2 Startled at the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
All the powers of darkness vanish;
Christ our Day Star mounts the skies.
3 Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste with tears of sorrow,
One and all, to be forgiven.
4 So when next He shines in glory,
Wrapping all the earth in fear,
Not for chastening, but salvation,
Unto us shall He appear.
5 Honour, glory, might, dominion,
To the Father and the Son,
With the Everlasting Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
"To the poor the Gospel is preached."-ST. LUKE vii. 22. I HARK, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
3 He comes, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray,
And on the eyeballs of the blind
To pour celestial day.
4 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure ;
And with the treasures of His grace
To enrich the humble poor.
5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved Name.
"Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints ST. JUDE 14.
I Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain !
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of His train :
Alleluia !
God appears on earth to reign! 2 Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at nought and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 Now Redemption long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear!
All His saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet Him in the air:
Alleluia!
See the day of God appear.
4 Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee
High on Thine eternal throne!
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for Thine own!
Oh, come quickly;
Everlasting Goal, come down!
"Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself for it."
1 O GLORY of Thy chosen race,
Light of the nations, show Thy face;
We wait in faith Thy lowly birth,
God's glory veiled to bless the earth.
2 Thee, Son of God, from heaven's high seat,
Thee, Virgin-born, we long to greet;
Redeemed by Thee, all worlds proclaim
The wonder of Thy two-fold Name.
3 This earth hath seen Thy sojourn, Lord,
Who now art high in heaven adored;
In Hell's dim vale Thy footsteps trod ;
The star-worlds hymned Thee back to God.
4 O mighty Saviour, King divine,
Subdue this realm of flesh made Thine:
Its feeble frame cries out for Thee;
Thy touch, Thy life, alone make free.
5 E'en now Thy manger gleams afar,
To waiting eyes a morning star:
In earth's dark night to faith below
Its light unquenched shall ever glow.
6 All praise to God the Father be,
All praise, Eternal Son, to Thee,
Whom with the Spirit we adore,
One God, both now and evermore.
"Elias is come already."-ST. MATT. xvii. 12.
I ON Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
Proclaims aloud, The Lord is nigh!
Awake and hearken; for he brings
Glad tidings from the King of Kings.
2 Our God draws nigh! Let every breast
Be cleansed to greet the heavenly Guest;
Each heart a dwelling-place prepare,
That He may come and enter there.
3 For Thou art our salvation, Lord,
Our refuge, and our great reward;
Without Thy grace we waste away,
Like flowers that wither and decay.
4 To heal the sick stretch forth Thy hand,
And bid the fallen sinner stand;
Shine forth, and let Thy light restore
Earth's own true loveliness once more.
5 All praise and glory be to Thee,
Whose Advent sets Thy people free:
Like praise be to the Father given,
And Holy Ghost, in earth and heaven.
"Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto
Behold, the Lord is near!
Greet His approach, ye saints, again
With hymns of love and fear.
2 The everlasting Son
Scorns not the Virgin's womb ;
That we from bondage may be freed
He bears a bondsman's doom.
Daughter of Zion, rise!
Behold thy lowly King!
And haste to meet Him, nor reject
The peace He deigns to bring.
As Judge He will return
On clouds with lightning riven,
And the One Body of His saints
In triumph bear to heaven.
Till He shall come again,
With all the heavenly host,
Praise God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost. Amen.
"Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.". -ST. MATT. xxi. 9.
I ZION, at thy shining gates,
Lo, the King of Glory waits!
Haste thy Monarch's pomp to greet,
Strew thy palms before His Feet.
2 Christ, for Thee their triple light
Faith and Hope and Love unite :
This the beacon we display
To proclaim Thine Advent-day.
3 Come, and give us peace within;
Loose us from the bands of sin;
Take away the galling weight
Laid on us by Satan's hate.
4 Give us grace Thy yoke to wear;
Give us strength Thy cross to bear;
Make us Thine in deed and word,
Thine in heart and life, O Lord.
5 Kill in us the carnal root,
That the Spirit may bear fruit;
Plant in us Thy lowly mind;
Keep us faithful, loving, kind.
6 So, when Thou shalt come again,
Judge of Angels and of men,
We with all Thy saints shall sing
Alleluias to our King.
"In Wisdom hast Thou made them all."- Ps. civ. 24.
I O WISDOM, who o'er earth below
Forth from the mouth of God didst flow,
The path of prudence teach, that we
May dwell eternally with Thee.
Draw nigh, and help us when we call,
And strongly sweetly, order all.
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