4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, TO thy temple I repair; LORD, I love to worship there; 3 While I hearken to thy law, 4 While thy ministers proclaim 5 From thy house when I return, "I have walked with GoD to-day." ALMIGHTY Father! bless the word, Which, through thy grace, we now have heard; O may the precious seed take root, Spring up, and bear abundant fruit! 2 We praise thee for the means of grace, HYMN 40. III. 5. LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Travelling through this wilderness! With us evermore be found! ADVENT. HYMN 41. C. M. HARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long! Let every heart prepare a throne, 2 On him the Spirit, largely pour'd, Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 3 He comes, the prisoners to release, The gates of brass before him burst, 4 He comes, from thickest films of vice And on the eyes oppress'd with night, 5 He comes, the broken heart to bind, And with the treasures of his grace, 6 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, HYMN 42. III. 3. HAIL, thou long-expected JESUS, 3 Barn thy people to deliver, Born a child, yet GoD our King, 4 By thine own eternal Spirit, CHRISTMAS. HYMN 43. C.M. Luke ii. 8-15. WHILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, seated on the ground, The angel of the LORD came down, And glory shone around, 2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread 3 "To you, in David's town, this day The Saviour, who is CHRIST the LORD, 4 "The heav'nly babe you there shall find, All meanly wrapt in swathing bands, 5 Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith Of angels, praising Gop, who thus 6 "All glory be to Gop on high, Good-will, henceforth, from heaven to men, HYMN 44. C. M. WHILE angels thus, O LORD, rejoice, Shall men no anthem raise? 2 Then let us swell responsive notes, 3 Good-will to sinful dust is shown, For lo! th' incarnate Saviour comes, 4 Mercy and truth, with sweet accord, Let heaven and earth in concert sing, 5 Glory to GoD, in highest strains, 6 Till we attain those blissful realms, 2 Joyful all ye nations rise, 3 CHRIST, by highest heaven adored, Pleased, as man, with man to dwell; 5 Risen with healing in his wings, HYMN 46. Chorus. SHOUT the glad tidings, exultingly sing; Chorus. 1 Sion, the marvellous story be telling, The Son of the Highest, how lowly his birth! The brightest archangel in glory excelling, He stoops to redeem thee, he reigns upon earth. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; Jerusalem triumphs, MESSIAH is King! 2 Tell how he cometh from nation to nation, The heart-cheering news let the earth echó round; How free to the faithful he offers salvation, How his people with joy everlasting are crown'd. 3 Mortals your homage be gratefully bringing, One chorus resound thro' the earth and the skies: Chorus. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing, THE HYMN 47. C.M. Isaiah ix. 2-7. HE race that long in darkness pined, The people now behold the dawn, 2 To hail thy rising Sun of life, 3 For thou our burden hast removed; 4 To us the promised Child is born; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 5 His name shall be the Prince of peace The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 6 His power increasing still shall spread, END OF THE YEAR. HYMN 48. C. M. TIME hastens on; ye longing saints, 3 Not many years their course shall run, HYMN 49. C. M. St. Luke xiii. 6-9. SEE, in the vineyard of the LORD, 2 From year to year the tree he views, Then "cut it down," the LORD commands, "Why cumbers it the ground?" 3 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, I plead no more; destroy the tree, |