Blessed be thou that dwellest between the cherubim, and graciously regardest them of low estate! Praise the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy endureth for ever.

His mercy endureth for ever!

Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make us perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle us!

To him be glory and power, from everlasting to everlasting Amen.

88, 78 & 48.

ALL.-Praise to thee, O Lord, we render,

For thy love in Jesus shown;

May that love, so strong and tender,
Bind us fast to him alone;

TUNE 585.

MINISTER. But ere the trumpet shakes

The mansions of the dead,

TUNE 595.

Hark! from the gospel's cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread!

CHOIR.-Ye sinners, seek his grace

Whose wrath ye cannot bear;

Fly to the shelter of his cross,
And find salvation there.

I believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God, by whom are all things, and we through him:

I believe that he was made flesh, and dwelt among us; and took on him the form of a servant: By the overshadowing of

the Holy Ghost, was conceived of the Virgin Mary; as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; was born of a woman: and being found in fashion as a man, was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin.

For he is the Lord, the messenger of the covenant, whom we delight in. The Lord and his Spirit have sent him to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord: he spoke that which he did know, and testified that which he had seen: as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.

This I most certainly believe.

88, 6s & 88.

O God, mine inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress;

Give me to feel their solemn weight,
To tremble on the brink of fate,
And to awake to righteousness.
Before me place in dread array
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nations at thy bar:
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there,

To meet from thee a joyful doom?

TUNE 79.

For the Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, to judge both the quick and the dead.

For the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth to judgment. Then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, and all the holy angels with him, and before him shall be gathered all nations.

This I most certainly believe.

But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth?

L. M.

Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

Bold shall I stand in thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully through these absolved I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

TUNE 22.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

8s, 7s & 4s.

MINISTER.-Lo, he cometh! countless trumpets
Christ's appearance usher in :

CHOIR. 'Midst ten thousand saints and angels,
See our Judge and Saviour shine:
Hallelujah!

ALL.

Welcome, welcome, Lamb once slain!

TUNE 585.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall God be all in all.

This I most certainly believe.

6s, 7s & 6s.

MINISTER.-The Spirit and the Bride

"O come!" are now entreating: CHOIR.-Let all who hear their voice

"O come!" be loud repeating.
ALL.-Amen, Lord Jesus, come!

We wait in faith for thee;
Soon, we implore thee, come,
Thy glory let us see.

By thy atoning death,

By thy rest in the grave,

By thy glorious resurrection and ascension,
By thy sitting at the right hand of God,

By thy sending the Holy Ghost,

By thy prevailing intercession,

By the holy sacraments,

By thy divine presence,

TUNE 146.

By thy coming again to thy church on earth, or our being called home to thee,

Bless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God.

7s & 6s.

CHOIR.-Rejoice, rejoice, believers,

And let your lights appear;

TUNE 151.

The evening is advancing,
And darker night is near:
The bridegroom is arising,

And soon he will draw nigh;
Up, pray, and watch, and wrestle,
At midnight comes the cry.

ALL. Our hope and expectation,
O Jesus, now appear;
Arise, thou sun so longed for,
O'er this benighted sphere.
With hearts and hands uplifted,
We plead, O Lord, to see
The day of earth's redemption,
And ever be with thee.

Now the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

88, 78 & 4s.

TUNE 585.

Jesus comes on clouds triumphant,

When the heavens shall pass away;

Jesus comes again in glory;

Let us then our homage pay,

Hallelujah! ever singing,

Till the dawn of endless day.

On the Third and Fourth Sunday in Advent the same Service may be used as on the First Sunday. See page 35.

C. M.

CHRISTMAS DAY.

Joy to the world, the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;

TUNE 593.

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made.

Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord, the Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us, and they

that were his beheld his glory, the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

For the law was given by Moses,

But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

No man hath seen God at any time;

The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

He is before all things, and by him all things consist. He upholdeth all things by the word of his power, being the brightness of God's glory, and the express image of his person.

S. M.

O Saviour of our race,

Welcome indeed thou art,

Blessed Redeemer, fount of grace,

To this my longing heart.

Light of the world, abide

Through faith within my heart:
Leave me to seek no other guide,
Nor e'er from thee depart.

Thou art the life, O Lord!
Sole light of life Thou art!
Let not thy glorious rays be poured
In vain on my dark heart.

¶ Then shall all unite in the GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.

TUNE 595.

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will toward

men.

We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory.

O Lord God, heavenly king, God the Father Almighty: O Lord, the Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord;

Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.