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EPIPHANY.

26 HAIL! Thou source of every blessing, Sov'reign Father of mankind!

Gentiles, now Thy grace possessing,
In Thy courts admission find.
Grateful now we fall before Thee,
In Thy Church obtain a place,
Now by faith behold Thy glory,
Praise Thy truth, adore Thy grace.

2 Once far off, but now invited,
We approach Thy sacred throne,
In Thy covenant united,

Reconcil'd, redeem'd, made one.
Now reveal'd to eastern sages,
See the star of mercy shine,
Mystery hid in former ages;
Mystery great of love Divine.

3 Hail, Thou universal Saviour!
Gentiles now their off'rings bring,
In Thy temple seek Thy favour,
Jesus Christ, our Lord and King:
May we, body, soul, and spirit,
Live devoted to Thy praise,
Glorious realms of bliss inherit,
Grateful anthems ever raise!

27 SONS of men, behold from far,
Hail the long-expected star!

Jacob's star, that gilds the night,
Guides bewilder'd nature right.

2 Mild it shines on all beneath,
Piercing through the shades of death,
Scatt'ring error's wide-spread night,
Kindling darkness into light.

God appear

3 Nations all, far off and near,
Haste to see your
Haste for Him your hearts
Meet Him manifested there.

!

prepare;

4 Sing, ye morning stars, again,
God descends to dwell with men,
Deigns for man his life t'employ;
Shout, ye sons of God, for joy.

28 SING to the Lord in joyful strains,
His glorious praise resound,
Ye, who upon the ocean dwell,
And fill the isles around.

2 O City of the Lord, begin
The universal song,

And let the distant tribes of earth
The cheerful notes prolong.

3 Let the rude wilderness afar
Lift up its lonely voice;

Behold the Day-spring from on high,
And in its light rejoice.

4 Let ev'ry land, and tribe, and tongue, Jehovah's glory raise;

Till all the earth, with one accord,
Unite to sing his praise.

29 BRIGHT was the guiding star that led,

With mild benignant ray,
The Gentiles to the lowly shed
Where the Redeemer lay.

2 But lo! a brighter, clearer light,
Now points to his abode;

It shines through sin and sorrow's night,
To guide us to our God.

3 O gladly tread the narrow path,
While light and grace are given !
Who meekly follow Christ on earth
Shall reign with Him in heaven.

LENT.

30 BY Thy birth and early years;
By Thy griefs, and sighs, and tears;
By Thy fasting and distress
In the lonely wilderness;
By Thy vict'ries in the hour
Of the subtle tempter's pow'r;
Jesus, look with pitying eye,
Hear and spare us when we cry :
2 By Thy woe intensely great,
Agony, and bloody sweat;
By Thy robe and crown of scorn,
Rudely offer'd, meekly worn;
By the scandal and the shame
Cast upon Thy honour'd name;
Jesus, look with pitying eye,
Hear and spare us when we cry:

3 By Thy passion, cross, and cries;
By Thy perfect sacrifice;

By Thy power from death to save;
By Thy triumph o'er the grave;
Jesus, Saviour of the lost,
Giver of the Holy Ghost;
Look on us with pitying eye,
Hear and spare us when we cry.

31 COME, Thou wounded Lamb of God!
Come, wash us in Thy cleansing blood;
Give us to know Thy love; then pain
Is sweet, and life or death is gain.

2 Take our poor hearts, and let them be
For ever clos'd to all but Thee;

Seal Thou our breasts, and let us wear
Thy pledge of love for ever there.

3 How can it be, Thou Heavenly King,
That Thou shouldst man to glory bring?
Make slaves the partners of Thy throne,
And deck them with a glorious crown?

4 Ah, Lord! enlarge our scanty thought
To know the wonders Thou hast wrought;
Unloose our stammering tongue to tell
Thy love, immense, unsearchable.

5 First-born of many brethren Thou!
To Thee both earth and heaven must bow;
Help us to Thee our all to give ;
Thine may we die; Thine may we live.

32 LORD, turn not Thy face away from them that lowly lie,

Lamenting sore their sinful life with tears and bitter

cry;

Thy mercy gates are open wide to them that mourn their sin;

O shut them not against us, Lord! but let us enter in.

2 We need not to confess our fault, for
surely Thou canst tell
;

What we have done, and what we are,
Thou knowest, Lord, full well;

Wherefore to beg and to entreat with
tears we come to Thee,

As children that have done amiss fall at their father's knee.

3 And need we, then, O Lord, repeat the blessing which we crave,

When Thou dost know before we speak the thing that we would have?

Mercy, O Lord! mercy we seek :-this
is the total sum:

For mercy, Lord, is all our prayer ;-
O let Thy mercy come!

33 HOW blest the man with mercy crown'd, Whose sins have all forgiveness found;

Whose deep transgressions, cover'd o'er
With pard'ning blood, are seen no more.

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