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They are gifts of love for us, we trow;
For Christ is born his love to show,
And give good gifts to men below.
Hosanna, etc.

4 Gather around the Christmas Tree!
Gather around the Christmas Tree !
Tapers bright

In the branches light,

Till our eyes all shine at the goodly sight;
For Christ, our Light, is born to-day,
His glory ne'er shall fade away.
Hosanna, etc.

TO BE SUNG AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS.

5 Farewell to thee, O Christmas Tree !
Farewell to thee, O Christmas Tree!
Thy part is done,

And thy gifts are gone,

And thy lights are dying one by one;
For earthly pleasures die to-day,
But heavenly joys shall last alway.
Hosanna, etc.

6 Farewell to thee, O Christmas Tree!
Farewell to thee, O Christmas Tree!
Twelve months o'er,

We shall meet once more,

Merry welcome singing, as of yore;
For Christ now reigns, our Saviour dear,
And gives us Christmas every year. ̧
Hosanna, etc.

EPIPHANY.
III. 2.

Music in Parish Hymnal, p. 41.

S with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;

As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;

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So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.

2 As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger-bed;

There to bend the knee before

Him whom heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek the mercy-seat.

3 As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ! to Thee, our heavenly King.
4 Holy Jesus, every day

Keep us in the narrow way;
And when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds thy glory hide.
5 In the heavenly country bright
Need they no created light;
Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,
Thou its Sun which goes not down;
There forever may we sing

Alleluias to our King.

III. 3. 8s & 7s.

Music in Parish Hymnal, p 190, or p. 181; Goodrich's Service and Tune Book,

p. 36.

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Up in heaven the clear stars shining
Through the gloom like silver eyes?
So of old the wise men watching
Saw a little stranger star,

And they knew the King was given,
And they followed from afar.

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2 Heard you never of the story,

How they crossed the desert wild,
Journeyed on by plain and mountain,
Till they found the Holy Child?
How they opened all their treasure,
Kneeling to that infant King,
Gave the gold and fragrant incense,
Gave the myrrh in offering?

3 Know ye not that lowly Baby

Was the bright and Morning Star,
He who came to light the Gentiles
And the darkened isles afar?
And we too may seek his cradle,
There our hearts' best treasures bring,
Love and faith, and true devotion
For our Saviour, God, and King.

II. 6. 7s & 6s.

Music, "Romaine," or Happy Voices p. 22.

HOW

OW wondrous is the story
Of the Redeemer's birth,
Who laid aside his glory,

And came to live on earth;
The Lord of men and angels
A little child became :
Content to do their bidding,
Who bore a parent's name.

2 How sweet is the example
Which Jesus sets us here!
How simple is its teaching,
And yet how full and clear!
O let us deeply ponder

The truths which from it flow,
And learn the love and homage

We to our parents owe.

3 Lord Jesus! we are only
A band of children yet,

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And much we need thy teaching

Thou wilt not us forget.

For Thou art now in glory
As loving, gentle, mild,
As in that beauteous story
Of Jesus as a child.

L. M.

[usic, "Vienna," or "Park Street," or Goodrich's Service and Tune Book,

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p. 27.

[OW sweet the lessons, how divine,

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Which in the life of Jesus shine!

How bright the wisdom and the
grace
Which in each word and act had place!

2 He never sought himself to please,
Nor live on earth a life of ease,
But ceaselessly did He pursue
The business which He came to do.

3 A little child, his spirit still,

Moved sweetly to his Father's will;
The manger and the cross declare
How perfect his example there.
4 O be that dear example mine!
In me, may his sweet spirit shine!
In some small measure may I be
A faithful copy, Lord, of Thee!

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Come for his people,

Come to take them home!

SEMI-CHORUS.

Long in hope we've waiting stood
By many fears surrounded,
Leaning on the word of God,
And hoping still He'll come.
CHORUS. Yes, from the heavens,
Jesus again shall come,
Come for his people,

Come to take them home.

2 Here we are waiting,
Waiting to hear thy voice;
For we shall meet Him,
Coming in the air.

Then we'll be like Him,
Knowing no more of sin,
Sharing his glory,

And be with Him there.

SEMI-CHORUS.-Long in hope, etc.

CHORUS, Yes, from the heavens, etc.

III. 2.

Music in S. S. Chant and Tune Book, p. 75.

BY thy birth, thou Holiest One,

Very God, yet Mary's Son,
Seen in swaddling bands arrayed,
And in Bethlehem's manger laid
Born for us a little child,

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Cleanse and keep us undefiled.

2 By the angel words that led
Shepherds to thy lowly bed,
Teaching us the songs of heaven,
Unto whom a Son is given;
Born for us, etc.

3 By thy duteous reverence still
Subject to thy parents' will

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