35 The tide of time shall never "Great and marvellous are thy works, HOW wondrous and great Thy works, God of praise! Thou only supreme. 2 To nations long dark Thy light shall be shown; 36 "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." 5s. 6s. 5s. 10s. RISE, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise; Exalt thy towering head and lift thine eyes; See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day. 2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn, See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, 3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend : See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings, While every land its joyous tribute brings. 4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns. 37 "We have seen his star in the East." BR P.M. RIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining, Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him in slumber reclining, 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odours of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would his favour secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 38 "The mountains shall bring peace, and the From the lxxii. Psalm. C.M. LO! hills and mountains shall bring forth 2 While David's Son our needy race 3 In every heart thy awful fear As long as sun and moon endure, 4 He shall descend like rain, that cheers Or like warm showers, whose gentle drops 5 In his blest days the just and good 6 His uncontroll'd dominion shall Begin at proud Euphrates' stream, 7 To him the savage nations round 8 The kings of Tarshish and the isles 9 To him shall every king on earth 10 For he shall set the needy free, 11 For him shall constant prayer be made, A lasting theme of praise. 12 The memory of his glorious name Through endless years shall run; His spotless fame shall shine as bright And lasting as the sun. 13 In him the nations of the world 14 Then bless'd be God, the mighty Lord, 15 Let earth be with his glory fill'd, Whilst to his praise the listening world 39 "A Light to lighten the Gentiles." LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling Jesus, now thyself revealing, 2 Still we wait for thine appearing; 3 Show thy power in every nation, 4 By thine all-sufficient merit, 8s. 7s. |