Still let each awful truth our thoughts engage, Here humbly let us hope our Maker's smile CHORUS. Father of Heaven! in whom our hopes confide, Whose pow'r defends us, and whose precepts guide; In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend, Glory supreme be Thine, till time shall end. THE LORD'S SUPPER. HAIL sacred feast, which JEsUs makes, Why are its dainties all in vain Before unwilling hearts display'd? Was not for you the Victim slain? Are you denied the children's bread? O! let thy table honour'd be, And cloth'd in wedding robes thy guests; And may each soul salvation see, That here its sacred pledges tastes<! Let crouds approach Thy table, LORD, SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.. IN the sun and moon and stars Signs and wonders there shall be, Earth shall quake with inward wars, Nations with perplexity. Soon shall ocean's hoary deep, Tossed with stronger tempests, rise, Wilder storms the mountains sweep, Louder thunders rock the skies. Evil thoughts shall shake the proud, Shall the Judge of men appear. But though from that awful face Heaven shall fade and earth shall fly,, Fear not ye, His chosen race, Your redemption draweth nigh! FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. THE LORD shall come, the earth shall quake, The LORD shall come! but not the same The LORD shall come, a dreadful form, Can this be He, who, wont to stray, Now pride and pow'r astonish'd fly While Faith, ascending from the tomb, In triumph shouts "The LORD is come." CHRISTMAS-DAY. HARK! the herald-angels sing, Join the triumphs of the skies; CHORUS. Hark! the herald-angels sing, CHRIST, by highest heaven ador'd! Pleas'd as man with men t' appear CHORUS. Hark! the herald-angels sing, Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! CHORUS. Hark! the herald-angels sing, INNOCENTS' DAY. O WEEP not o'er thy children's tomb, The bud is cropt by martyrdom, The flower in heaven shall blow. Firstlings of faith! the murderer's knife Fail'd of its deadly aim, The GOD for whom they gave their life, Has given His own for them. t Tho' evil were their days and few, Baptiz'd in blood and pain, He knows them, whom they never knew, And they shall live again. |