1.0 little town of Beth-le-hem, How still we see thee lie! A-bove thy deep and 2. For Christ is born of Ma ry; And gath-ered all above, While mortals sleep, the 3. How si-lently, how silent-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 Charles Wesley. 1. Love divine, all love ex-cell-ing, Joy of heav'n, to earth come downl $ Fix in us Thy hum - ble dwell-ing; All Thy faith - ful mer cies crown. D. S.-Visit us with Thy salvation, Enter ev 'ry trembling heart! Jesus, Thou art all com-pas-sion, Pure, un-bound-ed love Thou art; 2 Breathe, oh, breathe Thy loving Spirit Into every troubled breast! Let us all in Thee inherit, Let us find the promised rest. Alpha and Omega be; End of faith, as its beginning, No. 271. The Son of God Goes Forth to War. John Zundel. FINE. D. S. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, H. S. Cutler. 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 o -ver pain, Who pa-tient bears his cross below, -He follows in His train. midst of mor-tal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train? li - on's gory mane; They bowed their heads the stroke to feel: Who follows in their train? No. 272. George W. Doane. Fling Out the Banner. J. B. Calkin. 1. Fling out the ban-ner! let it float Sky-ward and sea-ward, high and wide; 2. Fling out the ban-ner! an-gels bend In anx-ious silence o'er the sign; 5. Fling out the ban-ner! let it float Sky-ward and sea-ward, high and wide, The sun, that lights its shin - ing folds, The cross, on which the Sav - ior died. com- pre-hend The wonder of the love di-vine. to be born, Baptize their spir - its in its light. radiant hem, And spring immortal in the cross; Our on ly hope, the in - to life. Crucified! |