Worship. "In His temple doth every one speak of His glory." Neander, 460.] 240 G 2 Ps. xxix. 9. 668.668.3366. OD is in His temple, [W. TIDD MATSON. The Almighty Father! Round His footstool let us gather :- Serve, the Lord most holy, Let us raise Hymns of praise For his great salvation:- Christ comes to His temple: Are made happy in believing. He hath turned our sadness, Our deep gloom to light and gladness! Hymns of praise, For our bonds are severed :- Come, and claim Thy temple, In our hearts Thy home inherit:- Hymns of praise, Beyond mortal telling, "Make His praise glorious.”—Ps. lxvi. 2. Sheba, 394.] 11.11.11.11. 241 PRAISE ye Jehovah, praise the Lord most holy, Who cheers the contrite, girds with strength the weak; Praise Him who will with glory crown the lowly, And with salvation beautify the meek. 2 Praise ye the Lord for all His loving-kindness, And all the tender mercy He hath shown; Praise Him who pardons all our sin and blindness, And calls us sons, and marks us for His own. 3 Praise ye Jehovah, source of all our blessing, Before His gifts earth's richest boons are dim; Resting in Him, His peace and joy possessing, All things are ours, for we have all in Him." 4 Praise ye the Father, God the Lord, who gave us, With full and perfect love, His only Son; Praise ye the Son, who died Himself to save us; Praise ye the Spirit, praise the Three in One. "Shout unto God with the voice of triumph." [RINCKART; tr.by C. WINKWORTH. 242 NOW thank we all our God, With heart, and hands, and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, 2 O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, In this world and the next. 3 All praise and thanks to God Whom earth and heaven adore, "Glory to God in the highest."-Luke ii. 14. Seraphim, 448.] 109.109.10 108.10 108. [W. TIDD MATSON. 243 GLORY, glory to God in the Highest! Angels in chorus joyfully cry; Glory, glory to God in the Highest! Trembling and weak our voices reply. Fain would we echo their anthem above, Fain would we sing to the Fountain of love. Glory to God in the Highest! What though but feebly our accents arise, Deigning to hearken, He bends from the skies, Glory to God in the Highest ! 2 Glory, glory to God in the Highest! Bright-beaming stars of midnight proclaim; Glory, glory to God in the Highest! 3 All nature peals forth in praise to His name, Loud His creation still ceaseless prolongs, Glory, glory to God in the Highest! Joining the choir, our tribute we bring; Glory, glory to God in the Highest! Mortals break silence, gratefully sing; Reigning in majesty, throned above, Spread through creation, His grandeur we trace, Only in man He revealeth His grace, Glory to God in the Highest! "Jesus Christ. . . the faithful Witness, the firstbegotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth."-Rev. i. 5. Emmanuel, 465.] 244 PRAISE to the Holiest in the height, 2 Oh, loving wisdom of our God! 3 Oh, wisest love! that flesh and blood, Should strive afresh against their foe, 4 And that a higher gift than grace 5 Oh, generous love! that He, who smote 6 And in the garden secretly, Should teach His brethren and inspire 7 Praise to the Holiest in the height, The Lord Jesus Christ. HIS ADVENT. "Unto us a Child is born."-Isa. ix. 6. Altorf, 382.] 8.3.3.6. [GERHARDT, tr. by c. WINKWORTH. 245 AL Sweetest angel voices; "Christ is born!" their choirs are singing, Till the air, everywhere Now with joy is ringing. 2 For it dawns, the promised morrow 3 Hark! a voice from yonder manger, 4 Come, then, let us hasten yonder; "I heard the voice of many angels."-Rev. v. 11. Noel, 431.] C.M. [E. H. SEARS, 246 IT came upon the midnight clear That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth |