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Good Tidings of Great Joy.

"Good tidings of great joy."
LUKE ii.

1. HARK! hark! the notes of joy
Roll o'er the heavenly plains,
And seraphs find employ

For their sublimest strains:
Some new delight in heaven is known;
Loud sound the harps around the throne.
2. Hark! hark! the sound draws nigh,-
The joyful host descends;
Jesus forsakes the sky,

To earth his footsteps bend;
He comes to bless our fallen race;
He comes with messages of grace.
8. Bear, bear the tidings round!
Let every mortal know
What love in God is found,

What pity he can show:

Ye winds that blow, ye waves that roll,
Bear the glad news from pole to pole.

4. Strike, strike the harps again,
To great Immanuel's name!
Arise, ye sons of men,

And all his grace proclaim: Angels and men, wake every string, "Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing.

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1. BLOW ye the trumpet, blow, The gladly solemn sound! Let all the nations know,

To earth's remotest bound: The year of jubilee has come; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 2. Jesus, our great High Priest, Hath full atonement made: Ye weary spirits, rest;

Ye mournful souls, be glad: The year of jubilee is come; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 3. Exalt the Lamb of God,

The sin-atoning Lamb;
Redemption in his blood

To all the world proclaim:
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.
4. The gospel trumpet hear,-

The news of heavenly grace; And, saved from earth, appear Before your Saviour's face: The year of jubilee is come; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home

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"Chosen of God and precious." 1. JOIN all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew,

That angels ever bore: All are too mean to speak his worth, Too mean to set my Saviour forth. 2. Great Prophet of our God!

My tongue would bless thy name; By thee the joyful news

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Of our salvation came: The joyful news of sins forgiven, Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven. 3. Jesus, our great High Priest, Offered his blood and died; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside;

His powerful blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.
4. O thou almighty Lord!

My Conqu'ror and my King!
Thy scepter and thy sword,
Thy reigning grace I sing:
Thine is the power; behold, I sit,
In willing bonds, beneath thy feet.
146.

"Rejoice, the Lord is King"

1. REJOICE! the Lord is King;
Your Lord and King adore:
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore!
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice!—again I say, rejoice!
2. Jesus, the Saviour, reigns,

The God of truth and love;
When he had purged our stains,
He took his seat above:

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice-again I say, rejoice!

3. His kingdom cannot fail;

He rules o'er earth and heaven;
The keys of death and hell

Are to our Jesus given:

Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice;
Rejoice-again I say, rejoice!

4. Rejoice in glorious hope:

Jesus, the Judge, shall come,
And take his servants up

To their eternal home:

We soon shall hear th' archangel's voice The trump of God shall sound, Rejoice!

Christ the King of Glory.

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DUKE STREET.

L. M.

HATTON.

Our Lord is ris en from the dead, Our Jesus is gone np on

high;

The pow'rs of hell are

captive led, Dragged to the portals of the sky.

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The King of Glory. PSALM XXIV.

1. OUR Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high; The powers of hell are captive led, Dragged to the portals of the sky. 2. There his triumphal chariot waits,

And angels chant the solemn lay: Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates! Ye everlasting doors, give way!

3. Loose all your bars of massy light,

And wide unfold th' ethereal scene: He claims these mansions as his right; Receive the King of glory in.

4. Who is the King of glory-who?

The Lord who all our foes o'ercame; Who sin, and death, and hell o'erthrew; And Jesus is the Conqu'ror's name.

5. Lo! his triumphal chariot waits,

And angels chant the solemn lay: Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates! Ye everlasting doors, give way!

6. Who is the King of glory-who?

2. Here's love and grief beyond degree: The Lord of glory dies for men! But, lo! what sudden joys we see, Jesus, the dead, revives again! 3. The rising God forsakes the tomb; Up to his Father's courts he flies: Cherubic legions guard him home,

And shout him welcome to the skies. 4. Say, "Live for ever, glorious King,

Born to redeem, and strong to save! Where now, O Death, where is thy sting Andwhere thy victory,boasting Grave?” 149.

"Unto the Lamb for ever." REV. V.

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The Lord, of boundless power possessed; 3. Blessings for ever on the Lamb,

The King of saints and angels too, God over all, for ever blessed.

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Who bore the curse for wretched men Let angels sound his sacred name, And every creature say, Amen! 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!

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1. HARK! ten thousand harps and voices
Sound the note of praise above:
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices;
Jesus reigns, the God of love:
See, he sits on yonder throne;
Jesus rules the world alone.

2. King of glory, reign forever!

Thine an everlasting crown:
Nothing from thy love shall sever
Those whom thou hast made thine own:
Happy objects of thy grace,
Destined to behold thy face.
3. Saviour, hasten thine appearing;

Bring, oh, bring the glorious day,
When, the awful summons hearing,

Heaven and earth shall pass away! Then, with golden harps, we'll sing, "Glory, glory to our King!" 151.

Worship of the living Christ.
1. JESUS, hail! enthroned in glory,
There for ever to abide;

All the heavenly hosts adore thee,
Seated at thy Father's side.

2. There for sinners thou art pleading,
There thou dost our place prepare ;
Ever for us interceding,

Till in glory we appear.

3. Worship, honor, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive;
Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give.

4. Help, ye bright angelic spirits!

Bring your sweetest, noblest lays : Help to sing our Saviour's merits; Help to chant Immanuel's praise

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"The Desire of all Nations."

1. COME, thou long expected Jesus,
Born to set thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in thee.

2. Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth thou art;
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
3. Born, thy people to deliver;

Born a child, and yet a King;
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring.
4. By thine own eternal Spirit,
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to thy glorious throne.
Doxology.

PRAISE the God of our salvation,
Praise the Father's boundless love;
Praise the Lamb, our expiation;

Praise the Spirit from above;
Praise the Fountain of salvation,
Him by whom our spirits live.
Undivided adoration

To the one Jehovah give!

The Coronation of Christ.

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CORONATION. C. M.

O. HOLDEN.

All hail, the pow'r of Je-sus' name! Let angels prostrate fall: Bring forth the royal di-a-dem,

And crown him Lord of all! Bring forth the royal di - a - dem, And crown him Lord of all!

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2. Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,

A remnant weak and small,
Hail him who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all!

3. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go, spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all!

4. Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,

To him all majesty ascribe,

And crown him Lord of all!

5. Oh, that with yonder sacred throng,
We at his feet may fall!
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all!

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4. Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise

5. The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name
Of him who sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb!

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"Thou shalt call his name Jesus."

1. OH, for a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer's praise
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace.

2. My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,

To spread through all the earth abı ad The honors of thy name.

3. Jesus! the name that calms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease-
'Tis music to my ravished ears,
"Tis life, and health, and peace.

4. He breaks the pow'r of reigning sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.

5. He speaks; and, listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive;
The mourning, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

Doxology.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God, whom we adore,
Be glory as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore!

Christ: the New Song.

DR. HASTINGS.

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ORTONVILLE.

C. M.

1. Ma - jestic sweetness sits en-throned Up - on the Saviour's brow; Ilis

head with radiant glories crown'd, His lips with grace o'erflow.

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2. No mortal can with him compare, Among the sons of men; Fairer is he than all the fair

That fill the heavenly train.

3 He saw me plunged in deep distress, He flew to my relief;

For me he bore the shameful cross,
And carried all my grief.

4. To him I owe my life and breath,
And all the joys I have;
He makes me triumph over death,
He saves me from the grave.
5. To heaven, the place of his abode,

He brings my weary feet;
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joy complete.
6. Since from his bounty I receive

Such proofs of love divine,
Had I a thousand hearts to give,
Lord! they should all be thine.

157.

"The unsearchable riches of Christ."
1. To our Redeemer's glorious name
Awake the sacred song;

Oh, may his love-immortal flame!—
Tune every heart and tongue.

2. His love, what mortal thought can reach !|
What mortal tongue display!
Imagination's utmost stretch

In wonder dies away.

3. Dear Lord, while we, adoring, pay Our humble thanks to thee,

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1. BEHOLD the glories of the Lamb,
Amid his Father's throne;
Prepare new honors for his name,
And songs before unknown.
2. Let elders worship at his feet,
The church adore around,
With vials full of odors sweet,

And harps of sweeter sound.
3. Those are the prayers of all the saints,
And these the hymns they raise:
Jesus is kind to our complaints,

He loves to hear our praise.

4 Now to the Lamb that once was slain,
Be endless blessings paid!
Salvation, glory, joy, remain
For ever on thy head!

5 Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood, Hast set the prisoners free,

Hast made us kings and priests to God,
And we shall reign with thee.

Doxology.

LET God the Father, and the Son,

And Spirit, be adored,

Where there are works to make him known

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