Source of life and happiness;
In this name true consolation
Mourning sinners may possess;
Here is found complete salvation;
Blessed Jesus, we thy name will praise
All our days.
God appears in human frame;
In his name rejoice with gladness,
Since to save lost man he came;
None need sink in hopeless sadness,
For Immanuel is now with us,
God with us.
MANIFESTATION TO THE GENTILES.
WATCHMAN, tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are.
Traveler, o'er yon mountain's height
See that glory-beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Traveler, yes it brings the day-
Promised day of Israel.
2 Watchman, tell us of the night;
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveler, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends.
Watchman, will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Traveler, ages are its own;
See! it bursts o'er all the earth.
3 Watchman, tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveler, darkness takes its flight,
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wanderings cease,
Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveler, lo! the Prince of peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come!
O THOU, who by a star didst guide
The wise men on their way,
Until it came and stood beside
The place where Jesus lay:
2 Although by stars thou dost not lead
Thy servants now below,
The Holy Spirit, when they need,
Will show them how to go.
3 As yet we know thee but in part:
But still we trust thy word,
That blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see the Lord.
4 O Saviour, give us then thy grace,
To make us pure in heart,
That we may see thee face to face
Hereafter, as thou art.
O CHRIST, our true and only light,
Illumine those who sit in night;
Let those afar now hear thy voice,
And in thy fold with us rejoice.
2 Fill with the radiance of thy grace
The souls now lost in error's maze,
And all, O Lord, whose secret minds,
Some dark delusion hurts and blinds.
3 And all who else have strayed from thee, Oh, gently seek! thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share thy heaven.
4 Oh, make the deaf to hear thy word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.
5 Shine on the darkened and the cold,
Recall the wanderers to thy fold,
Unite those now who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.
6 So they with us may evermore
Such grace with wondering thanks adore,
And endless praise to thee be given,
By all thy church in earth and heaven.
SONS of men, behold from far,
Hail the long expected star!
Jacob's star that gilds the night,
Guides bewildered nature right.
2 Fear not hence that ill should flow,
Wars or pestilence below;
Wars it bids and tumults cease,
Ushering in the Prince of peace.
3 Mild he shines on all beneath,
Piercing through the shade of death;
Scattering error's wide-spread night,
Kindling darkness into light.
4 Nations all, far off and near,
Haste to see your God appear!
Haste, for him your hearts prepare,
Meet him manifested there.
5 Here behold the dayspring rise,
Pouring eyesight on your eyes:
God in his own light survey,
Shining to the perfect day.
6 Sing, ye morning stars, again!
God descends on earth to reign;
Deigns for man his life to employ :
Shout, ye sons of God, for joy.
HAIL to the Lord's Anointed!
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
2 He comes with succor speedy,
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.
3 By such shall he be feared,
While sun and moon endure,
Beloved, obeyed, reveréd;
For he shall judge the poor,
Through changing generations,
With justice, mercy, truth,
While stars maintain their stations,
Or moons renew their youth.
4 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And joy, and hope, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth;
Before him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.
5 Arabia's desert-ranger
To him shall bow the knee; The Ethiopian stranger
His glory come to see;
With offerings of devotion
Ships from the isles shall meet,
Το pour the wealth of ocean
In tribute at his feet.
6 Kings shall fall down before him,
And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore him,
His praise all people sing:
For he shall have dominion
O'er river, sea and shore,
Far as the eagle's pinion,
Or dove's light wing can soar.
7 For him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end;
The mountain-dew shall nourish
A seed in weakness sown,
Whose fruit shall spread and flourish,
And shake like Lebanon.
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