Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home

REGENT SQUARE. 8.7.

Henry Smart. 1867.

350.

(Repeat the last two lines of each verse.)

Song of the Angels.

HARK! what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies? Lo! the angelic host rejoices;

Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

Listen to the wondrous story
Which they chant in hymns of joy:
"Glory in the highest; glory,
Glory be to God most high.
"Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found ;
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
"Christ is born, the great Anointed;
Heaven and earth his praises sing:
Oh, receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest, and King!"
John Cawood. 1819.

BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall,
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,

Chosen of God, the Redeemer of all.

Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom, and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?

Vainly we offer each ample oblation;

Vainly with gifts would his favors secure :
Richer by far is the heart's adoration ;

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
Star of the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

Bp. Reginald Heber. 1811.

151

Lord, make us to those joys aspire, That spring from love to thee, That pass the carnal heart's desire, And faith alone can see.

To guide us to thy glories, Lord! To lift us to the sky,

Oh, may thy spirit still be poured Upon us from on high!

Parisian Breviarv.

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