4 O4 O God, thy children gathered here, Thy blessing now we wait: Thy servant, girded for his work, Stands ます at the temple's gate. A ho-ly purpose in his heart Has deepened calm and still; Now from his childhood's Has deepened calm and still; Now from his childhood's Na-za-reth He comes to do thy will. e d The race that long in dark-ness pined Have seen a glo-rious Light; The people dwell in day who dwelt In death's sur-round-ing night. To hail thy rise, thou better Sun, The gathering na-tions come, Rejoicing as when reap-ers bear The harvest treasures home. I THE race that long in darkness pined The people dwell in day who dwelt The gathering nations come, The harvest treasures home. 2 For thou our darkness hast removed, And quelled th' oppressor's sway, Quick as the slaughtered squadrons fell In Midian's evil day. To us a Child of Hope is born, To us a Son is given ; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 3 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, Forevermore adored, The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The great and mighty Lord. His power, increasing still, shall spread, 167. I I WANT a principle within A sensibility of sin, A pain to find it near. I want the first approach to feel 2 From thee that I no more may part, The tender conscience give. O God, my conscience make! * 3 How gentle God's commands! How kind his pre- cepts are! Come, cast your bur This is the day of Light! Let there be light to-day! 0 Dayspring, rise up on our night, And chase its gloom a-way. 23 04 172. The Spirit, in our hearts, Is whisp'ring, Sinner, come; The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims To all his chil-dren, Come! I THE Spirit, in our hearts, Is whispering, Sinner, come; The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims To all his children, Come! 2 Let him that heareth say To all about him, Come! Let him that thirsts for righteousness, Dedication. S. M. 3 Yes, whosoever will, O, let him freely come, And freely drink the stream of life! 'Tis Jesus bids him come. 4 Lo, Jesus, who invites, b4 The Spi-rit, in our hearts, Is whisp'ring, Sinner, come; The Bride, the Church of Christ, proclaims To all his chil-dren, Come! 173. 1 UPON the gospel's sacred page The gathered beams of ages shine; And as it hastens, every age But makes its brightness more divine. 174. I I KNOW that my Redeemer lives: 2 He lives, to bless me with his love; 3 He lives, and grants me daily breath; Teach us to feel as Je-sus prayed, When on the cross he bleeding hung, When all his foes their wrath displayed, And with their spite his bosom stung. 175. I TEACH us to feel as Jesus prayed, When on the cross he bleeding hung, When all his foes their wrath displayed, And with their spite his bosom stung. 2 Till death, he loved his foes, and said, "Father, forgive!" then groaned and died; And when arisen from the dead, His mercy to their souls applied. 3 For such a heart and such a love, O Lord, we raise our prayer to thee! O, pour thy spirit from above, That we may like our Saviour be! |