mp JESUS! Name of wondrous love! cr Name all other names above! p Unto which must every knee Bow in deep humility. mf 2 Jesus! Name decreed of old: mf 3 Jesus! Name of priceless worth To the fallen sons of earth, 66 For the promise that it gave, "Jesus shall His people save." p 4 Jesus! Name of mercy mild, Given to the holy Child, p When the cup of human woe First He tasted here below. mf 5 Jesus! only Name that's given Under all the mighty heaven, Whereby man, to sin enslaved, Bursts his fetters, and is saved. p 6 Jesus! Name of wondrous love! cr Human Name of God above; Pleading only this we flee, p Helpless, O our God, to Thee. Bishop W. W. How, 1854. Also the following: 321 To the Name of our salvation. 322 Conquering kings their titles take. The Conversion of St. Paul. 150 mf 7.6.7.6.D. E sing the glorious conquest But lo! the Shepherd met him, f 2 O glory most excelling That smote across his path! p O voice that spake within him What wiser master-builder E'er wrought at Thine employ Thy building to destroy? mf 4 Lord, teach Thy Church the lesson. Still in her darkest hour Of weakness and of danger, 151 To trust Thy hidden power: Thy grace by ways mysterious The wrath of man can bind, And in Thy boldest foeman Thy chosen saint can find. J. Ellerton, 1871. The Purification. 8.7.8.7.8.7. mf IN His temple now-behold Him; While His agèd saints adore Him, cr Alleluia! Alleluia! Lo, the incarnate God most high! mf 3 Jesus, by Thy Presentation, Thou, Who didst for us endure, To Thy Father cleansed and pure. 152 H. J. Pye, 1851. 6.6.6.6.8.8. REJOICE ye sons of men! Your brightest praises yield! The everlasting Son See in the flesh revealed! The world's Redeemer comes to-day mf 2 Lo! Simeon's saintly arms He sees with raptured eye In glorious might revealed, Salvation draweth nigh; Thus to His Father's house He comes, the heavenly Guest. f 3 Hail to the great First-born Whose ransom-price they pay! The Son, before all worlds; The Child of man, to-day; p That He might ransom us p Who still in bondage lay. mf 4 O Light of all the earth, Thy children wait for Thee! Come to Thy temples here, That we, from sin set free, Before Thy Father's face May all presented be! J. Ellerton, 1881. Also the following: cr In that great day Thy servants bless, 69 Within the Father's house. And be "the Lord our Righteousness"! Bishop W. W. How, 1871. 153 mp BEHOLD a humble train The courts of God draw near; A virgin mother and her Babe Before the Lord appear. p 2 O wondrous, blessèd sight! S.M. 155 To faithful eyes made known, That lowly Babe the mighty God, The Prince of Peace, they own. mf 3 And now this temple shines With glory far more bright cr But here the Lord Himself appears, The true, Incarnate Word. mf 5 Blest Saviour, come once more St. Matthias. 7.6.7.6.D. my PRAISE to the heavenly Wisdom Who knows the hearts of all The saintly life's beginnings, The traitor's secret fall; Our own ascended Master, Who heard His Church's cry, mf 2 Elect in His foreknowledge, cr And set him with the Princes mf 3 Still guide Thy Church, chief ShepHer losses still renew; Be Thy dread keys entrusted 156 [herd, J. Ellerton, 1888. mf THE angel sped on wings of light, With wondrous tidings laden; He came from heaven's unclouded To greet a lowly maiden: [height mf 2 For God upon her low estate Had looked with royal favour; And all earth's kindreds celebrate p 3 O awful bliss! that from her womb mf 4 O Son Divine! we fain would trace Thy mother's steps so lowly, p Her joys and woes, her saintly grace, Her life so calm and holy. p 5 But lo! as all too near we press, mp 6 And as we read with kindling eye cr 157 Bishop W. W. How, 1871. 6.5.6.5.D. mf NOW, the blessed Dayspring Cometh from on high; Now, the world's Redeemer, From the throne of light, Speeds an angel bright. Hath a Son conceived. p 3 Though He take our nature Though He stoop to suffer, cr His shall be the kingdom f 4 Light to light the Gentiles King of kings confessed, M. A. Thomson, 1889. 158 f PRAISE we the Lord this day, S.M. This day so long foretold, mf 2 The prophet gave the sign A virgin born of David's line p 4 Meekly she bowed her head mf 5 Blessed shall be her name mf WE praise Thy grace, O Saviour, That beareth with us long, And ever out of weakness Thy servants maketh strong. mf 2 The saint, who left his comrades, And turned back from the fight, Behold at last victorious In Thy prevailing might! mf 3 From Thee, Lord, came the courage, Once more to front the host: Thy strength, most mighty Saviour, mf 4 Thy love St. Mark hath numbered Among the blessèd Four, And all the world rejoiceth p 5 O Lord, our human weakness And make the coward bold. Bishop W. W. How, 1871. mp 4 And all true helpers, patient, kind, and skilful, Who shed Thy light across our darkened earth, [the wilful, p Counsel the doubting, and restrain Soothe the sick bed, and share the children's mirth. mf 5 Such was Thy Levite, strong in selfoblation To cast his all at Thine Apostles' feet; cr He whose new name, through every Christian nation, [repeat. From age to age our thankful strains mf 6 Thus, Lord, Thy Barnabas in memory keeping, ["Comfort ye;" Still be Thy Church's watchword, cr Till in our Father's house shall end our weeping, [down; p The words that James wrote sternly Except we labour and endure, We cannot win the heavenly crown. mf 5 O Way divine, through gloom and strife, Bring us Thy Father's face to see; O heavenly Truth, O precious Life, At last, at last, to rest in Thee. C. F. Alexander, 1875. Also the following: 424 O Light Whose beams illumine all. 425 Thou art the Way, to Thee alone. 161 ท () p St. Barnabas. 11,10.11.10. SON of God, our Captain of salvation, [human grief, Thyself by suffering schooled to cr We bless Thee for Thy sons of consolation, [their Chief; Who follow in the steps of Thee mf 2 Those whom Thy Spirit's dread vocation severs, [quering host: To lead the vanguard of Thy conWhose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavours [to coast; To bear Thy saving Name from coast mf 3 Those whose bright faith makes feeble hearts grow stronger, And sends fresh warriors to the great campaign, [no longer, Bids the lone convert feel estranged And wins the sundered to be one again; 162 mf T And all our wants be satisfied in HE son of Consolation! Of Levi's priestly line, Filled with the Holy Spirit And fervent faith divine, mp With lowly self-oblation, 7.6.7.6.D. For Christ an offering meet, He laid his earthly riches At the Apostles' feet. mf 2 The son of Consolation! p O name of soothing balm! It fell on sick and weary mf cr Like breath of heaven's own calmi cr And the blest son of comfort, With fearless, loving hand, The Gentiles' great Apostle Led to the faithful band. 3 The son of Consolation! Drawn near unto his Lord, p He won the martyr's glory, And passed to his reward. With him is faith now ended, For ever lost in sight, But love, made perfect, fills him With praise, and joy, and light. 4 The son of Consolation! Lord, hear our humble prayer, That each of us Thy children Such blessèd name may bear! That we, sweet comfort shedding O'er homes of pain and woe, Midst sickness and in prisons, May seek Thee here below. mf p mf THE heavenly King must come Must leave His own eternal home, mf 2 And lo! before Him sent His herald, who must cry S.M. And never spare, "Repent, repent! p 3 He, when his work is done, Must see his light decay, cr Must hail with joy the brighter Sun, The glorious King of day. mf 4 O Lord, O King, O Sun, Whose messenger he came, mf 5 Give us Thy grace, that we May boldly speak the truth for Thee, mf 6 So, when Thou com'st again, Thy steps shall find 'mid hearts of men O courage void of fears! O love, most strong in death! By these, Lord, keep us lest we fall, cr And make us go where Thou shalt call. Bishop W. W. How, 1871. mf FOR all Thy saints, a noble throng, Who fell by fire and sword, Who soon were called, or waited long, mf 2 For him who left his father's side, Nor lingered by the shore, When, softer than the weltering tide, p 3 Who stood beside the maiden dead, Who climbed the mount with Thee, cr And saw the glory round Thy head, One of Thy chosen three; p 4 Who knelt beneath the olive shade, mf 5 Lord, give us grace, and give us love, Like him to leave behind mORD, it is good for us to be High on the mountain here with Where stand revealed to mortal gaze (cr) higher [fire. Than storm, than earthquake, or than |