4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 5 His power, increasing, still shall spread; C. M. 235. The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom. WATTS. Psalm 98. 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, He comes to make his blessings flow 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, 7 & 6s. M. 236. MONTGOMERY. "All nations shall call Him blessed." 1 HAIL to the Lord's anointed! Hail, in the time appointed, 2 He shall come down like showers 3 For him shall prayer unceasing Whose fruit shall spread and flourish, 1 JOHN was the prophet of the Lord, To go before his face; The herald which the Prince of Peace Sent to prepare his ways. 2 "Behold the Lamb of God," he cries, "That takes our guilt away: I saw the Spirit o'er his head, 3"Be every vale exalted high, Sink every mountain low; 4 The proud must stoop, and humble sou Shall his salvation know. "The heathen realms with Israel's land Shall join in sweet accord; And all that's born of man shall see 5 "Behold the Morning Star arise, He marks the path that leads to peace, S. M. 238. NEEDHAM 1 Christ the Light of the World. BEHOLD the Prince of Peace! God's well-beloved Son, fulfils The sure prophetic word. 2 No royal pomp adorns This King of Righteousness; 3 The Spirit of the Lord, 4 Jesus, thou light of men! O may we feel its quickening power 5 Cheered by its beams, our souls The path which Christ has marked and trod, C. M. 239. The Baptism of Jesus. T. FLETCHEr. 1 IN Judah's rugged wilderness, 2 And while upon the river's side 3 Now Jesus to the stream descends; And o'er his head, that humbly bends, 4 When, lo! a heavenly form appears, And wondrous sounds th' assembly hears, 5"This is my well-beloved Son; 6 The sacred voice has reached our ear, 11 & 10s. M. 240. Come, ye Disconsolate. MOORE. 1 COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish ; Come, at the shrine of God fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish ; Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. 2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope, when all others die, fadeless and pure, Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, "Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure." 3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing Forth from the throne of God, living and pure; Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure 8 & 7s. M. 241. MADAN'S COL. Consolation of Israel. Luke ii. 25. 1 COME, thou long-expected Jesus! 2 Born thy people to deliver; Nov thy gracious kingdom bring: |