4 "This is the light prepar'd to shine Upon the Gentile lands, Thine Israel's glory and their hope, To break their slavish bands." 5 Jesus! the vision of thy face, Oh, longing turns Thy Church to Thee, 2 Oh, that we soon might Thee behold! Oh, come, ere yet the heart grow cold, 3 Come, is the pleading of Thy Bride, 4 The past we lived in love divine And that the future shall be Thine, HYMN ENEATH our feet and o'er our head Beneath us lie the countless dead, 2 Death rides on every passing breeze 3 Our eyes have seen the rosy light 4 Our eyes have seen the steps of age And yet shall earth our hearts engage, 5 Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know; 6 Turn, mortal, turn! thy soul apply The dead, who underneath thee lie, HYMN 76. C. M. GOD! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home; 2 Before the hills in order stood, 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Short as the watch that ends the night 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand Pleased with the morning light; The flowers beneath the mower's hand Lie withering ere 'tis night. 6 O God! our help in ages past, Be thou our guide while life shall last, THE NEW YEAR. HYMN 77. L. M. 0 Festival of the Circumcision. HAPPY day, when first was pour'd O happy day, when first began 2 Just enter'd on this world of woe, 3 From Heaven descending to fulfil 4 Beneath the knife behold the Child, For captives He the ransom pays, 5 Lord, purify our hearts, we pray; HYMN 78. III. 1. WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here: Fix'd in an eternal state, They have done with all below: We a little longer wait, But how little, none can know. 2 As the winged arrow flies Bear us down life's rapid stream; 3 Thanks for mercies past receive; Bless thy word to young and old Fill us with a Saviour's love; |