C.M.

M. BRUCE.

1017 Sing unto the Lord a new song,

and His praise from the end of the earth. Isa. xlii. 10.

1 SING to the Lord in joyful strains,
Let earth His 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 scattered villages
The joyful notes prolong.

8 Let Kedar's wilderness afar
Lift up the lonely voice;
And let the tenants of the rock
With accent rude rejoice.

4 Till, midst the streams of distant lands,
The islands sound His praise;
And all combined with one accord

1018

L.M. D.

Lo, these are parts of His ways.,
Job xxvi. 14.

1 WE thank Thee, Lord, for this fair earth,
The glittering sky, the silver sea;
For all their beauty, all their worth,
Their light and glory, come from Thee:
Thanks for the flowers that clothe the
ground,

The trees that wave their arms above,
The hills that girdour dwellings round
As Thou dost gird Thine own with love.

2 Yet teach us still how far more fair,
More glorious, Father, in Thy sight,
Is one pure deed, one holy prayer,
One heart that owns Thy Spirit's might:
So, while we gaze with thoughtful eye
On all the gifts Thy Love has given,
Help us in Thee to live and die,
By Thee to rise from earth to heaven.

1019

77.77.77. F. PIERPOINT.* By Him let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually.-Heb. xiii. 15. 1 FOR the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Father, unto Thee we raise
This, our sacrifice of praise.

2 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild:
Father, unto Thee we raise
This, our sacrifice of praise.

3 For each perfect gift of Thine
To our race so freely given,
Graces, human and divine,

Flowers of earth, and buds of heaven:
Father, unto Thee we raise
This, our sacrifice of praise.

4 For Thy Church that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Its pure sacrifice of love:
Father, unto Thee we raise
This, our sacrifice of praise.

Circling us round

That in the darkest spot of earth

1021 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and

87.87.87. H. F. LYTE.*

all that is within me, bless His holy name. Ps. ciii. 1.

1 PRAISE, my soul, the King of heaven; To His feet thy tribute bring; Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing : Hallelujah, Hallelujah!

Praise the everlasting King.

2 Praise Him for His grace and favour
To our fathers in distress;
Praise Him still the same for ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless :
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Glorious in His faithfulness.

3 Father-like, He tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame He knows; In His hands He gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes; Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Widely yet His mercy flows.

4 Angels, in the height adore Him;
Ye behold Him face to face;

Saints triumphant, bow before Him,
Gathered in from every race:
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Praise with us the God of grace.

Now thank we all our God, With heart, and hands, and voices, Who wondrous things hath done,

In whom His world rejoices;

Who, from our mother's arms,
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.

O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts

1023 Every good gift and every per

87.87. SIR J. BOWRING.

fect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Jas. i. 17.

1 GOD is love: His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens ;
God is wisdom, God is love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever
Man decays and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness stream-
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth;
God is wisdom, God is love.

C.M. D.

[eth;

J. A. ELLIOTT.

1024 We love Him, because He first

loved us.-1 John iv. 19.

1 We love Thee, Lord, yet not alone Because Thy bounteous hand

Showers down its rich and ceaseless gifts On ocean and on land:

For these Thy gifts we praise Thee, Lord
Yet not for these alone,

The incense of Thy children's love
Arises to Thy throne.

2 We love Thee, Lord, because, when we Had erred and gone astray,

Thou didst recall our wandering souls Into the heavenward way;

When, helpless, hopeless, we were lost
In sin and sorrow's night,

Thou didst send forth a guiding ray
Of Thy benignant light;

3 Because, when we forsook Thy ways,
Nor kept Thy holy will,

Thou wert not the avenging Judge,
But gracious Father still;
Because we have forgot Thee, Lord,
But Thou hast not forgot:
Because we have forsaken Thee,

4 Because, O Lord, Thou lovedst us
With everlasting love;

Because Thou sentst Thy Son to die
That we might live above;
Because, when we were heirs of wrath,
Thou gav'st the hopes of heaven;
We love because we much have sinned,
And much have been forgiven.

1025

87.87.887.

T. H. GILL. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.-Ps. xc. 1. 1 LORD, Thou hast been our dwelling-place In every generation;

Thy people still have known Thy grace, And blessed Thy consolation;

Through every age Thou heardst our cry;
Through every age we found Thee nigh,
Our strength and our salvation.

2 Our cleaving sins we oft have wept,
And oft Thy patience provèd;
But still Thy faith we fast have kept,
Thy Name we still have loved :
And Thou hast kept and loved us well,
Hast granted us in Thee to dwell,
Unshaken, unremoved.

3 Lord, nothing from Thine arms of love Shall Thine own people sever:

Our Helper never will remove, Our God will fail us never.

Thy people, Lord, have dwelt in Thee; Our dwelling-place Thou still wilt be For ever and for ever.

1026 Thanks be to God, who giveth us

1

2

3

4

5

6

the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. xv. 57.

BLESSED be God, our God,

Who freely His beloved Son up gave
His enemies to reconcile and save:

Blessed be God, our God.

He spared not His Son :

"Tis this that bids the hard thought disappear,

"Tis this that silences each rising fear, He spared not His Son.

Who shall condemn us now

Since Christ has died, and risen and gone above,

For us to plead at the right hand of love, Who shall condemn us now?

"Tis God that justifies :

Who shall recall the pardon or the grace, Or who the broken chain of guilt replace? "Tis God that justifies.

HIS INCARNATION AND ADVENT.

10.10.10.10.10.10.

J. BYROM.*

1027 And the angel said unto them.. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. Luke ii. 10.

1 CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn, [born; Whereon the Saviour of mankind was Let us adore the mystery of love, Which hosts of angels chanted from above;

With them the joyful tidings first begun, Of God Incarnate, of the Virgin's Son.

2 Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,

Who heard the angelic herald's voice, "Behold,

I bring good tidings of a Saviour's birth To you and all the nations upon earth: This day hath God fulfilled His promised word,

This day is born a Saviour, Christ the

3 He spake and straightway the celestia choir [spire: In hymns of joy, unknown before, conThe praises of redeeming love they sang, And heaven's whole orb with hallelujahs rang:

[still,

God's highest glory was their anthem Peace upon earth, and unto men goodwill.

4 To Bethlehem straight th' enlightened shepherds ran, [man;

To see the wonders God had wrought for Then to their flocks, still praising God, return, [burn; And their glad hearts with holy rapture To all the joyful tidings they proclaim, The first apostles of the Saviour's Name. 50 may we keep and ponder in our mind God's wondrous love in saving lost mankind; [our loss, Trace we the Babe, Who hath retrieved From the mean manger to the bitter cross;

Tread in His steps, assisted by His grace,

1 BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, [Thine aid: Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

2 Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining, [the stall; Low lies His head with the beasts of Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.

3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,

Odours of Edom and offerings Divine; Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, [the mine?

Myrrh from the forest, or gold from 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation; Vainly with gifts would His favour secure;

Richer, by far, is the heart's adoration; Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, [Thine aid: Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Star of the East the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

1029

77.77.77.

W. C. Dix.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.-Matt. ii. 10.

1 As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold,
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

2 As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger-bed,
There to bend the knee before
Him whom heaven and earth adore:
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek the mercy-seat.

3 As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to Thee, our Heavenly King.

1030 That was the true Light, which

lighteth every man that cometh into the world.-John i. 9.

1 0 THOU, the true and only Light, Direct the souls that walk in night, And bring them 'neath Thy sheltering

care,

To find their blest redemption there.
2 Illumine those who blindly roam,
O call the wanderer kindly home;
The hearts astray that union crave,
And those in doubt, confirm and save.
3 And all who else have strayed from Thee
O gently seek: Thy healing be
To every wounded conscience given,
And let them also share Thy heaven.
4 O make the deaf to hear Thy word,
And teach the dumb to speak, dear Lord,
Who dare not yet the faith avow,
Though secretly they hold it now.

5 Shine on the darkened and the cold,
Recall the wanderers from Thy fold;
Unite those now who walk apart,
Confirm the weak and doubting heart.

1031

C.M.

6 So they, with us, may evermore,
Such grace with wondering thanks adore;
And endless praise to Thee be given
By all the Church in earth and heaven.
J. MORRISON.
The people that walked in dark-
ness have seen a great light.-Isa. ix. 2.
1 THE race, that long in darkness pined,
Have seen a glorious light;
The people dwell in day, who dwelt
In death's surrounding night.

2 To hail Thy rise, Thou better Sun,
The gathering nations come,
Joyous, as when the reapers bear
The harvest-treasures home.

3 To us a Child of hope is born,
To us a Son is given:

Him shall the tribes of earth obey,
Him all the hosts of heaven.

4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace,
For evermore adored,

The Wonderful, the Counsellor,

The great and mighty Lord.

5 His power increasing still shall spread, His reign no end shall know : Justice shall guard His throne above, And peace abound below.

HIS ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. 88.88.88.

1032 Tr. from Latin by J. M. NEALE.

The Redeemer shall come to Zion.-Isa.
lix. 20.

1 O COME, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice, rejoice: Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel.

2 O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory o'er the grave.
Rejoice, rejoice: Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

3 O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice, rejoice: Emmanuel
Shall come to Thee, O Israel.

4 0 come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice, rejoice: Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

50 come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times didst give the law.
In loud, and majesty, and awe.
Rejoice, rejoice: Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

4 Enter and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor; [never more Destroy their strength, that they may Profane with traffic vile that holy place, Which Thou hast chosen, there to set Thy face.

5 And then, if our stiff tongues shall silent In praises of Thy finished victory, [be The temple stones shall cry, and loud repeat, [greet. "Hosanna!" and Thy glorious footsteps

1034

L.M.D.

Adapted from GEO. WEISSEL. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh unto thee.-Zech. ix. 9.

1 BEHOLD One cometh from afar,
The portals of the heart unbar;
The Christ of God is drawing near;
The Saviour of the world is here:
He comes with healing on His wings,
Pardon and life to all He brings;
A temple in each heart prepare,
Adorned with love, and praise, and
prayer.

2 He comes to save; a Helper tried
Mercy is ever at His side;
His kingly state is holiness;
His sceptre pity swift to bless:

O blest the city, blest the land,

That yield them to this King's command;
O blest the hearts set free from sin,
To whom He deigns to enter in.

3 So come, Lord Jesus, enter Thou,
Thy life and peace on us bestow,
Thy inner presence may we feel,
Thy truth and grace in us reveal:
To Thee our hearts we open wide;
With us for evermore abide;
Thy Holy Spirit lead us on
Until the crown of life be won.

1035 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David.-Matt.xxi. 9. 1 RIDE on, ride on in majesty;

L.M. H. H. MILMAN.

Hark, all the tribes Hosanna cry;
O Saviour meek, pursue Thy road,
With palms and scattered garments
strewed.

2 Ride on, ride on in majesty;

In lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin
O'er captive death and conquered sin.

3 Ride on, ride on in majesty;

The angel armies of the sky

Look down with sad and wondering eyes
To see the approaching Sacrifice.

4 Ride on, ride on in majesty;
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh:
The Father on His sapphire throne