lamb
That for our ransom bled;

3 There of the kingdom learnt
The mysteries sublime;

How, sown in martyrs' blood, the faith
Should spread from clime to clime.

4 Lord, give us grace, like him,
In Thee to live and die;

To spurn the fleeting things of earth,
And seek for joys on high.

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Latin Hymn.

Altered from E. Caswall's Trans.

"The disciple whom Jesus loved."

L. M.

THOU, who gav'st Thy servant grace
On Thee the living rock to rest,

To look on Thine unveiled face,
And lean on Thy protecting breast;

2 Grant us, O King of mercy, still
To feel Thy presence from above,
And in Thy word and in Thy will
To hear Thy voice and know Thy love;

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3 And when the toils of life are done,
And nature waits Thy just decree,
To find our rest beneath Thy throne,
And look in certain hope to Thee.

Reginald Heber. "The love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."

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C. P. M.

LOVE divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by thee?

I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me!

2 O that I could, with favor'd John,
Recline my weary head upon

The dear Redeemer's breast!
From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee
My everlasting rest!

3 Only Thy love do I require,
Nothing on earth below desire,
But this in heav'n above;

Let earth, and heav'n, and all things go,
Give me Thy only love to know,
Impart to me Thy love.

Charles Wesley.

"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that

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Jesus is the Son of God."

L. M.

OT by the martyr's death alone

The martyr's crown in heav'n is won:

There is a triumph set on high

For bloodless fields of victory.

2 What though he was not called to feel
The cross, or flame, or torturing wheel,
Yet daily to the world he died,

His flesh, through grace, he crucified.

3 What though nor chains, nor scourges sore,
Nor cruel beasts his members tore,
Enough if perfect love arise

To Christ a grateful sacrifice.

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