MAN'S CRY FOR A SAVIOUR

OH COME, OH COME, EMMANUEL

Master, carest thou not that we perish!-THE SONS OF MEN

Arise, Thou Sun so longed for,

O'er this benighted sphere!-LAURENTI

Arm of the Lord, awake! awake!

Put on Thy strength! the nations shake!-SHRUBSOLE

Change and decay in all around I see;

O Thou Who changest not, abide with me.-LYTE

Saviour, like a shepherd lead us,

Much we need Thy tender care.-ADELAIDE THRUPP

Yet, Lord, we see but darkly:

O heavenly Light, arise!

Dispel these mists that shroud us,

And hide Thee from our eyes!-BISHOP HOW

Thou gentle beam of living Love,

And deathless Life

Truth infinite-so far above

All mortal strife,

Or cruel creed, or earth-born taint,

Fill us to-day

With all Thou art-be Thou our saint-
Our stay, alway.-MARY BAKER EDDY

Show Thy power in every nation,

O Thou Prince of Peace and Love!-WESLEY

When all is dark may we behold Thee nigh,
And hear Thy voice-"Fear not, for it is I."
-BISHOP WORDSWORTH

Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,

The waves of strife be still.-ELLERTON

Surely I will be with thee.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.

He that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Blessed is the man that in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.

His commandment is life everlasting.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: Glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good.

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

sin.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute

All things work together for good to them that love God.

Appear, Desire of nations!

Thine exiles long for home:

Show in the heavens Thy promised sign!
Thou Prince and Saviour, come!-ALFORD

Saviour, lo! the isles are waiting!

Stretched the hand and strained the sight,

For Thy Spirit, new creating,

Love's pure flame, and Wisdom's light.-BISHOP COXE

Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation,

That God, in Whom they live and move, is Love.
-MRS. M. A. THOMPSON

When shall end the night of weeping?

When shall break the promised day?-DOWNTON

Hasten the time appointed, by prophets long foretold,
When all shall dwell together, one Shepherd and one Fold.
Let all that now divides us remove and pass away,
Like shadows of the morning before the blaze of day.
Let all that now unites us more sweet and lasting prove,
A closer bond of union, in a blest land of love.

Let war be learned no longer, let strife and tumult cease,
All earth His blessèd kingdom, the Lord and Prince of Peace.
O long-expected dawning, come with thy cheering ray!
When shall the morning brighten, the shadows flee away?
O sweet anticipation! it cheers the watchers on,

To pray, and hope, and labor, till the dark night be gone.
-JANE BORTHWICK

Oh, quickly come, great King of all;

Reign all around us, and within;
Let sin no more our souls enthrall,

Let pain and sorrow die with sin:
Oh, quickly come: for Thou alone
Canst make Thy scattered people one.

Oh, quickly come, true Life of all;
For death is mighty all around;
On every home his shadows fall,

On every heart his mark is found:
Oh, quickly come: for grief and pain
Can never cloud Thy glorious reign.

Oh, quickly come, sure Light of all,

For gloomy night broods o'er our way;

And fainting souls begin to fall

With weary watching for the day:
Come, quickly come: for round Thy throne
No eye is blind, no night is known.-TUTTIETT

He is a protector to all that seek him in truth.

Whatsoever good thing any man shall do, the same shall he receive from the Lord.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

For them that honour me I will honour.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation.

If thou seek him, he will be found of thee.

Then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

And thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice.

The Lord thy God shall bless thee.

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

He shall bless thy bread.

There shall you feast before the Lord your God.

If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up.

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?

Oh come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine Advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.

tr. J. M. NEALE