1 HAIL the night, all hail the morn, When the Prince of Peace was born! When, amid the wakeful fold, Tidings good the angel told.

2 Now our solemn chant we raise
Duly to the Saviour's praise;
Now with carol hymns we bless
Christ the Lord, our Righteousness.
3 While resounds the joyful cry,
"Glory be to God on high,
Peace on earth, good will to men!"
Gladly we respond, "Amen!"

4 Thus we greet this holy day,
Pouring forth our festive lay;
Thus we tell, with saintly mirth,
Of Immanuel's wondrous birth.

5 We in perfect peace would live, We to God would glory give: Lauding, with the heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

1076. Children's Praise to the Trinity.

1 GLORY to the Father give,

God, in whom we move and live!
Children's prayers he deigns to hear;
Children's songs delight his ear.

2 Glory to the Son we bring,

Christ our Prophet, Priest, and King!
Children! raise your sweetest strain
To the Lamb, for he was slain.

3 Glory to the Holy Ghost!
Be this day a Pentecost;
Children's minds may he inspire,-
Touch their tongues with holy fire.

4 Glory in the highest be
To the blesséd Trinity!
For the gospel from above,
For the word that "God is love."

1146. Thanksgiving for a Revival of Religion.

1 FOUNT of everlasting love!

Rich thy streams of mercy areFlowing purely from above,

Beauty marks their course afar.

2 Lo! thy church, thy garden now
Blooms beneath the heavenly shower;
Sinners feel, and melt, and bow:
Mild, yet mighty, is thy power.

3 God of grace, before thy throne
Here our warmest thanks we bring;
Thine the glory, thine alone:
Loudest praise to thee we sing.
4 Hear, oh, hear, our grateful song;
Let thy Spirit still descend;
Roll the tide of grace along,
Widening, deepening to the end.

96. An ancient Hymn of Praise to God. 1 THEE we adore, eternal Lord!

We praise thy name with one accord; Thy saints, who here thy goodness see,

4 Be thou exalted, O my God!

Above the heavens where angels dwell; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land thy wonders tell.

2 To thee aloud all angels cry,

The heavens and all the powers on high:
Thee, holy, holy, holy King,
Lord God of hosts, they ever sing.

3 Th' apostles join the glorious throng;
The prophets swell th' immortal song:
The martyrs' noble army raise
Eternal anthems to thy praise.

4 From day to day, O Lord, do we
Highly exalt and honor thee!
Thy name we worship and adore,
World without end, for evermore!

5 Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray,
To keep us safe from sin this day:
Have mercy, Lord! we trust in thee;
Oh, let us ne'er confounded be!

1 COME, O my soul! in sacred lays,
Attempt thy great Creator's praise:
But, oh, what tongue can speak his fame!
What mortal verse can reach the theme!
2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory, like a garment wears;
To form a robe of light divine,
Ten thousand suns around him shine.
3 In all our Maker's grand designs,
Almighty power, with wisdom, shines;
His works, thro' all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his name.
4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing,
Do thou, my soul, his glories sing;
And let his praise employ thy tongue,
Till listening worlds shall join the song!

DOXOLOGY.

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise him, all creatures here below! Praise him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

145.

"Thou art from everlasting."
Psalm 93.

1 JEHOVAH reigns! He dwells in light,
Girded with majesty and might;
The world, created by his hands,
Still on its firm foundation stands.

2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundation laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise,
And aim their rage against the skies:
Vain floods, that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 For ever shall thy throne endure:
Thy promise stand for ever sure;
And everlasting holiness

Becomes the dwelling of thy grace.

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175. "O God, Most hidden, and Most manifest!"

1 WHAT secret place, what distant star, Is like, dread Lord, to thine abode ? Why dwellest thou from us so far?

We yearn for thee, thou living God!

2 And will the hidden God appear?

We hail thee in the living Word; Thy heavenly Majesty draws near, In Christ, our brother and our Lord.

3 In vain we seek for thine abode;

And wilt thou ever to us come? The Holy Ghost, the mighty God, Now makes our souls his blesséd home.

4 0 Glory that no eye can bear!

O Presence bright, our inward Guest! O Farthest off! O Ever near!

Most hidden and Most manifest!

1115. "So didst Thou lead Thy people."

1 O GOD, beneath thy guiding hand, Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wint'ry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped thee.

2 Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer:

Thy blessing came; and still its power Shall onward through all ages bear The memory of that holy hour. 3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their

graves.

4 And here thy name, O God of love, Their children's children shall adore, Till these eternal hills remove,

And spring adorns the earth no more.

1156. "Still we are guarded by our God." 1 GREAT God! we sing that mighty hand, By which supported still we stand: The opening year thy mercy shows; That mercy crowns it till it close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.
4 In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be thou our joy, and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

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"The city of our God."-Psalm 122.

1 GLAD was my heart to hear

My old companions say:

Come, in the house of God appear,
For 't is a holy day."

2 Our willing feet shall stand

Within the temple-door,

While young and old, in many a band, Shall throng the sacred floor.

3 Thither the tribes repair,

Where all are wont to meet,

And joyful in the house of prayer
Bend at the mercy-seat.

4 Pray for Jerusalem,

The city of our God:

The Lord from heaven be kind to them,

That love the dear abode.

5 Within these walls may peace
And harmony be found!
Zion! in all thy palaces,
Prosperity abound!

6 For friends and brethren dear,

Our prayer shall never cease;
Oft as they meet for worship here,
God send his people peace!

2 Oh, bless the Lord, my soul !
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 'T is he forgives thy sins;
"T is he relieves thy pain;
'T is he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,
When ransomed from the grave;

He who redeemed my soul from hell,
Hath sovereign power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good:

He gives the sufferers rest:

The Lord hath judgments for the proud,
And justice for th' oppressed.

6 His wondrous works and ways

He made by Moses known;

But sent the world his truth and grace By his beloved Son.

3 He will not always chide :
He will with patience wait:
His wrath is ever slow to rise,
And ready to abate.

4 He pardons all thy sins,

Prolongs thy feeble breath;
He healeth thy infirmities,
And ransoms thee from death.

5 He clothes thee with his love,
Upholds thee with his truth;
Then, like the eagle, he renews
The vigor of thy youth.

6 Then bless his holy name,

Whose grace hath made thee whole; Whose loving kindness crowns thy days: Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!

246.

"To the only wise God, our Saviour." Jude 24, 25.

1 To God, the only wise,

Our Saviour and our King;

Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

2 T is his almighty love,

His counsel and his care,

Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls,
Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.

4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet around the throne, Shall bless the conduct of his grace And make his wonders known.

5 To our Redeemer, God,

Wisdom and power belong, Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting song.

1968.

"Rejoicing in hope."

1 COME, we who love the Lord,
And let our joys be known;
Join in a song of sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

2 Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our God;
But favorites of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
3 The men of grace have found
Glory begun below;

Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.

4 The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.

5 Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry;

We're marching through Immanuel's ground

To fairer worlds on high.