-5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard, Their humble hope thou wilt reward, o 6. Great God, to thy almighty loye STEELE. HYMN 3. C. M. Mitcham. Arundel. [*] 1 God the Creator. TERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise, With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas, g 2 Thy hand,-how wide it spread the sky! -Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, 3 Thy glories blaze all nature round, " Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, g 4 Infinite strength, and equal skill, e -5 But still the wonders of thy grace Our softer passions move; Pity divine in Jesus' face, a 1 We see, adore, and love. WATTS. HYMN 4. C. M. Bedford. [*] 'K' My soul stands trembling while she sings e 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave-To BE. 3 Chained to his throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men; With every angel's form and size, 4 His providence unfolds the book, 5 (Here he exalts neglected worms, And there, the following page he turns, 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why, e 7 My God, I would not long to see -8 In thy fair book of life and grace, Recorded in some humble place, WATTS. HYMN 5. L. P. M. St. Helen's. [*] A And mark what beaming glories shine To us-to us, he still proclaims, e His awful, his endearing names; Attend, and sound them all abroad. d 2 "Jehovah I, the sovereign Lord, "When penitential sorrow mourns; "Yet wrath against the sinner burns." 3 o 4 Make haste, my soul, the vision meet, HYMN 6. C. M. Colchester. [*] The whole creation homage paid, o 2 He dwelt in Eden's garden, stored And there, with his descending Lord, e 3 But oh! by sin how quickly changed! His heart, from God and truth estranged, 4 Now from his Maker's voice he flies, And thinks to hide amidst the trees, 5 Compelled to answer to his name, o 6 But grace, unasked, his heart subdued, By faith the promised SEED he viewed, 3 NEWTON. HYMN 7. II. M. Allerton. [*]. I Not only had a view Of Sinai in a blaze, But learned the gospel too: The types and figures were a glass, In which they saw the Saviour's face. 2 The paschal sacrifice, And blood-besprinkled door,- And once applied with power, 3 The lamb, the dove, set forth Whose blood of matchless worth Was to be seen no more: In him our Surety seemed to say, d" Behold, I bear your sins away.' 5 Dipped in his fellow's blood, e Described a guilty soul enlarged, 6 Jesus, love to trace, Throughout the sacred page, To clearer light vouchsafed to me! -O grant that I may faithful be COWPER. HYMN 8. 7s. Redeeming Love. [*] 1HA Birth of the Saviour. TARK! the herald angels sing, 2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise, 4 Veiled in flesh-the Godhead see Pleased as man with men to appear, Jesus our Einmanuel here. o 5 Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! HYMN 9. C. M. RIPPONS COL. Bethlehem. [*] Joy of Angels at the Saviour's Birth: W All seated on the ground, WHILE shepherds watched their flocks by The angel of the Lord came down, e 2 "Fear not," said he, for mighty dread 0 "Glad tidings of great joy 1 bring, "To you and all mankind. b 3 "To you, in David's town, this day, "Is born of David's line, "The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, "And this shall be the sign 4 "The heavenly Babe you there shall find, "To human view displayed, e "All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands, "And in a manger laid." -5 Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith... Of angels, praising God, who thus 86" All glory be to God on high,' g "Good will henceforth from heaven to men, "Begin, and never cease.' น [night, PATRICK or TATE. HYMN 10. C. M. Devizes. [*] Angel's Song. Luke ii. 8-14. (HEPHERDS, rejoice; lift up your eyes, SHE "News from the region of the skies |