A-bove thy deep and 1.0 little town of Beth-le-hem, How still we see thee lie! 2. For Christ is born of Ma ry; And gath-ered all above, While mortals sleep, the 3. How si-lent - ly, how si-lent-ly The wondrous gift is giv'n! So God im-parts to 4. 0 holy Child of Beth-le-hem, De-scend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and No. 270. Love Divine. Charles Wesley. John Zundel. 1. Love divine, all love ex-cell-ing, Joy of heav'n, to earth come downl Fix in us Thy humble dwell-ing; All Thy faithful D.S.-Visit us with Thy sal va- tion, En- ter ev'ry mer - cies crown. trem - bling heart! D. S. Jesus, Thou art all com-pas-sion, Pure, un-bound - ed love Thou art; 2 Breathe, oh, breathe Thy loving Spirit Let us find the promised rest. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, Never more Thy temples leave: Serve Thee as Thy hosts above, Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing, Glory in Thy perfect love! No. 271. The Son of God Goes Forth to War. 1. The Son of God goes forth to war, A king-ly crown to gain; His blood-red ban-ner 2. That martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave; Who saw his Mas-ter 8. A no-ble band, the chosen few On whom the Spir-it came; Twelve valiant saints, their The Son of God Goes Forth to War. streams a - far: Who fol-lows in His train? Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triin the sky, And called on Him to save. Like Him, with pardon on his tongue, In hope they knew,And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The umphant over pain, Who pa-tient bears his cross below,-He follows in His train. No. 272. George W. Doane. Fling Out the Banner. J. B. Calkin. 1. Fling out 2. Fling out 3. Fling out 4. Fling out 5. Fling out the ban-ner! let it float Sky-ward and sea - ward, high and wide; glo-rious sight, in the strife, |