O glorious Imman'el! Jehovah with man!
With us God is present; (amazing the plan !)
Perfection of joy we now understand,
Whilst rivers of pleasure flow at his right hand :
We stand, when no higher our notes we can raise,
In silence expressive, of wonder and praise.
SHOUT! for the blessed Jesus reigns;
Through distant lands his triumphs spread :
And sinners freed from endless pains,
Own him their Saviour and their head.
His sons and daughters from afar,
Daily at Zion's gate arrive;
Those who were dead in sin before,
By soy'reign grace are made alive.
Oppressors now beneath his feet,
O'ercome by his victorious pow'r :
Princes in humble posture wait :
And proud blasphemers learn t'adore.
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Gentiles and Jews his laws obey,
Nations remote their offerings bring,
And, unconstrain'd, their homage pay
To their exalted God and King.
Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb,
From all below and all above;
In lofty songs exalt his name,
Iu songs as lasting as his love.
JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journies run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
Behold the islands, with their kings,
And Europe her best tribute brings;
From north to south the princes meet,
To pay their homage at his feet.
There Persia, glorious to behold,
There India, shines in eastern gold;
And barb'rous nations at his word
Submit, and bow, and own their Lord.
For him shall endless pray'r be made,
And praises throng to crown his head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With ev'ry morning sacrifice.
People and realms of ev'ry tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song ;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
Blessings abound where'er he reigns,
The pris'ner leaps to loose his chains
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
Where he displays his healing pow'r,
Death and the curse are known no more
In him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.
Let ev'ry creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to their King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.
ALL hail, incarnate God!
The wond'rous things foretold Of thee in sacred writ,
With joy our eyes behold:
Still does thy arm new trophies wear,
And monuments of glory rear.
To thee the hoary head
Its silver honours pays;
To thee the blooming youth
Devotes his brightest days:
And ev'ry age their tribute bring,
And bow to thee, all conqu'ring King!
O haste, victorious Prince,
That happy, glorious day,
When souls like drops of dew
Shall own thy gentle sway!
O may it bless our longing eyes,
And bear our shouts beyond the skies!
All hail, triumphant Lord!
Eternal be thy reign;
Behold the nations sue
To wear thy gentle chain :
When earth and time are known no more,
Thy throne shall stand forever sure.
THOUGH mothers kind, forgetful prove,
Of sucklings nourish'd at the breast,
Or yearning bowels cease to move
To infants when with pain oppress'd :
Yet I will ne'er forget my bride,
Says Jesus, God of love and truth,
Taken, when sleeping, from my side,
Then born to bear eternal youth.
I'll not forget my word, mine oath,
I'll not forget my wounds, my blood;
My friendship makes but one of both,
And I am still thy Saviour God,
Wrote on my hands thy much lov'd name,
My Zion, glorious is thy state !
I see thee always without blame,
And his own body none can hate.
Thy walls before me always are ;
Bounds to thy dwelling I have set;
My Zion's my peculiar care,
My Zion I will ne'er forget.
O happy Zion, see and prove,
How groundless all thy sorrows are !
Live in thy Husband's nature, love,
And that shall cast out all thy fear.
HYMN 36. C. M.
WHEN first the God of boundless grace Disclos'd his kind design,
To rescue our apostate race ·
From mis'ry, shame, and, sin.
Quick through the realms of light and bliss,
The joyful tidings ran,
Each heart exulted at the news,
That God would dwell with man.
Yet 'midst their joys they paus'd a while,
And ask'd with strange surprise,
"But how can injur'd justice smile,
Or look with pitying eyes ?'
Will the Almighty deign again,
To visit yonder world;
And hither bring rebellious men,
Whence rebels once were hurl'd?
Their tears, and groans, and deep distress,
Aloud for mercy call :
But ah! must truth and righteousness
Victims to mercy fall ?"
So spake the friends of God and man,
Delighted, yet surpris'd;
Eager to know the wond'rous plan,
That wisdom had devis'd.
The Son of God attentive heard,
And quickly thus reply'd-
"In me let mercy be rever'd,
And justice satisfied.
Behold! my vital blood I pour,
A sacrifice to God;
Justice divine will now no more
Demand the sinner's blood.”
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