2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber 3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us; 4 Yet again we hope to meet thee, Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, 149 7 & 6s. M. C. WESLEY. Adieu to a Departed Christian Friend. 1 FAREWELL, thou once a mortal, 2 The Author of thy being Hath summoned thee away; 3 With those that went before thee, Who shine in sacred story, Thy soul hath found its place. 4 Acquainted with their sadness, Thou sharest now their gladness, 5 No loss of friends shall grieve thee; That-we alone must bear ; They cannot, cannot leave thee, 6 From all thy care and sorrow And we shall mount to-morrow, 150 Feasts and Fasts. 7s. M. BOWRING. For Advent or Christmas. 1 WATCHMAN! tell us of the night; 2 Watchman! tell us of the night; See! it bursts o'er all the earth, 151 3 Watchman! tell us of the night, C. M. ANONYMOUS. Christmas Pymn. 1 CALM on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strains, 2 Celestial choirs, from courts above, And angels, with their sparkling lyres, 3 The answering hills of Palestine And greet, from all their holy heights, 4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, 152 5 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies 6 Light on thy hills, Jerusalem! And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains 1 HARK! what mean those holy voices, 2 Listen to the wond'rous story, Glory be to God most high!” 3 Peace on earth, good-will from heaven, 4 "Christ is born, the great anointed; |