In stature grows the Heavenly Child
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

O Holy Lord, content to fill

O Love, how deep, how broad, how high.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness . (382) "Tis for conquering kings to gain

(440)

Mission hymns are suitable for this season; and for other hymns applicable to the services for the Sundays after Epiphany, see Index of Texts.

Before Lent.

139

Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother
of us all. Gal. iv. 26. By the waters of Babylon
we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee,
O Sion. Ps. cxxxvii. 1.

8.7.

1 mf HALLELUJAH! Song of gladness,
Voice of joy that cannot die;
Hallelujah! is the anthem

Loved by angel-choirs on high;
Which they sing, for aye abiding
In God's house, unceasingly.
2 Hallelujah! Joyful mother,
Raise, Jerusalem, the strain :
Hallelujah! Songs of triumph
Well befit the ransomed train:
But by Babylon's dark waters
We in exile still remain.

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3 p Hallelujah! Songs of gladness
Suit not always souls forlorn :
Hallelujah! Sounds of sadness
Midst our joyous strains are borne:
For the time ere-long is coming

When for sins we needs must mourn.

4 mf Wherefore in our songs of praises
Pray we, Blessed Trinity,

eres Grant us all to keep Thy Easter
In our home beyond the sky,
ƒ There to Thee our Hallelujah

Singing everlastingly. Amen.

From the Latin (13th cent.), based on tr. J. M. Neale (1818-1866).

140

Septuagesima.*

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange
land? Ps. cxxxvii. 4.

1 mf CREATOR of the world, to Thee
Alone eternal rest belongs;
And heavenly choirs are ever free
To sing for aye their festal songs.
2 But we are fallen creatures here,

And torn by trouble, toil, and pain,
How then can we, in exile drear,

L.M.

Sing songs of home, the heavenly strain? 3 mf Father, Whose promise binds Thee still To set Thy captive children free,

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Grant us to mourn the deeds of ill

That banish us so far from Thee.

Yet grant us faith and hope to rest
Upon Thy tender love and care,
Till Thou restore us, with the blest,

Those joyous songs again to share.

*The following Hymns, as well as many of those for Lent and on the Passion, may be sung at other times.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom heaven and earth adore,
From men and from the angel-host

Be praise and glory evermore. Amen.
C. Coffin (1676-1749), tr. various.

Also the following-from Septuagesima to Lent : Come, labour on! (Gospel for Septuagesima

Songs of praise the angels sang
Source of light and life divine.
The earth in robes of light arrayed.
There is a book, who runs may read
The strain upraise of joy and praise
Thou, Whose Almighty Word
Ye boundless realms of joy
Yes, God is good; in earth and sky

Seragesima.
(GOSPEL.)

141 The seed is the word of God. Luke viii. 11. 1 mf ALMIGHTY GOD, Thy word is cast Like seed into the ground:

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Oh! may
it grow in humble hearts,
And righteous fruits abound.

2 my Let not the foe of Christ and man
This holy seed remove:

cres But give it root in every heart,
To bring forth fruits of love.

3 my Let not the world's deceitful cares
The rising plant destroy;
may it yield a hundredfold
The fruits of peace
and joy.

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But

4 Let not Thy word, so kindly sent

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To raise us to Thy throne,

Return to Thee, and sadly tell
That we reject Thy Son.

C.M.

5 Great God! come down, and on Thy word Thy mighty power bestow;

That all who hear the joyful sound

Thy saving grace may know. Amen.

John Cawood (1775-1852), verse 2, 1. 3, and verse 3, ll. 3, 4 alt.

142

Quinquagesima.

(EPISTLE.)

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Cor. xiii. 13.

8.7.8.7.7.7.

1 mf BLESSED Saviour, Thou hast taught us,
Taught us in Thy word divine,
That our doings are but nothing
If they be not linked with Thine;
If we be not bound to Thee
With the bond of Charity.

2 Though with tongues of men and angels,
Soaring may our voices rise;

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Though we have the gift of knowledge,
Understanding mysteries;

All will still as nothing be,

If we have not Charity.

3 my Though we have faith that even mountains At our word we may remove,

Though our bodies to be burned

Yield we,—(dim) and possess not love,
We have nothing-(cres) till we be
Bound with bonds of Charity.

4 mf Bind us with the bond that bindeth
Human hearts to God above,

cres Bind us with the bond uniting

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Rich and poor with heavenly love,
With the bond that binds to Thee,-
Never failing Charity. Amen.

Godfrey Thring.