2 Not angels round the throne Are half so much obliged as we, 3 They never sank so low, They are not raised so high; 4 The Saviour did not join Their nature to His own; For them He shed no blood divine, 5 May we with angels vie, The Saviour to adore; Our debts are greater far than theirs, O be our praises more! Fno. Ryland. "How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts." 49 L H. M. ORD of the worlds above! How pleasant and how fair, The dwellings of Thy love, Thine earthly temples are! 2 O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear! O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise Thee still; and happy they 3 They go from strength to strength, Till each in heaven appears; 4 God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; We draw our blessings thence: 5 The Lord His people loves; His hand no good withholds From pure and pious souls. Isaac Watts, 1719. "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation." C. M. 50 J ESUS! I love Thy charming name. Fain would I sound it out so loud, 3 All my capacious powers can wish, 4 Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, 5 I'll speak the honors of Thy name, With my last laboring breath; Then, speechless, clasp Thee in mine arms, The antidote of death. Philip Doddridge, 1740. 51 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. "Without shedding of blood is no remission.” TH C. M. HY blood, O Christ, hath made our peace: The ground of Calvary was stained, When Thou wert hung on high; 2 Not only that, which in Thine hour Distilled upon Thy trembling frame 3 But that shed from Thee, when at first 4 And as with suffering and with Thee So teach us to renounce the flesh 5 That in the Israel of Thy Church And circumcised in heart. Henry Alford, 1845. "And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His name was called Jesus." H C. M. OW sweet the name of Jesus sounds It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 3 Dear name! the rock on which I build, My never-failing treas'ry, filled With boundless stores of grace. 4 Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend! 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; 6 Till then I would Thy love proclaim And may the music of Thy name John Newton, 1779. "For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." 8s, 75, 6 lines. 54 T O the Name of our salvation Which, for many a generation Hid in God's foreknowledge lay, We may sing aloud to-day. 2 Jesus is the Name we treasure, Name beyond what words can tell; 3 'Tis the Name for adoration; 'Tis the Name for veneration 4 Jesus is the Name exalted In this Name, whene'er assaulted, 5 Jesus, we Thy Name adoring, Latin Hymn, 15th Century. Altered from & translated by J. M. Neale. "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily; and ye are complete in Him." 55 IOS. TERNAL Word! God's true and only Son, We praise Thy name, and on Thy name we call. 2 Jehovah dwells from everlasting years In silence and in solitude concealed: In Thee to all His universe revealed. 3 And life and love and truth and joy and might, 4 True Son of God, our Sonship is in Thee; 5 Ever in Thee the Father is revealed, Ever in Thee all things are reconciled, Orwell. |