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When, with joy and wonder mix'd, | To God glory in the highest,
They beheld his purpose fix'd?

7 Scarce had Adam fall'n from
Ev'n in paradise ensnar'd, [grace,
When with parent's tenderness

God his will to save declared:
Should not such great mercy move
All to praise, adore, and love?
8 See the Son of God descend,

At the time by him directed,
Thirty years on earth to spend,
As a man despis'd, rejected,
As a victim to be slain,
His love's purpose to obtain.

9 What sure prophecies foretold,
And mysterious types depicted,
Sacred covenants of old,

Solemn promises predicted,
All was made Amen and Yea,
On that great, eventful day.
10 What shall I now give to thee?
Take my heart as a thank-offering:
What hast thou not done for me,
By that life of woe and suffering?
This restores far more than all
I had lost by Adam's fall.

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REJOICE in Jesus' birth,
To us a Son is given,

To us a Child is born on earth,
Who made both earth & heaven,

2 His arm supports the sky,
The universe sustains; [high,
The God supreme, the Lord most
The King Messiah reigns.

3 His name, his nature soar

Beyond the angels' ken,

Yet whom the angelic hosts adore,
He pleads the cause of men.

4 Our Counsellor we praise,

Our Advocate above,

Who daily in his church displays
His miracles of love.

5 The mighty God is he,

Author of life and bliss,
The Father of eternity,
The glorious Prince of peace.
T. 585.

55.
HEAR, ye sinners, peace & pardon
Freely offer'd, glad receive;
Nor your hearts yet longer harden,
Hear his voice and ye shall live;

Peace on earth, good will to men.

2 Meek and lowly see your Saviour

Meet returning prodigals;
He receives them into favour,

Unto us a Son is given,

Therefore come, 'tis God who calls:

Unto us a child is born.

3 Now to Bethlehem we're invited,
Or to Calvary, him to know,
But ere long we shall be cited,
When the trump of God shall blow,
'Fore the presence of his glory,
As the judge of quick and dead.

4 Then on clouds in glory seated,

He'll pronounce their final doom,
Who, while here, tho' oft entreated,
For Immanuel found no room:
Gracious Saviour, since thou callest,
May not one of us refuse.

5 May we all then stand before thee,
Given unto thee without loss,
As thy saints, who here adore thee,
In the manger, on the cross:
To God glory in the highest,
Peace on earth, good will to men.

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I WILL rejoice in God my Saviour,
And magnify this act of love;
I'm lost in wonder at his favour,
Which made him leave his throne
above,

To take upon him human nature,
To suffer for his wretched creature,
Dire anguish, keenest pain,
And death-pangs to sustain,
My soul to gain.

64.
T. 159.
WISDOM & power to Christ belong,
Who left his glorious throne;
The new, the blessed gospel-song
Is due to him alone;

Join all on earth in Jesus' praise,
Join with the highest seraphs' lays

To us, to us, God's Son is given,
The Lord of earth and heaven.

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COME, thou universal blessing,
Thou, the woman's promis'd seed;
Perfect bliss and joy unceasing,
Deign throughout the earth to
[spread :
By thy holy incarnation,
Life, and death our guilt remove,
Visit us with thy salvation,

Bless us with thy heavenly love.

66. T. 205. GRACIOUS Saviour, mov'd by love, Thou the lofty heavens didst bow, Thou didst leave thy throne above, With lost man to dwell below; Here among us thou wilt be, We rejoice alone in thee, Here thy name we will record, O Immanuel, our Lord.

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IV. THE NAME OF JESUS, AND HIS WALK ON EARTH.

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HARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes,

The Saviour promis'd long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.

2 He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

3 He comes, from thickest films of
To clear the mental ray, [vice
And on the eye, long clos'd in night,
To pour celestial day.

4 He comes, the broken heart to The bleeding soul to cure; [bind, And, with the riches of his grace, To bless the humble poor.

5 Our glad hosannas, Prince peace,

Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven's eternal arches ring With thy beloved name.

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Charm me in Immanuel's name; All her hopes my spirit owes

To his birth, and cross, and shame. 2. When he came the angels sung,

"Glory be to God on high!" Lord,unloose mystammeringtongue, Who should louder sing than I?

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JESUS, I love thy charming name,

"Tis music to my ear;

I gladly would thy praises sound, That earth and heaven might hear. 2 Yes, thou art precious to my soul, In thee is all my trust; Jewels to thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. [heart, 30 may thy name still cheer my And shed its fragrance there: The noblest balm for all its wounds, The cordial of its care.

4 I'll speak the honours of thy name, With my last lab'ring breath; When speechless, thou shalt be my My joy in life and death. [hope, 74.* T. 58.

SACRED name of Jesus,

So great and holy, [thee truly, That all our tongues can never praise

'Fore thee we bow.

2 Saving name of Jesus,

In which salvation

Is preach'd to every kindred, tongue, and nation,

Might all thee know.

3 Blessed name of Jesus,

How efficacious [us, To save, to sanctify, and to preserve Thee we adore.

4 Powerful name of Jesus,

In heaven revered,

[feared, On earth by all believers lov'd and Glory to thee.

5 Name for ever sacred,

For ever precious;

Let all within us echo Jesus, Jesus, For evermore.

75.

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T. 119.

JESUS' name, :|: Source of life and happiness; In this name true consolation Mourning sinners may possess; Here is found complete salvation:

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76.

T. 11.
JESUS is our highest good,
He hath sav'd us by his blood;
May we love him evermore,
And his saving name adore.
2 Jesus, when stern justice said,
"Man his life hath forfeited,
Vengeance follows by decree,"
Cried, "Inflict it all on me."
3 Jesus gives us life and peace,
Faith, and love, and holiness;
Every blessing, great or small,
Jesus for us purchas'd all.
4 Jesus therefore let us own,

Jesus we'll exalt alone,
Jesus hath our sins forgiven,
Jesus' blood procur'd us heaven.
77.
T. 14.
MY God a man, a man indeed,

An infant weak and poor;
Born for a sinful race to bleed,
Salvation to procure.

2 Who can describe the loveliness,
Which was, blest Child, in thee?
Thy whole deportment heavenly
And true humility. - [grace

3 According to the appointed plan,
My infant Saviour grew
In favour both with God and man,
In years and stature too.
4 Often oppress'd with human care
He to his Father sighs, [prayer,
Or spends the night in fervent
And offers tears and cries.

5 Again, as teacher of mankind,
I see my humble Lord:
How cheerfully was he inclin'd,
To preach the saving word.

6 To comfort men was his delight,
To help them in distress;
He ready was, by day and night,
To pardon, heal, and bless.

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MAN of sorrows and acquainted With our griefs, what shall we say? Never language yet hath painted

All the woes that on thee lay: Had I seen thee cloth'd in weakness, Bearing our reproach and sickness, To attend thee day & night [light. Would have been my heart's de2 O that to this heavenly stranger

I had here my homage paid,
From his first sigh in the manger,
Till he cried, "Tis finished:"
That first sigh had consecrated
Me his own, and I had waited
On him from his infancy
In a constant liturgy.

3 Walking, speaking, in devotion,
Far to fields or forests stray'd,
I had watch'd his every motion,
And my Lord my pattern made:
More have angels ne'er desired,
Than on him, or far retired,

Or at home, awake, asleep, [keep. Fix'd their wondering eyes to 4 Tell me, little flock beloved,

Ye, on whom shone Jesus' face,
What within your souls then moved,
When ye felt his kind embrace?
O disciple, once most blessed,
As a bosom friend caressed,

Say, could e'er into thy mind
Other objects entrance find?

5 Oft to prayer by night retreated, See him from all search withdrawn; Tearful eyes and sighs repeated,

Witness'd still the morning dawn; There, where he made intercession, I had pour'd forth my confession,

And where for my sins he wept,
Praying, I the watch had kept.

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SEE, my soul, God ever blest
In the flesh made manifest;
Human nature he assumes,
He, to ransom sinners, comes.
2 He fulfill'd all righteousness,
Standing in the sinner's place;
From the manger to the cross
All he did, he did for us:-

3 All our woes he did retrieve,
He expir'd, that we might live;
By his stripes ourwounds are heal'd,
By his blood our pardon's seal'd.
4 Lord, conform us to thy death,
Raise us to new life by faith;
Through thy resurrection's power,
May we praise thee evermore.
5 Circumcise our sinful hearts;
Purify our inward parts:
Lord, destroy the carnal mind,
That in thee we peace may find.
6 In thy righteousness array'd
Let us triumph and be glad;
Let us walk with thee in white,
Let us see thy face in light.

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IMMANUEL'S meritorious tears,
Assuage our every pain; [pray❜rs,
His bitter sufferings, cries, and
Our fav'rite theme remain.

2 When Jesus' suffering life we In every scene we find, [trace, That he a man of sorrows was, Though of unspotted mind. 3 All they who weeping now go forth, And bear the precious seed,

May in our Saviour's walk on earth

Pattern and comfort read.

4 O 'tis the greatest happiness, When of his peace divine We have a feeling, and he says, "Fear not, for thou art mine."

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