4 With joy lift up your wondering eyes,
Ye islands of the sea;
Ye mountains, sink; ye valleys, rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.
HYMN 140. S. M. [#]
The Lord is come.
1 Joy to the world below-
The Lord himself is come!
Let mighty kings before him bow,
And monarchs give him room.
2 Joy to the earth he brings,
And angels shout his praise;
Let every soul an anthem sing
In heaven-inspiring lays.
3 Far as the curse is found,
He makes his blessings flow;
Thorns shall no more infest the ground,
Nor man his sorrows know.
4 He rules with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
1 JEHOVAH spake, and Gabriel sped,
Upborne on wings of light;
Celestial glory round him spread,
And changed to day the night.
2 Swift down to earth the herald flew,
From God's eternal throne;
His shining robe, of rainbow hue,
The stars, moon, sun, outshone.
3 The voice of Love was heard on high,
Loud anthems rolled around;
Ten thousand angels left the sky
To chant salvation's sound.
4 From Zion's hill to worlds above
Re-echoed back the strain,
And golden harps, attuned to love,
Thus swept Ephratah's plain ;—
5 He comes! the mighty Saviour comes!
Good will, peace, joy, prevail;
Glad tidings shout; prepare him room;
Hail, glorious Saviour, hail!
6 Wide o'er the world thy sceptre sway,
Till nations prostrate fall;
Kings, princes, men, thy law obey,
And crown thee Lord of áll.
1 WORTHY the Lamb of boundless sway,
In earth and heaven the Lord of all;
Ye princes, rulers, powers, obey,
And low before his sceptre fall.
2 The deed was done; the Lamb was slain;
The groaning earth the burthen bore :
He rose, he lives,—he lives to reign,
Nor time's strong arm shall shake his
3 Riches, and all that decks the great,
From worlds unnumbered hither bring;
The tribute pour before his seat,
And hail the triumphs of our King.
4 From heaven, from earth, loud bursts of praise
The mighty blessings shall proclaim,—
Blessings that earth to glory raise :
Awake, each soul, and shout his fame.
1 BEHOLD, the grace appears,
The blessing promised long;
Angels announce the Saviour near
In this triumphant song ;-
2 Glory to God on high,
And heavenly peace on earth;
Good will to men, to angels joy,
At the Redeemer's birth.
3 In worship so divine
Let saints employ their tongues ;
With the celestial host we join,
And loud repeat their songs.
4 Glory to God on high,
And heavenly peace on earth;
Good will to men, to angels joy,
At our Redeemer's birth.
HYMN 144. C. P. M. [#]
Christmas Hymn.
1 O LET your mingling voices rise
In grateful rapture to the skies,
And hail a Saviour's birth:
Let songs of joy the day proclaim,
When Jesus all-triumphant came
To bless the sons of earth.
2 He came to bid the weary rest,
To heal the sinner's wounded breast,
To bind the broken heart,
To spread the light of truth around,
And to the world's remotest bound
The heavenly gift impart.
3 He came our trembling souls to save
From sin, from sorrow, and the grave,
And chase our fears away;
Victorious over death and time,
To lead us to a happier clime,
Where reigns eternal day.
1 Joy to the world-the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare
And heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth-the Saviour reigns! Let men their songs employ ;
While fields, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
1 THE Prince of peace is come!
Ye nations, shout and sing;
Let men and angels join their songs,
To hail this glorious King.
2 Light of the world, he comes!
The blind receive their sight;
The mind now feels his glad'ning ray,
And all within is light.
3 Evangelist divine!
He makes the gospel known: The poor the joyful tidings hear, And their great Prophet own.
4 Whilst, gracious God, I hear
Thy gospel's joyful sound,
May my glad heart, my tongue, my life,
Be all obedience found.
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