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THE MESSIAH'S INCARNATION.

63.

The Virgin's Son.
“ A Virgin shall bear a Son, God with us."

Mait. 1. (L. M.) 1 LET devils flee, let men adore,

Let tidings spread from shore to shore, Jehovah deigns on earth to dwell,

Among the heirs of death and hell. 2 His matchless glories he conceals,

And but his boundless love reveals,
He wraps his godhead in our clay,

And comes to take our guilt away. 3 With melting hearts to him apply,

Believe and you shall never die;
Your souls, your all to Jesus give,
For he has bled that ye might live.

WESTLAKE'S SELECTION

64.
The Triumph of the Skies.
Glory to God in the highest."-

Luke 2. (sevens) 1 JOYFUL all ye seamen rise,

Join the triumph of the skies,
Hail the heav'n born prince of peace,

Hail the sun of righteousness. 2 Come desire of nations, come

Fix in us thy bumble home,
Rise the wonian's promis'd seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.

3"Glory to the new-born King,
Let us all the anthem sing,
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."

WESLEYS

65.
The Heavenly Chorus.
* The heavenly host praising God."-

Luke 2. (C. M.)
1 HARK! the Cherubic armies shout,

And glory leads the song, “Good will and peace” are heard throughout

Th' harmonious heavenly throng. 2 With joy the chorus we'll repeat,

Glory to God on high,
Good will and peace are now complete,

Jesus was born to die.
3 Hail, Prince of Life, for ever hail,

Redeemer,-Brother,– Friend, Though earth, and time, and life should fail, Thy praise shall never end.

MEDLEY,

66.
Scenes at Bethlehem.
"She brought forth her first-born son."-

Luke 2. (L. M.)
I CONFUS'D and thronged like some vast fair,

Was Bethl’em, while Augustus poll’d,
When lo! at eve, an humble pair,

l'rom Naz'reth came to be enroll'd.
2 At Bethl’en’s Inn they sought for rest, ,,

But crowds and wild uproar repel,
Content they find “The Stable” best,

And choose with harmless brutes to dwell.

3 On heaps of straw she sought repose,

Who soon the holy infant bore, Enwrapt her babe in swaddling cloathes,

And smil'd to find her sorrows o'er. 1 In yon low manger lies her child,

How sweet He sleeps-she slumbers too ; Sweet solemn scene,--how calm-how mild,

While wine inflames the inn's base crew. ; & Sleep on sweet babe-flow fast my tears,

In silent torrents, downward flow, Thus clad in flesh my God appears,

To save from hell-he laid thus low. 6 V ye that plow the trackless seas,

Come view this scene, and weep, and love, Then sing “ To man eternal peace, And glory be to God above."

Z.

67.
Messiah's Condescension.
" The express image of His person."

Heb. 1. (P. M.)
1 BRIGHTNESS of thy Father's glory,

Shall thy praise unutter'd lie,
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence,
Sing the Lord who came to die.

Hallelujah, Amen. 2 Did archangels sing thy coming,

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

Should my tongue refuse to praise. 3 From the highest throne in glory,

To the cross of deepest woe,
All to ransom guilty sailors,
Flow my praise, for ever flow.

ROBINSON

68.
Joy,«t Messiah's Coming.
" let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof."-

Psa. 96. (C. M.)
1 LET heaven proclaim the Saviour reigns,

Sramen their songs employ, While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,

Repeat the sounding joy. 2 He comes to save a ruin'd race,

Their dreadful loss restore, · Let seamen shout his sov’reign grace,

And all the ocean roar.
3 Adoring Angels at his birih,

Make the Redeemer known,
Thus shall he come to judge the earth,

And angels guard his throne.
& His foes shall tremble at his sight,

And hills and seas retire,
His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world on fire.

WATTS.

LIFE OF CHRIST.

69.

His Baptism. " When he was baptised the heavens were opened."

Matt. 3. (C. M.)
I SEE from on high a light divine,

On Jesus head descend,
And hear the sacred voice from heav'n

That bids us all attend,

2 His mission thus confirm’d from heav'n,'

The great Messiah came,
And heavenly wisdom taught to man,

In God his Father's name.
8 O may we then, who own him Lord,

And his lov'd name profess,
By all our words, and actions prove,
That we his mind possess.

CARPENTER'S 70.

His Doctrine. / "If any man will do his will, he shall know the

doctrine."-Jno. 7. (S. M.) 1 JESUS, the light of men,

His doctrine life imparts,
O may we feel its quickening power,

To warm and cheer our hearts. 2 Blessed by its beams, our souls

Shall run the heavenly way, The path which Christ hath mark'd and trod, Will lead to endless day.

CARPENTER'..

71.

His Example.
“He hath left us an example."-

i Peter &. (L. M.)
I BLEST Jesus, when I read thy zeal,

Thy deference to thy Father's will,
Thy love and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
Cold mountains, and the midnight air,
Witness'd the fervor of his prayer ;
The desart his temptations knew,
His conflict and his victory too

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