HYMN 9. c. M.

Praise for the incarnation.

1 MORTALS awake, with angels join,
And chant the solemn lay;
Joy, love, and gratitude combine,
To hail the auspicious day.

2 In heaven the rapturous song began,
While pure seraphic fire

Through all the shining legions ran,
And strung and tun'd the lyre.
3 Hark, the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the

song:

Good-will and peace are heard throughout
The harmonious heavenly throng.

4 With joy the chorus we repeat,
"Glory to God on high;
"Good-will and peace are now complete,
"Jesus is born to die."

5 Hail, Prince of life, for ever hail!
Redeemer, Brother, Friend!

Though earth, and time, and life should fail,
Thy praise shall never end.
HYMN 10. P. M.

The birth of Christ a ground of joy.

1 LIFT up your heads in joyful hope, Salute the happy morn :

Each heavenly power

Proclaims the glad hour,

Lo! Jesus the Saviour is born.

2 All glory be to God on high, To him all praise is due;

The promise is seal'd,

The Saviour's reveal'd,

And proves that the record is true.

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Let joy around like rivers flow,
Flow on, and still increase:
Spread o'er the glad earth,
At Jesus's birth,

For heaven and earth are at peace.

Now the good-will of heaven is shown
To Adam's helpless race;
Messiah appears

To banish our fears,

To save us by infinite grace.
Then let us join the heavens above,

Where glowing seraphs sing:
Join all the glad powers,

For their Lord is ours,

Our Prophet, our Priest, and our King.

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song shall bless the Lord of all,
My praise ascend to his abode;
Thee, Saviour, by that name I call,
The great Supreme, the mighty God.
Without beginning or decline,
Object of faith and not of sense;
Eternal ages saw him shine,
He shines eternal ages hence.
As much when in the manger laid,
Almighty Ruler of the sky,

As when the six days' work he made
Fill'd all the morning stars with joy.
Of all the crowns Jehovah bears,
Salvation is the highest claim;

That gracious sound well-pleas'd he hears,
And owns Immanuel for his name.

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A cheerful confidence I feel,

My well-plac'd hopes with joy I see:
My bosom glows with holy zeal,

To worship him who died for me.

HYMN 12. 8.7.

Praise to the Redeemer.

MIGHTY God! while angels bless thee,
May a mortal praise thy name?
Lord of men as well as angels,

Thou art every creature's theme.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.

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Lord of every land and nation,

Ancient of eternal days!

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Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and lawful praise.

Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence;
Sing the Lord who came to die.

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Did archangels sing thy coming?

Did the shepherds learn their lays?
Shame would cover me ungrateful,

Hall.

Hall.

Should my tongue refuse to praise. Hall.

From the highest throne in glory,

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To the cross of deepest woe;

All to ransom guilty captives,

Flow, my praise, for ever flow.

Hall.

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Go, return, immortal Saviour,

Leave thy footstool, take thy throne;
Thence return, and reign for ever,

Be the kingdom all thine own.

Hall.

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EPIPHANY.

HYMN 13. L. M.

The Star of the East.

LO! in the East appears a star,
In eastern skies unseen before;
And ancient sages from afar
Hasten the mystery to explore.

They came, they saw, and they ador'd;
Each costly treasure they unfold,
And offer to their infant Lord

Their myrrh, their frankincense, and gold.

That star to us its light imparts;

Let us our pilgrimage pursue;

And, with the homage of our hearts,
To Bethlehem go, and worship too.
May we through life its guidance trace,
And mark its path o'er earthly things,
Until it leads us to the place,

Where Jesus reigns, the King of kings.

Light of the world, the True Light, rise;
Nor cease to shed thy cheering ray,
Till o'er all lands beneath the skies
Thy glory shine in perfect day.

HYMN 14. 7s.

The Star of Jacob.

SONS of men, behold from far,
Hail the long-expected Star;
Jacob's Star that gilds the night
Guides bewilder'd nature right.

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Mild it shines on all beneath,

Piercing through the shades of death,
Scattering error's wide-spread night,
Kindling darkness into light.

Nations all, remote and near,
Haste to see your God appear ;
Haste, for him your hearts prepare;
Meet him manifested there.

Sing, ye morning stars, again,
God descends to dwell with men ;
Deigns for man his life to employ;
Shout, ye sons of God, for joy.

HYMN 15. 6 LINES 7s.

Christ the Light of the world.

CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true and only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,

Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near,
Day star, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn,
Unaccompanied by thee;
Joyless is the day's return,

Till thy mercy's beams I see:
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief,
Fill me, Radiance divine;

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.