morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;

66. Hail the blest morn.

1 HAIL the blest morn! see the great Mediator, Down from the regions of glory descend! Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger, Lo, for his guard, the bright angels attend.

CHORUS.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star in the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer was laid.

2 Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining;
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall;
Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining,
Wise men and shepherds before him do fall.
Brightest and best, &c.

3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Ódors of Eden, and offerings divine,

Gems from the mountains, and pearls from the

ocean,

Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?

Brightest and best, &c.

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
Vainly with gold we his favor secure ;
Richer by far is the heart's adoration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Brightest and best, &c

well, my friends, fare - well; And if I ne-ver

see you more, While we on earth re-main, O may we

meet on Canaan's shore, And never part a-gain.