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157. C. M.

1 Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes!
The Saviour promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.

2 On him the spirit largely poured
Exerts its sacred fire;

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

3 He comes, the prisoners 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 eye-balls of the blind
To pour celestial day.

5 He comes the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure,
And with the treasures of his grace
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.

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1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed!
Great David's greater Son;
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To let the captive free;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

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, enslaved and dying,
Were precious in his sight.

3 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth,
And love, joy, hope, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth;
Before him, on the mountains,
Shall Peace, the herald, go;
And Righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

4 For him shall prayer unceasing,
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The mountain-dews shall nourish
A seed in weakness sown,
Whose fruit shall spread and flourish,
And shake like Lebanon.

5 O'er every foe victorious,

He on his throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,
All-blessing and all-blest;

The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His Name shall stand for ever,
That Name to us is, Love.

159. C. M.

1 Calm on the listening ear of night
Come Heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.

2 Celestial choirs from courts above
Shed sacred glories there;

And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.

3 The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;

And greet, from all their holy heights,
The day-spring from on high.

4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm;
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.

5 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,
"Peace to the earth! good-will to men,
From Heaven's eternal King!"

6 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!
The Saviour now is born!

And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn.

160. P. M.

1 What sudden blaze of song

Spreads o'er the expanse of heaven!

In waves of light it thrills along,

Th' angelic signal given :

"Glory to God on high, on earth be peace,

And love towards men of love, salvation and release!"

2 Like circles widening round
Upon a clear blue river,

Orb after orb, the wondrous sound
Is echoed on for ever:

Glory to God on high, on earth be peace, And love towards men of love, salvation and release!"

161. L. M.

1 When Jordan hushed his waters still, And silence slept on Zion's hill;

When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night
Watched o'er their flocks by starry light:

2 Hark! from the midnight hills around,
A voice, of more than mortal sound,
In distant hallelujahs stole,

Wild murmuring o'er the raptured soul.

3 On wheels of light, on wings of flame, The glorious hosts of Zion came :

High heaven with songs of triumph rung,
While thus they struck their harps, and sung:

4 "O Zion! lift thy raptured eye,
The long-expected hour is nigh;
The joys of nature rise again,
The prince of Salem comes to reign.

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