HYMNS.

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ADVENT.

S.M.

"And took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men."

THE Advent of our God

Our prayers must now employ,

And we must meet Him on His road

With hymus of holy joy.

The everlasting Son

Incarnate deigns to be;

He hath a servant's form put on,
To make His people free.

As Judge, in clouds of light
He will come down again,
And all His scattered saints unite
With Him in heaven to reign.
Before that dawning day
Let sin's dark deeds be gone,
The old man all be put away,
And the new man put on!

And when in glorious power
He shall with clouds descend,

May we discern, in that dread hour,

Our Saviour and our Friend !-AMEN.

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C.M.

"He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives.”

HARK! the glad sound! the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long!
every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.

Let

He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;

The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The wounded soul to cure ;
And with the riches of His grace
To bless the humble poor.

Our glad Hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring

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With Thy beloved Name.—AMEN.

P.M.

"The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light."

HARK! a thrilling voice is sounding; "Christ is nigh !" it seems to say,

"Cast away the works of darkness, O ye children of the day!"

Startled at the solemn warning,

Let the earth-bound soul arise; Christ, our Sun, all sloth dispelling, Shines upon the morning skies.

Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven:
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
Through His blood to be forgiven.
Honour, glory, might, dominion,
To the Father and the Son,
With the everlasting Spirit,

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While eternal ages run.-AMEN.

P.M.

"Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye

shall see Him."

LO! He comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain ;

Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of His train.
Alleluia !

God appears on earth to reign.

Every eye shall now behold Him,
Robed in dreadful majesty ;

They who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

Those dear tokens of His passion
Still His dazzling Body bears;
Cause of endless exultation
To His ransomed worshippers.
With what rapture

Gaze we on those glorious scars!

Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne ;

Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdoms for Thine own.
Lord, come quickly!

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Come, and make Thy glories known. AMEN.

F.M.

"And I saw a great white throne, and Him that

sat on it."

GREAT God, what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!
The Judge of all men doth appear,
On clouds of glory seated;

The trumpet sounds, the graves restore
The dead which they contained before :
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him.

The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding,
To meet their Saviour in the skies,
With joy His throne surrounding;
No gloomy fears their souls dismay,
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepared to meet Him.
Great God, to Thee our prayers we pour,
In deep abasement bending;

O shield us in that last dread hour,
Thy wondrous love extending;

May we, in this our trial day,
With faithful hearts Thy word obey,
And thus prepare to meet Him.—AMEN.

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"Behold, I come quickly."

NOT unto us, but Thee, O Lord,
Be praise and glory given,

C.M.