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And earth, in humbler strains,

Thy praise responsive sings. Worthy the Lamb that once was slain. Through endless years to live and reign.

4 Great King, gird on thy sword,
Ascend thy conquering car;
While justice, truth and love,
Maintain thy glorious war:
This day let sinners own thy sway,
And rebels cast their arms away!

HYMN 31. (C M.)

THIS is the day the Lord hath made,
Let young and old rejoice:
To him be vows and homage paid
Whose service is our choice.
2 This is the temple of the Lord:
How dreadful is this place!
With meekness let us hear his word,
With rev'rence seek his face.

3 This is the homage he requires

The voice of praise and prayer, The soul's affections, hopes, desires Ourselves and all we are.

4 While rich and poor for mercy call;
Propitious from the skies,
The Lord, the Maker of them all,
Accepts the sacrifice,

5 Well pleas'd, through Jesus Christ

his Son,

From sin a grants release; According to their faith 'tis done, He bids them go in peace.

HYMN 32.

(S. M.)

WELCOME, sweet day of rest,

That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.
2 The King himself comes near
To feast his saints to-day;
Here may we sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.
3 One day amidst the place
Where Jesus is within,
Is better than ten thousand days
Of pleasure and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till it is call'd to soar away
To everlasting bliss.

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12 Tais day may our devotions rise,
As grateful incense, to the skies;
And neav'n that sweet repose bestow
Which none but they who feel it know
3 This peaceful calm within the breast
Is the sure pledge of heav'nly rest,
Which for the church of God remains,
The end of cares, the end of pains.
4 In holy duties, let the day
In holy pleasures, pass away:
How sweet, a sabbath thus to spend,
In hope of one that ne'er shall end
HYMN 34. (II. 3.)
REAT God! this sacred day of thine
Demands the soul's collected
powers;

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Gladly we now to thee resign

These solemn, tonsecrated hours: O may our so als adoring own The grace that calls us to thy throne! 2 All-seeing God! thy piercing eye

Can every secret thought explore; May worldly cares our bosoms fly,

And where thou art intrude no more:

O may thy grace our spirits move, And fix our minds on things above! 3 Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart,

And bid thy word, with life divme, Engage the ear, and warm the heart;

Then shall the day indeed be thine: Then shall our souls adoring own The grace that calls us to thy throne HYMN 35. (II. 4.) IN loud exalted strains,

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The King of glory praise:
O'er heav'n and earth he reigns,
Through everlasting days.
But Zion, with his presence blest,
Is his delight, his chosen rest.
2 O King of glory! come,

And with thy favour crown
This temple as thy home,

This people as thy own.

Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
How God can dwell with men below
3 Now let thine ear attend
Our supplicating cries;
Now let our praise ascend,
Accepted to the skies,
Now let thy gospel's joyful sound
Spread its celestial influence round
4 Here may the list'ning throng,
Imbibe thy truth and love;
Here Christians join the song

Of seraphim above.

Til all who humbly seek thy face. Rejoice in thy abovuding grace

HYMN 36. (L M., AR from my thoughts, vain world, he gone,

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Let my religious hours alone:
From flesh and sense I would be free,
And hold communion, Lord, with thee,
2 My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kindles with a pure desire,
To see thy grace, to taste thy love,
And feel thy influence from above.
3 When I can say that God is mine,
When I can see thy glories shine,
I'll tread the world beneath my feet,
And all that men call rich and great.
4 Send comfort down from thy right
hand,

To cheer me in this barren land;
And in thy temple let me know
The joys that from thy presence flow.

HYMN 37. (L. M.)

MY op'ning eyes with rapture see

The dawn of thy returning day; My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, While thus my early vows I pay. 2 I yield my heart to thee alone,

Nor would receive another guest; Eternal King! erect thy throne, And reign sole monarch in my breast. 3 O bid this trifling world retire,

And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desire,

One sinful thought, through all the day.

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing, The wonders of thy love declare, And join the strains which angels sing.

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HYMN 38.

(III 1.)

O thy temple I repair;
Lord, I love to worship there,
While thy glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.
2 While the pray'rs of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend;
Hear me, for thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

3 While I hearken to thy law,
Fill my soul with humble awe,
Till thy gospel bring to me
Life and immortality.

4 While thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in thy name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear thee speaking from on high.

15 From thy house I return, May my heart within me burn; And at ev'ning let me say, "I have walk'd with God to-day." HYMN 39. (L. M.)

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The Saviour promis'd long! every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song.

2 On him the Spirit, largely pour'a, Exerts his sacred fire;

Wisdom and might, and zealand love,
His holy breast inspire.

3 He comes, the pris'ners to release,
In Satan's bondage held,
The gates of brass before him burst
The iron fetters yield.

4 He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray ;
And on the eyes oppress'd with night,
To pour celestial day..

5 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of his grace,
T'enrich the humble poor.

6 Our glad Hosannas, Prince of peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim

And heaven's eternal arches ring With thy beloved name

HYMN 42. (III. 3.) HAIL, thou long expected Jesus,

Born to set thy people free!
From our sins and fears release us,
Let us find our rest in thee.
2 Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the saints, thou art,
Long desir'd of every nation,
Joy of every waiting heart.
3 Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, yet God our King,
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4 By thy own eternal Spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thy all-sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne.

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Luke ii. 8-15. WHILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by night,

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All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.

2" Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seiz'd their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
"To you, and all mankind.

3 "To you, in David's town, this day "Is born, of David's line, "The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; "And this shall be the sign: 4 "The heavenly Babe you there shall "To human view display'd, [find, "All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, "And in a manger laid."

5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthAppear'd a shining throng [with Of angels, praising God, who thus

Address'd their joyful song: 6 "All glory be to God on high,

"And to the earth be peace; "Good-will, henceforth, from heaven "Begin and never cease." [to men,

HYMN 44. (C. M.)

3 Good-will to sinful dust is shown
And peace on earth is given;
For lo the incarnate Saviour comes
With news of joy from heaven.
4 Mercy and truth, with sweet accord
His rising beams adorn;
Let heaven and earth in concert sing
"The promis'd child is born!"
5 Glory to God, in highest strains,
By highest worlds is paid;
Be glory, then, by us proclaim'd,
And by our lives display'd ; ·

6 Till we attain those blissful realms
Where now our Saviour reigns,
To rival these celestial choirs
In their immortal strains!

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HYMN 45. (III. 1.)
ARK! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King,
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconcil'd!
2 Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumphs of the skies;
With th' angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem!

3 Christ, by highest heav'n ador'd,
Christ the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come,
Offspring of the virgin's womb!
4 Veil'd in flesh the Godhead see!
Hail th' incarnate Deity,
Pleas'd, as man, with man to dwell,
Jesus, now Emanuel!

5 Ris'n with healing in his wings,
Light and life to all he brings;
Hail the Sun of righteousness,
Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace

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He stoops to redeem thee, he reign upon earth.

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Shall no anthem raise?

O may we lose these useless tongues,
When we forget to praise!

2 Then let us swell responsive notes,
And join the heavenly throng;
For angels no such love have known
As we, to wake their song.

ultingly sing; Jerusalem triumphs, Mes siah is King.

2 Tell how he cometh, from nation “. nation,

The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round;

vation, How his people with joy everlast-3 ing are crown'd.

How free to the faithful he offers sal- Then welcome each declining day;
Welcome each closing year.
Not many years their course shall
Not many mornings rise, [run,
Ere all its glories stand reveal'd
To our transported eyes.

Chorus. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing;

Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King.

3 Mortals! your homage be gratefully bringing.

And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise;

Ye angels! the full hallelujah be sing. ing,

One chorus resound through the earth and the skies.

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THE race that long in darkness pin'd
Have seen a glorious light;
The people now behold the dawn,
Who dwelt in death and night.
2 To hail thy rising Sun of life!
The gath'ring nations come,
Joyous as when the reapers bear
Their harvest treasures home.

3 For thou our burden hast remov'd;
Th' oppressor's reign is broke;
Thy fiery conflict with the foe
Has burst his cruel yoke.

4 To us the promis'd Child is born;
To us the Son is giv'n;
Him shall the tribes of earth obey,
And all the hosts of heaven.

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END OF THE YEAR.

HYMN 48. (C. M.)
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Now raise your voices high;
And magnify that sov'reign love
Which shows salvation nigh,

2 As time departs, salvation comes,
Each moment brings it near;

"Why cumbers it the ground?" But lo! the gracious Saviour pleads"The barren fig-tree spare, "Another year in mercy wait,

"It yet may bloom and bear: 4" But if my culture prove in vain, "And still no fruit be found, "I plead no more; destroy the tree, "And root it from thy ground."

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My scanty span doth still prolong, And wakes anew mine annual song. 2 How many precious souls are fled To the vast regions of the dead, Since to this day the changing sun Through his last yearly period run! 3 We yet survive; but who can say, "Or through this year, or month, or day,

"I shall retain this vital breath,

Thus far, at least, in league with death?"

4 That breath is thinc, eternal God; Tis thine to fix my soul's abode; It holds its life from thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 5 To thee our spirits we resign, Make them and own them still as thine;

So shall they live secure from fear, Though death should blast the rising

year.

6 Thy children panting to be gone, May bid the tide of time roll on,

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To land them on that happy shore,
Where years and death are known no

more.

7 No more fatigue, no more distress,
Nor sin, nor hell, shall reach that
place;

No groans, to mingle with the songs
Resounding from immortal tongues:
8 No more alarms from ghostly foes;
No cares to break the long repose;

5 The women join their voice, Aud tuneful notes employ; Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the earth abroad: Let every nation now behold Their Saviour and their God. HYMN 53. (II. 5.) Isaiah 1x. &c.

No midnight shade, no clouded sun,RISE, crown'd with light, imperial But sacred, high, eternal noon.

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(S. M.)

Isaiah lii. 7-10.

W beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion's hill; Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal! 2 How charming is their voice! How sweet their tidings are! "Zion, behold thy Saviour-King, "He reigns and triumphs here." 3 How happy are our ears

That hear this joyful sound, Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found. 4 How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light' Propnets and kings desir'd it long, But died without the sight

Salem rise!

Exalt thy tow'ring head and lift thin

eyes!

See heaven its sparkling portals wide And break upon thee in a flood of day! display, 2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,

See future sons and daughters yet unborn,

In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the

skies!

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HAIL to the Lord's Anointed,

Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away trangression,
And rule in equity.

Great David's greater Son:

2 He comes, with succour speedy, To those who suffer wrong, To help the poor and needy,

And bid the weak be strong; To give them songs for sighing, Their darkness turn to light, Whose souls, condemn'd and dying Were precious in his sight

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