Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee

High on Thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the power and glory;
Make Thy righteous sentence known!

O come quickly!

Claim the kingdom for Thine own! Amen.

BEFORE THE LITANY as on the First Sunday in Advent, p. 26. EVENING as on the First Sunday in Advent, p. 24.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

MORNING, and through the week.

When Christ the Lord would come on earth

His messenger before Him went;

The greatest born of mortal birth

And charged with words of deep intent.

The least of all that here attend

Hath honour greater far than he;
He was the Bridegroom's joyful friend,
His body and His spouse are we.

A higher race, the sons of light,
Of water and the Spirit born;
He the last star of parting night,

And we the children of the morn.

And as he boldly spake Thy word

And joyed to hear the Bridegroom's voice,
Thus may Thy pastors teach, O Lord,
And thus Thy listening church rejoice.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

The God whom heaven and earth adore, Be glory as it was of old,

Is now, and shall be evermore! Amen.

BEFORE THE LITANY as on the First Sunday in Advent, p. 26. EVENING as on the First Sunday, p. 24.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

MORNING, and until Christmas Day.

Hark! the glad sound! the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,

And every voice a song.

He comes the prisoners to release

In Satan's bondage held;

The gates of brass before Him break,
The iron fetters yield.

He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The wounded soul to cure,

And with the tidings of his grace
To enrich the humble poor.

Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim;
And heaven's exalted arches ring

With Thy beloved Name. Amen.

BEFORE THE LITANY as on the First Sunday in Advent, p. 26. EVENING as on the First Sunday, p. 24, until Christmas Eve.

CHRISTMAS EVE.

EVENING.

While shepherds watched their flocks by night,

All seated on the ground,

The Angel of the Lord came down

And glory shone around:

"Fear not," said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind;

"Glad tidings of great joy I bring you and all mankind;

To

"To you in David's town, this day,

Is born, of David's line,

The Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:

“The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed,

All meanly wrapt in swathing-bands,
And in a manger laid."

Thus spake the Seraph, and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:

"All glory be to God on high,

And to the earth be peace;

Good will henceforth from Heaven to men Begin, and never cease!"

Jesu, the Virgin-mother's Son,

To Thee all glory be,

With Father, Spirit, Three in One,
Through all eternity. Amen.

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And until the Epiphany, except when there are other Proper Hymns.

MORNING.

From far sunrise at early morn
To earth's remotest ring,

Of Mary, Virgin-mother, born,
We carol Christ our King.

Lo the great Maker of the world,
Lord of eternal years,

To save His creatures veiled beneath
A creature's form appears.

A manger scantly strewn with hay
Becomes the Eternal's bed,

And He Who feeds each smallest bird
Himself with milk is fed.

The heavenly hosts His birth-day keep,
The angels round Him sing,

The shepherds view with wonder deep
Earth's Shepherd, Lord, and King.

Jesu, the Virgin-mother's Son,

To Thee all glory be,

With Father, Spirit, Three in One,

Through all eternity. Amen.