Achor's Vale, a Door of Hope. Josh. vi. 26. Hos. ii. 15, 18.

1 FROM tribulation's gloomy vale,
Where Jesus bow'd, where Jesus bled,
The suff'ring, conq'ring Lamb of God,
Shall lift on high, his glorious head.
2 For rebel man, the Saviour died :
For man, he burst the rocky tomb;
And opes, by death, a door of hope,
That enters on the world to come.
3 The bow, the sword, the sting of death,
Christ Jesus' death has took away;
And Achor's vale, this vale of tears,
Now beams with everlasting day.

Balaam's Prophecy; or the Star of Jacob. Numb, xxiv. 17. xxiii. 20, 21. Rom. iii. 29.

1 THE son of Bear's op'ning eyes,
Mid visions of unfolding skies,
Beholds the promis'd day afar,
The day of Jacob's rising star.

2 He saw-believ'd the God on high,
Nor dar'd that people to defy,

In whom, as members pure and clean,
Iniquity is never seen.

3 Hath Isr❜el righteousness alone?

Are not the Gentiles, Lord, thy own?

What saith the word?" All souls are mine."
Thy words are true; the world is thine.

HYMN 23. P. M.

Characters of Christ; from the Prophets.

"OP'NER of the blinded eyes!" Mid the night of death arise.

"Binder of the broken heart!" Balsam to the soul impart. 2 "Giver of the oil of joy !" Mourning from the earth destroy. "Raiser up of Jacob's race !"

Save the world of man, by grace.
3 "Saviour God, and God the just !"
On thine arm shall nations trust.
"Gath'rer of the outcasts home!"
In Salvation's chariots, come.
4" Lib'ral soul, devising good!"
Sinners wash in thy own biood.
"Taker of the vail away!"
Lead us to eternal day.

5 "Man of sorrows, man of grief!"
May thy wounds impart relief.
"Leader, witness, cov❜nant God !"
Rule the world with mercy's rod.
6" Op❜ner of the prison door !"
Captives to thy light restore.
"Judge, Lawgiver, King of men !"
Come, in glory, come again.

HYMN 24. L. M.

David, the Keeper of his Father's Sheep. 1 Sam. xxxiv. 35. John x. 10, 28.

1 As David kept his father's flock,

The lion bare one lamb away :

In wrath he rose, the monster smote;
And his right arm redeem'd the prey..

2 Jesus, a greater shepherd far,

The roaring lion rends in twain ;

Plucks from his jaws each captive lamb,
And brings them to the fold again.

3 One Lord there is—and one the fold;
All nations form this shepherd's sheep :
The conqu❜ring Lord, the living God,
Faithful and true his fold shall keep.

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HYMN 25. P. M.

Names appropriate to Jesus.

Collected from Isaiah.

"HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord!"
By the Seraphim ador'd;

May thy fulness fill the earth ;
Send salvation boundless forth.
2" Stem of Jesse! branch of God !"
Spread thy glorious self abroad;
North and south, and east and west,
Gather thou, in thee, to rest.

3❝ Rock of strength, for man made strong!
Praises, Lord, to thee belong;

This foundation cannot fail;
Nor shall hell itself prevail.

4" Mighty God, complete to save !
Thine the triumph o'er the grave ;
Death to thee resigns the prey ;
Thou hast took his pow'r away.
5 "Rest wherewith the weary rest!"
Be thy name forever blest.
"Healer of thy people's wound !"
Live, with honour, glory crown'd.

HYMN 26. L. M.

Samson's Death. Judg. xvi. 29, 30. 2 Cor. v. 14.

1 STRONGER in death, than erst in life,
Samson, the conq'ror, bows his head;
The pillars shake, the house o'erturns ;
His enemies, himself, are dead.

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2 More glorious far is Jesus seen; For enemies the Saviour dies;

Death and the grave, his death subdues ; And man redeem'd, with him shall rise. 3 Lord, of the living and the dead,

Who dying conquer'd death's dread pow'r ;
We celebrate that awful day,

And hail thy resurrection hour.

HYMN 27. C. M.

Glad Tidings of great Joy. Luke i. 19. Isa. xl. 9. lii. 7.

1 TH' Almighty spake, and Gabr'el sped Upborne on wings of light;

Jehovah's glory round him spread,

And chang'd to day, the night.

2 Swift down to earth th' Archangel flew
From God's eternal throne ;

His shining robe of rainbow hue,
The stars, moon, sun outshone.

3 One note of peace was heard on high :
Glad tidings roll'd around :

Ten thousand thousand left the sky,
To catch Salvation's sound.

4 Shout, shout for joy-rejoice, O earth:
Hail, hail this glorious morn;

Rejoice! rejoice, in Jesus' birth,
To day are nations born.

5 From Zion's hill to worlds above,
Re-echo'd back the strain;

And golden harps attun'd to love,
Thus swept Ephratah's plain.

6 He comes! he comes! the Saviour God,
Good will, peace, joy for men,

Glad tidings shout to all abroad.
So be it, Lord-Amen.

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HYMN 28. S. M.

Presentation in the Temple. Luke ii. 22. Coloss. i. 15.

ALL hail, thou great First-Born,

The holy Head of man!

What floods of grace roll on to view,
In mercy's glorious plan!

Thy fulness mankind are :
The temple, Lord, art thou :
Thy body comprehends the whole

Of Adam's tribes below.

In thee, presented pure

Before the throne of God,

All nations there are made anew,
Of one life-giving blood.

First-Born of heav'n, of earth,

Of ev'ry creature, hail !

Born to redeem from death and hell,

Thy purpose cannot fail.

The skies may waste in flame;
All systems melt away;

The sun himself turn black as night;

And earth be lost to day :

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But thou shalt still remain,

Th' unchanging, Saviour God;

And, as eternal ages roll,

Thy name shall be ador'd.

HYMN 29. S. M.

Baptism in Jordan. Matt. iii. 13-15. Jer. xlix. 19.

1 As Jordan rolls his wave

Around Christ Jesus' head,

Methinks I see the Saviour's grave,

And Christ among the dead.