Songs of the Church Paperback - 5201

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Sweet, sweet is the chorus we hear in the skies, The anthem when cherub to seraph replies; To God in the Highest all glory be given, And peace upon earth and good will be from heaven. CHRISTMAS DAY. No. 2. Behold a virgin shall conceive and be with child, and shall bring forth a Sod, and they shall call his name EMMANUEL, which being interpreted is, God With us. St. Matth. i. 23. Arise and join th' angelic song, First carol'd to the earth, When glory wrapp'd th' adoring throng, That sung the Saviour's birth. Arise and see that Holy 'Thing ' Though lowly born, divine; Arise and hail the Promised King, Of David's house and line.t St. Luke, i. 35. t St. Luke, i. 69, He comes, the Son of God, Most High; A pent-house is His bed; Emmanuel! God eternally, A suff'rer in our stead. He comes the slave to disenthral, Beyond all price the cost; He comes to give his life for all, The ransom of the lost. From land to land, in sacred mirth, Let the glad tidings run, And tell to all who dwell on earth, The work of grace is done. ST. STEPHEN'S DAY. The first to close this mortal race, With lion heart and angel face, Thy martyr Stephen takes the place; Confessing Thee, by Thee confess'd, He sinks to rest. First to adore th' ascended Lord, When, kneeling on the gory sward, He claimed the promise of Thy word, And found in Thee a refuge nigh, Within the sky. 'Midst stones of deadly aim he falls, 'Midst angry threats for mercy calls, Till Christ his spirit disenthrals; Then, with one cry of anguish deep, He falls asleep. O thou Incarnate Deity, Boll back the screen that hideth Thee, That our unclouded eyes may see The reflex glory of Thy face, In this dark place. In all the storms and straits of l...