4 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim; And heaven"s eternal arches ring With thy beloved name.
Philip Doddridge, 1735.
100 Antioch. C.M.
_Jesus is G.o.d._ (195)
Jesus is G.o.d! the glorious bands Of holy angels sing Songs of adoring praise to him, Their Maker and their King.
2 He was true G.o.d in Bethlehem"s crib, On Calvary"s cross, true G.o.d; He who, in heaven, eternal reigned, In time, on earth abode.
3 Jesus is G.o.d! there never was A time when he was not; Boundless, eternal, merciful, The Word the Sire begot.
4 Backward our thoughts through ages stretch, Onward through endless bliss; For there are two eternities, And both alike are his.
5 Jesus is G.o.d! oh, could I now, But compa.s.s land and sea, To teach and tell this single truth, How happy should I be!
6 Oh, had I but an angel"s voice, I would proclaim so loud, Jesus, the Good, the Beautiful, Is everlasting G.o.d.
Frederick Wm. Faber, 1862.
101 Herald Angels. 7s D.
(219)
Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild, G.o.d and sinners reconciled."
Joyful all ye nations, rise; Join the triumph of the skies!
With the angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem.
2 See, he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die; Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.
Veiled in flesh the G.o.dhead see; Hail the incarnate Deity.
Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Immanuel.
3 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness; Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings.
Let us, then, with angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild, G.o.d and sinners reconciled."
C. Wesley, 1759
102 Herald Angels. 7s D.
_Glory to G.o.d._ (204)
Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung At our Redeemer"s birth; Mortals! awake: let every tongue Proclaim his matchless worth.
2 Glory to G.o.d, who dwells on high, And sent his only Son To take a servant"s form, and die, For evils we had done!
3 Good-will to men; ye fallen race!
Arise, and shout for joy; He comes, with rich abounding grace To save and not destroy.
4 Lord! send the gracious tidings forth, And fill the world with light, That Jew and Gentile, through the earth, May know thy saving might.
William Hurn, 1813.
1O3 Salvation Morning, 7s & 6s.
_G.o.d"s Salvation Morning._
What means this glorious radiance Across Judea"s plain?
Those white-winged angels singing In such exultant strain?
Cho.--The King of glory cometh, Earth"s broken hearts to bind, And G.o.d"s salvation morning Hath dawned for all mankind.
2 What means this wondrous story The holy angels tell?
Of one who reigned in heaven, And now on earth would dwell?
3 Why bend these Eastern sages To one of lowly birth?
What means this heav"nly message Of love and peace on earth?
4 Ye wand"rers in earth"s darkness, On ocean deep and land, Hail! hail! the joyful tidings, The morning is at hand.
M. E. Servoss.
104 Invitation. C.M.
_The Forgiving One._ (232)
What grace, O Lord! and beauty shone Around thy steps below!
What patient love was seen in all Thy life and death of woe!
2 Thy foes might hate, despise, revile, Thy friends unfaithful prove; Unwearied in forgiveness still, Thy heart could only love.
3 Oh, give us hearts to love like thee; Like thee, O Lord! to grieve Far more for others" sins, than all The wrongs that we receive.
4 One with thyself, may every eye, In us, thy brethren, see That gentleness and grace that springs From union, Lord, with thee.
Edward Denny, 1839.
105 Invitation. C.M.
_The True Test._