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2 O Thou long-expected! weary

Waits my anxious soul for Thee,
Life is dark, and earth is dreary,
Where Thy light I do not see;
O my Saviour,

When wilt Thou return to me?

3 Nearer is my soul's salvation,
Spent the night, the day at hand;
Keep me in my lowly station,
Watching for Thee, till I stand,
O my Saviour,

In Thy bright, Thy promised land.

4 With my lamp well trimmed and burning,
Swift to hear and slow to roam,
Watching for Thy glad returning
To restore me to my home.
Come, my Saviour,

Thou hast promised: quickly come.

C. M.

[ARK! the glad sound! the Saviour

HAR

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 eyes oppressed with night
To pour celestial day.

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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.

NOME, Thou long-expected Jesus,
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in Thee.

2 Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art ;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.

3 Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

4 By Thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone:
By Thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

Also the following:

317 Thou art coming, O my

Saviour.

318 Jesus came, the heavens adoring.
405 The world is very evil.

406 Brief life is here our portion.

8.7.

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Christmas.

P.M.

2

3

OH come, all ye faithful, joyful and tri

umphant ;

Oh come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem ;

Come and behold Him born the King of angels; Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

God of God, Light of Light,

Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb;

Very God, begotten, not created;

Oh come, let us adore Him, etc.

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
ye citizens of heaven above,

Sing, all

Glory to God in the highest ;

Oh come, let us adore Him, etc.

4 Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;

Jesu, to Thee be glory given;

Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

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COME

NOME hither, ye faithful,
Triumphantly sing!

Come, see in the manger
The angels' dread King!
To Bethlehem hasten
With joyful accord!
Oh come ye, come hither
To worship the Lord!

6.5.

2 True Son of the Father,

He comes from the skies;
To be born of a Virgin
He doth not despise.

To Bethlehem hasten, etc.

3 Hark! hark to the angels !
All singing in heaven,
"To God in the highest
All glory be given!"

To Bethlehem hasten, etc.

4 To Thee, then, O Jesu,
This day of Thy birth,
Be glory and honor

Through heaven and earth;
True Godhead incarnate!
Omnipotent Word!

Oh come, let us hasten
To worship the Lord!

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ARK! the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!

2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem !

3 Christ, by highest heaven adored ;
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Late in time behold Him come,
Offspring of the Virgin's womb.

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4 Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
Hail the Incarnate Deity,

Pleased as Man with man to dwell;
Jesus, our Emmanuel!

5 Mild 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.
6 Risen with healing in His wings,
Light and life to all He brings,
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

OF

8.7.8.7.8.7.7.

F the Father's love begotten,
Ere the worlds began to be,

He the Alpha and Omega,

He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see,
Evermore and evermore !

2 Oh, that ever-blessed birthday,
When the Virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bare the Saviour of our race;
And that Child, the world's Redeemer,
First displayed His sacred face,
Evermore and evermore!

3 Praise Him, O ye heaven of heavens!
Praise Him, angels in the height!
Every power and every virtue
Sing the praise of God aright:
Let no tongue of man be silent,
Let each heart and voice unite,
Evermore and evermore!