With every morning light;
And, at the close of every day,
To him my cheerful homage pay,
Who guards me through the night.
2 Then in his churches to appear,
And pay my humble worship there,
Shall be my sweet employ :
The day that saw my Saviour rise
Shall dawn on my delighted eyes
With pure and holy joy.

3 With grateful sorrow in my breast,
I'll celebrate the dying feast
Of my exalted Lord;

And, while his perfect love I view,
His bright example I'll pursue,
And meditate his word.

HYMN 134. 61. L. M. [#]
Lord's Day Morning.

1 GREAT God, this sacred day of thine Demands our souls' collected powers; May we employ in work divine

These solemn, these devoted hours! O may our souls adoring own

The grace which calls us to thy throne! 2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly; Where God resides appear no more: Omniscient God, thy piercing eye Can every secret thought explore: O may thy grace our hearts refine, And fix our thoughts on things divine!

3 The word of life, dispensed to-day,
Invites us to a heavenly feast;
May every ear the call obey,

Be every heart an humble guest :
O bid the wretched sons of need
On soul-reviving dainties feed!

NATIVITY OF JESUS.

HYMN 135. C. M. [#]
Angelic Message.
1 WHAT sudden glories did surprise
Shepherds who watched their fold!
A heavenly form salutes their eyes,
Arrayed in shining gold!

2 "Twas night, and gloomy darkness hung
Over the lands afar;
Shepherds in pensive numbers sung,
Or watched the twinkling star.

3 Deep musing on the prophecies
Of glories then to come,

With glimmering hopes and longing eyes,
They of Messiah sung.

4 Behold, the tidings, which we bring
To you of heavenly grace,

Are of your long-expected King,
The Saviour of your race.

5 To-day is born, in Bethlehem,
The long-expected Light,
To rule the New Jerusalem,
And turn to day the night.

HYMN 136. C. M. [#]

Angel's Song.

1 SHEPHERDS, rejoice; lift up your eyes,
And send your fears away;
News from the region of the skies-
The Saviour's born to-day!

2 No gold, nor purple swaddling bands,
Nor royal, shining things;
A manger for his cradle stands,
And holds the King of kings!

3 Thus Gabriel sang-and straight around
The heavenly armies throng:
They tune their harps to lofty sound,
And thus conclude the song:-

4 Glory to God who reigns above;
Let peace abound on earth;
Mortals shall know their Maker's love,
At their Redeemer's birth.

HYMN 137. H. M. [#]

Christ's Birth proclaimed.

1 HARK! what celestial notes,
What melody, we hear!

Soft on the morn it floats,

And fills the ravished ear.

The tuneful shell,
The golden lyre,
And vocal choir,

The concert swell.

2 Angelic hosts descend,
With harmony divine;

See, how from heaven they bend,
And in full chorus join!

Fear not, say they;

Great joy we bring:
Jesus, your King,
Is born to-day.

3 Glory to God on high!

Ye mortals, spread the sound,
And let your raptures fly

To earth's remotest bound!
For peace on earth,

From God in heaven,
To man is given,

At Jesus' birth.

HYMN 138. P. M. [#]
The Nativity.

1 No war nor battle's sound

Was heard the world around

;

No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran; But peaceful was the night,

In which the Prince of light

His reign of peace upon the earth began.

2 The shepherds on the lawn,

Before the point of dawn,

In social circle sat; while, all around,
The gentle, fleecy brood

Or cropped the flowery food,

Or slept, or sported on the verdant ground.
3 When, lo, with ravished ears,
Each swain delighted hears
Sweet music, offspring of no mortal hand;
Divinely-warbled voice,

Answering the stringed noise,
With blissful rapture charmed the listening band.

4 Hail, hail, auspicious morn! The Saviour Christ is born!

Such was the raptured seraph's song sublime. Glory to God in heaven!

To man sweet peace be given, Sweet peace and friendship, to the end of time!

HYMN 139. C. M. [#]

Behold, he comes.

1 SING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of every tongue;

His new-discovered grace demands
A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,-
God's own anointed Son;

His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.

3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.