2 My waking eyes prevent the day, My soul with longing melts away 3 How doth thy word my heart engage! 4 No treasures so enrich the mind; 5 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, CHRIST, HIS LIFE, MINISTRY, CHARACTER, &c. 197. L. M. WATTS. Christ foretold. 1 BEHOLD the woman's promised Seed' 2 Abraham, the saint, rejoiced of old, 3 The types bore witness to his name, 4 Predictions in abundance meet 187 198. C. M. ANONYMOUS. Christ's Coming foretold. 1 BEHOLD my servant! see him rise Him have I chosen, and in him 2 On him, in rich effusion poured, My truth and judgment he shall show 3 Gentle and still shall be his voice; 4 The feeble spark to flames he'll raise ; The weak he'll not despise ; Judgment he shall bring forth to truth, 5 The progress of his zeal and power And foreign lands, and distant isles 199. H. M. ANONYMOUS. Christ's Birth. 1 HARK! what celestial notes, What melody, we hear! The tuneful shell, The golden lyre, and vocal choir, 2 Angelic hosts descend, With harmony divine; See, how from heaven they bend, Fear not,' say they; 'Great joy we bring: Jesus, your King, 3 Glory to God on high! Ye mortals, spread the sound, To earth's remotest bound! From God in heaven, to man is given, 200. C. M. The Same. PATRICK. 1 WHILE shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, 2 Fear not,' said he, (for mighty dread 3 To you, in David's town, this day A Savior, who is Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign: 4 The heavenly Babe you there shall find, To human view displayed, All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, 5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith 6 All glory be to God on high, Good will, henceforth, from heaven to men 201. 7s M. ANONYMOUS. The Same. 1 HARK! the herald-angels sing 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise, die; 3 Mild, he lays his glories by ; 4 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! |