The Song of Angels. Luke ii. 10, 11, 13, 14.

WHIL

HILE 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
Had seiz'd their troubled mind ;)
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.

3 To you, in David's town, this day
Is born of David's line,

A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord!
And this shall be the sign :

4 The heavenly Babe you there shall find,
To human view display'd,
All meanly wrapt in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid."

5 Thus spake the Seraph,and forthwith
Appear'd a shining throng

Of Angels, praising God, who thus
Address'd their joyful song:

6" All Glory be to God on high,

And to the earth be peace;

God will, henceforth, from heaven to men

Begin, and never cease.'

Episcopal Psalm.

HYMN 15. Eight, Eight, and Six Metre.

Immanuel is bora. Luke i. 68, 69, 70.

ARISE, and hail the happy day;

Cast all low cares of life away,
And thought of meaner things;
This day to cure our deadly woes,
The Sun of Righteousness arose,
With healing in its wings.

2 If angels, on that happy morn
The Saviour of the world was born,
Pour'd forth their joyful songs;

Much more should we of human race
Adore the wonders of his grace
To whom that grace belongs.

3 O then let heaven and earth rejoice,
Let ev'ry creature join his voice,
To hymn the happy day,

When satan's empire vanquish'd fell,
And all the powers of death and hell
Confess'd his sov'reign sway.

HYMN 16. C. M.

HOWARD's Coll.

Praise. Ps. xxix. 2. xxiv. 1. lxvii. 5.

TOY to the world! the Lord is come;

JOY

Let earth receive her King:

Let every heart prepare him room,

And Heaven and nature sing.

2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns;

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;

He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.

WATTS.

Jesus glorified. Acts i. 10, 11. Heb. i. 5.

HAIL the day that sees him rise,

Ravish'd from our wishful eyes!
Christ awhile to mortals given,
Reascends his native heaven !
There the pompous triumph waits,
Lift your heads, eternal gates !
Wide unfold the radiant scene,
Take the King of glory in!

2 Him, though highest heaven receives,
Still he loves the earth he leaves;
Though returning to his throne,
Still he calls mankind his own:
Still for us he intercedes,
Prevalent his death he pleads;
Next himself prepares our place,
Harbinger of human race.

3 Master, (may we ever say)
Taken from our head to-day,
See thy faithful servant, see,
Ever gazing up to thee!
Grant, though parted from our sight,
High above yon azure height,
Grant our hearts may thither rise,
Following thee beyond the skies.

4 Ever upward let us move,
Wafted on the wings of love;
Looking when our Lord shall come,
Longing, gasping after home;
There we shall with thee remain,
Partners of thine endless reign;

There thy face unclouded see,

Find our heaven of heaven in thee. WESLEY'S Coll,

HYMN 18. Sevens Metre.

Lift up your heads, ye everlasting doors. Psa. xxiv. 7---10

ANGELS, roll the rock away,

Death yield up thy mighty prey :

See! he rises from the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom.

Hallelujah.

2 'Tis the Saviour! angels, raise
Fame's eternal trump of praise;
Let the earth's remotest bound
Hear the joy-inspiring sound. Hallelujah.
3 Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes,
Now to glory see him rise,
In long triumph up the sky,

Up to waiting worlds on high. Hallelujah.

4 Heaven displays her portals wide; Glorious Jesus, thro' them ride; King of glory, mount thy throne,

Thy great Father's and thine own. Hallelujah. 5 Praise him, all ye heav'nly choirs, Praise and sweep your golden lyres;

Shout, O earth, in rapturous song

Let the strains be sweet and strong. Hallelujah.

6 Ev'ry note with wonder swell,
Sin o'erthrown, and captiv'd hell:
Where is hell's once dreaded king?
Where, O death, thy mortal sting?

HYMN 19. L. M.

Hallelujah.
RIPPON'S Coll.

Jesus exalted as a Prince and Saviour. Acts vi. 31. Isa.lxxxix. 27.

Heb. ii. 8.

XALTED Prince of life, we own

ΕΧΑΙ

The royal honours of thy throne:

"Tis fix'd by God's almighty hand,
And seraphs bow at thy command.

2 Exalted Saviour, we confess
The sov'reign triumphs of thy grace;
Where beams of gentle radiance shine,
And temper majesty divine.

3 Wide thy resistless sceptre sway,
Till all thine enemies obey:

Wide may thy cross its virtue prove, And conquer millions by its love. 4 Mighty to vanquish, and forgive! Thine Israel shall repent and live; And loud proclaim thy healing breath, Which works their life, who wrought thy death. Doddridge.

HYMN. 20. L. M.

The Triumphs of the Exalted. Psa. xc. 1---4.

HUS the eternal Father spake

THU

To Christ the Son: "Ascend and sit

At my right hand, till I shall make
Thy foes submissive at thy feet.
2 From Zion shall thy word proceed;
Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand,
Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed,
And bow their wills to thy command.
3 That day shall show thy power is great,
When saints shall flock with willing minds,
And sinners crowd thy temple gate,
Where holiness in beauty shines."
4 O blessed pow'r! O glorious day!
What a large vict'ry shall ensue !
And converts, who thy grace obey,
Exceed the drops of morning dew.

HYMN 21. C. M.

WATTS.

The privilege of public Worship. Psa. cxxxii.
HE Lord in Zion plac'd his name,

TH

His ark was settled there;

To Zion the whole nation came
To worship thrice a year.