Oh! come, let us adore Him,
Oh! come, let us adore Him,
Oh! come, let us adore Him, Christ the
Lord!
2 God of God, Light of Light,
Lo! He abhors not a Virgin's womb;
Very God, of very God;
Begotten, not created;
Oh! come, etc.
Sing, choirs of angels!
Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Glory to God
In the highest, glory;
Oh! come, etc.
Yea, Lord! we greet Thee,
Born for our salvation;
Jesu! to Thee be glory given;
Word of the Father!
Now in flesh appearing;
Oh! come, let us adore Him,
Oh! come, let us adore Him,
Oh!_come, let us adore Him, Christ the
OVE divine! all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;
All Thy faithful mercies crown:
Jesus! Thou art all compassion;
Pure unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation;
Enter every longing heart.
2 Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy grace receive;
"Quickly come" again, and never,
Never more Thy temple leave :
Thee we would be always blessing;
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above;
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.
3 Finish, then, Thy new creation ;
Pure and spotless may we be :
Let us see our whole salvation
Perfectly secured by Thee:
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
ESUS came-the heavens adoring,
Came with peace from realms on high;
Jesus came for man's redemption,
Lowly came on earth to die;
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Came in deep humility.
2 Jesus comes again in mercy,
When our hearts are bowed with care
Jesus comes again in answer
To an earnest, heartfelt prayer.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Comes to save us from despair.
3 Jesus comes to hearts rejoicing,
Bringing news of sins forgiven;
Jesus comes in sounds of gladness,
Leading souls redeemed to heaven.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Now the gate of death is riven.
4 Jesus comes in joy and sorrow,
Shares alike our hopes and fears;
Jesus comes, whate'er befalls us,
Glads our hearts and dries our tears,
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Cheering e'en our failing years.
5 Jesus comes on clouds triumphant,
When the heavens shall pass away;
Jesus comes again in glory,
Let us then our homage pay.
Hallelujah! ever singing,
Till the dawning of the day.
ORD of mercy and of might!
Of mankind the Life, and Light,
Maker! Teacher infinite!
Jesus! hear and save!
2 Who, when sin's tremendous doom
Gave creation to the tomb,
Didst not scorn a virgin's womb !
3 Mighty Monarch! Saviour mild !
Humbled to a mortal Child,
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled!
4 Throned above celestial things,
Borne aloft on angels' wings,
Lord of lords, and King of kings!
5 Who shall yet return from high,
Robed in might and majesty,
Hear us! help us! when we cry;
Jesus! hear and save!
ARK! the glad sound! the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long!
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass before Him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
3 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure;
And with the riches of His grace
To bless the humble poor.
4 He comes from thickest films of sin,
To clear the mental ray,
And on the eyeballs of the blind
To pour celestial day.
5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace!
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With Thy beloved Name.
"The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth."-JOHN i. 14.
T came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King:
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
2 O ye! beneath life's crushing load
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
Oh! rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing.
3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel strain have roll'd
Two thousand years of wrong;
And men at war with men hear not
The love song which they bring :
Oh, hush the noise, ye men of strife,
Ánd hear the angels sing!
4 For lo the days are hastening on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Which God's own Word doth tell,
How once the King of Glory
Came down on earth to dwell.
I am both weak and sinful,
But this I surely know,
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