Praise him for all the mighty acts, With which our praise should equal run. Ye who the breath of life enjoy, That breath he does to you afford, In just returns of praise employ: Let ev'ry creature praise the Lord. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heav'n and earth adore; Be glory, as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. HYMNS FOR PARTICULAR OCCASIONS. Advent. HYMN I.-P. M.) HOSANNA to the living Lord! Hosanna to th' Incarnate Word! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, Hosanna sing! Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna, Lord! thine angels cry; Hosanna, Lord! thy saints reply; Above, beneath us, and around, The dead and living swell the sound. Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! O Saviour! with protecting care, Return to this thy house of prayer: Assembled in thy sacred name, We here thy parting promise claim! Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, Bid thine eternal Spirit rest, And make our secret soul to be A temple pure, and worthy thee! Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! So in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heav'n shall melt away, Thy flock, redeem'd from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again. Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest! HYMN II.-(C. M.) HARK, the glad sound! the Saviour comes, He comes, the pris'ners to release, The gates of brass before Him break, He comes to bind the broken heart, Our glad Hosannas, Prince of Peace, HYMN III.-(P. M.) GREAT God, what do I see and hear, The trumpet sounds, the graves restore I see the dead in Christ arise, On those prepar'd to meet him! HYMN IV. (L. M.) THE Lord will come! the earth shall quake, The bruis'd, the suff'ring, and the dead: Can this be He, who wont to stray While sinners to the rocks complain, HYMN V. (L. M.) THE day of wrath, that dreadful day HYMN VI.-(P. M.) HARK! the herald angels sing, Pleas'd as man with men to dwell; Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and Life to all he brings, G |