PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. Ir will be observed that, in this Collection, those Hymns only are assigned to the Church seasons, the use of which it will be well to confine to certain occasions; while other Hymns, which are indeed suitable for those seasons, but need not be limited to one portion of the Church's Year, will be found referred to at the end of the Special Hymns.

In making the selection, regard has been had to week-day as well as Sunday services. Hymns that are found too long may be shortened by omitting the verses within

brackets.

For Hymns 9, 17, 89, 102, 117, and 118, the Compiler is indebted to Miss C. Winkworth's "Lyra Germanica," published by Longman and Co.; for Hymn 181 to the Editors of the "Parish Hymn Book"; and to Messrs. Brown and Co. for Hymns 175, 176, 186, 188 from the "Salisbury Hymnal." Hymns 180, 185, 189 are inserted by permission of the Rev. Sir Henry W. Baker, Bart., and his Co-Compilers of "Hymns Ancient and Modern," in which collection appropriate tunes will be found.

Hymn 187, from the "Hymnal Noted," has been appended by the kindness of Messrs. Novello.

No. 3, a translation by the Rev. Dr. Irons, and Nos. 22 and 122, translations by the Rev. J. M. Neale, are Mr. Masters' copyright, and printed by his permission.

The gaps in the numbering are occasioned by the omission of a few of the Hymns included in the former editions.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Advent, The First, 7, 8, 139, 166.

Advent, The Second, 1, 6, 83.

Angels, Holy, 176, 182.

Ascension, The, 36, 37, 38, 77, 78, 130, 131.

Baptism, Holy, 43, 44, 186.

Christmas, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 168.

Church Building, 177.

Communion, Holy, 86, 105, 109, 110, 128, 174, 183. Confirmation, 88, 89, 90, 96, 164.

Death, 117.

Dismissal, 157, 158, 159.

Easter Eve, 28.

Easter, 30 to 35, 71 to 76, 171, 172, 181, 188.

Ember Days, 88, 89, 90, 85.

Epiphany, 20, 21, 50, 138, 139, 185.

Evening, 51 to 58, 160, 179.

Funeral, 3, 5, 17, 117, 118, 121.

Good Friday, 26, 27, 69, 169, 170.

Harvest, 47, 161.

Heaven, 119, 122, 123, 180.

Judgment, Day of, 1 to 5, 115.

Lent, 17, 23, 24, 68, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 115, 117, 132,

137, 148, 105, 96, 149, 169.

Matrimony, Holy, 175.

Missions, 45, 46, 64, 138, 139, 120.

Morning, 48, 49, 50.

New Year's Day, 18, 19, 167, 184.

Old Year, End of, 17, 141, 184.

Palm Sunday, 25, 84.

Psalms, 126 to 156.

Saints' Days, 40, 41, 124, 125, 119, 121,123, 178.

Saturday Night, 133, 136.

Sea, For those at, 189.

Spirit, The Holy, 88, 89, 90.

Thanksgiving, National, 143.

Trinity, The Holy, 60 to 65, 162.

Unity, 85, 150.

Whit-Sunday, 88, 89, 90, 140, 146, 173.

Lo! He comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favoured sinners slain;

Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train!

Alleluia !

Jesus comes, and comes to reign.

Now redemption long expected

See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by man rejected, Rise and meet him in the air;

See the day of God appear.

Alleluia!

Yea, amen! let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne;

Saviour, take the power and glory,
Claim the kingdom for Thine own;

Oh, come quickly,

Alleluia! come, Lord, come.

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PART II.

Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heaven and earth shall flee away:
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment,

Come to judgment, come away.
Every eye shall now behold Him,
Robed in dreadful majesty ;

Those who set at nought and sold him,
Pierced, and nailed Him to the tree,

Deeply wailing,

Shall the true Messiah see.

The dear tokens of His passion
Still His dazzling body bears,

Cause of endless adoration

To His ransomed worshippers;

With what rapture,

Gaze we on those glorious scars! 2

Great God! what do I see and hear!

The end of things created!

The Judge of mankind doth appear,
On clouds of glory seated.

The trumpet sounds; the graves restore
The dead which they contained before;
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him.

[The dead in Christ shall first arise,
At the last trumpet's sounding;

P. M.

Caught up to meet him in the skies,
With joy their Lord surrounding.
No gloomy fears their souls dismay,
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepared to meet Him.
But sinners, filled with guilty fears,
Behold His wrath prevailing,
For they shall rise, and find their tears
And sighs are unavailing.
The day of grace is past and gone:
Trembling, they stand before the throne,
All unprepared to meet Him!]

Great God! what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The Judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated!

Low at His Cross I view the day
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
And thus prepare to meet Him.

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P. M.

Day of Wrath! O Day of mourning!
See! once more the Cross returning—
Heaven and earth in ashes burning!
Oh! what fear man's bosom rendeth,
When from Heaven the Judge descendeth,
On Whose sentence all dependeth!
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,
Through earth's sepulchres it ringeth,
All before the throne it bringeth!