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4 Egypt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their lives anew ;
Angels and men shall join to sing
The hill where living waters spring.

5 When God makes up His last account
Of natives in His holy mount,

'Twill be an honor to appear

As one new-born and nourished there.

Isaac Watts, 1719.

"Bestow upon Thy people plenteously the aid of Thy heavenly

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S. M.

JESUS, God and Man,
On this Thy holy day,

To Thee for precious gifts of grace
Thy ransomed people pray.

2 We pray for childlike hearts,
For gentle, holy love,

For strength to do Thy will below,
As angels do above.

3 We pray for simple faith,

For hope that never faints,
For true communion evermore
With all Thy blessèd saints.

4 On friends around us here
O let Thy blessing fall;

We pray for grace to love them well,
But Thee beyond them all.

5 O joy to live for Thee!
O joy in Thee to die!

O very joy of joys to see
Thy Face eternally.

Henry W. Baker, 1852.

"No man cometh unto the Father but by Me."

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2 Thou art the Truth; Thy word alone
True wisdom can impart ;

Thou only canst inform the mind
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the Life; the rending tomb
Proclaims Thy conquering arm;

And those who put their trust in Thee
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life;
Grant us that Way to know;

That Truth to keep, that Life to win,
Whose joys eternal flow.

George W. Doane.

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory."

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LL praise to Thee, O Lord
Who by Thy mighty power
Didst manifest Thy glory forth
In Cana's marriage hour.

2 Thou speakest it is done:
Obedient to Thy word,
The water redd'ning into wine
Proclaims the present Lord.

3 Blest were the eyes which saw
That wondrous mystery,
The great beginning of Thy works,
That kindled faith in Thee.

4 And blessed they who know

Thine unseen Presence true,

When in the Kingdom of Thy grace

Thou makest all things new.

5 For by Thy loving hand

Thy people still are fed;

Thou art the Cup of blessing, Lord,

And Thou the heavenly Bread.

6 Oh, may that grace be ours,

In Thee for aye to live,

And drink of those refreshing streams
Which Thou alone canst give.

7 So, led from strength to strength,
Grant us, O Lord, to see

The marriage Supper of the Lamb,
Thy great Epiphany.

Hyde W. Beadon.

"Who hast called us out of darkness into marvelous light."

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HY glory Thou didst manifest,

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O Christ, by miracle divine,

When, at Thy word, for ev'ry guest

The water sparkled into wine;
And now, in all the sons of men

Who feel Thy Spirit's quick'ning breath,
That miracle is wrought again,

As life is kindled out of death.

2 What festal raptures fill our hearts

When heaven and earth are married there!
What hope, what love, the Lord imparts !
What tenderness and strength of prayer!
For then within, His glory glows;

And gifts and graces all divine
Again that miracle disclose

Of water glorified in wine.

3 O Christ, unfold Thy quick'ning might
From day to day, that all may see
Within each Saint, still beaming bright,
Thy glorious Epiphany:

And find that best of wine at last,

That sweetest gift of grace outpour'd,

Richer than Cana's humble feast,
The marriage Supper of the Lord.

E. E. Higbee.

"Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King."

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2 When once Thou visitest the heart,
Then truth begins to shine;
Then earthly vanities depart;
Then wakens love divine.

3 O Jesus, Light of all below!
Thou Fount of living fire,
Surpassing all the joys we know
And all we can desire.

4 May every heart confess Thy name,
And ever Thee adore;

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And seeking Thee, itself inflame
To seek Thee more and more.

Thee may our tongues forever bless;
Thee may we love alone;

And ever in our lives express

The image of Thine Own.

Bernard of Clairvaux. Translated by Edward Caswall

"He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth

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C. M.

BIDE among us with Thy grace,
Lord Jesus evermore ;

Nor let us e'er to sin give place,
Nor grieve Him we adore.

2 Abide among us with Thy word,
Redeemer whom we love :

Thy help and mercy here afford,
And life with Thee above.

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6 Abide with us in faithful love,
Our God and Saviour be!

Thy help at need, oh! let us prove,

And keep us true to Thee.

J. Stegmann.

Translated by Catherine Winkworth.

"Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles, and wonders, and signs."

L. M.

HROUGH Israel's coasts, in times of old,
When Thou didst dwell with men below,

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By signs and wonders manifold

Thou didst, O Lord, Thy glory show.

2 But not alone Thy mighty power

Shone forth from every wondrous sign:
Day unto day, and hour to hour,

Spoke forth Thy love and grace divine.
3 And now Thou reignest, Lord, above,
We none the less Thy wonders trace:
Unwearied are Thy calls of love,

Unspent Thy miracles of grace.

4 Thou who didst make the water wine,
Our earthly with Thy heavenly fill:
Our scant obedience change to Thine,
Our passions to Thy blessed will.

Henry Alford.

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

"Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there ?"

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OWN from the mountain Jesus came,
And stretching forth his hand,

"Be clean," he said: the Leper then

Was cleansed at His command.

2 Our nature was defiled by sin,

But God from heaven came down ;

Stretched forth His hand, our nature touched,
And joined it to His own.

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