ever be tide, The prom-ise as -sures us, "The Lord will pro-vide." 195 1 Though troubles assail, and dangers affright, 2 When Satan appears to stop up our path, And fills us with fears, we triumph by faith; He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried, The heart-cheering promise, "The Lord will provide." 3 No strength of our own, nor goodness we claim ; In this our strong tower for safety we hide; 1 O worship the King, all glorious above, 2 O, tell of his might, and sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy, space; 3 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, 1. Mortals, a wake, with an-gels join, And chant the solemn lay; 2 That awful Word, that sovereign Power 2 Glory to God, who dwells on high, By whom the worlds were made O happy morn! illustrious hour!- 3 Then shone almighty power and love, And sent his only Son To take a servant's form and die For evils we had done! 3 Good-will to men! ye fallen race! Arise, and shout for joy! He comes, with rich abounding grace, To save, and not destroy. 1. Calm on the listening ear of night, Come heaven's me-lo - dious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains, Her silver-mantled plains. 1 To us a Child of hope is born; To us a Son is given; |: Him shall the tribes of earth obey, Him all the hosts of heaven. :|| 2 His name shall be the Prince of peace, Forevermore adored; |: The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The great and mighty Lord. :|| 3 His power, increasing, still shall spread; His reign no end shall know; : Justice shall guard his throne of love, And peace abound below. :|| 4 To us a Child of hope is born; To us a Son is given; : The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The mighty Lord of heaven. :|| J. MORRISTON. 3 "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. :|| 4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find To human view displayed, 204 |: The angel of the Lord came down, 1 As shadows cast by cloud and sun 2 And as the years, an endless host, The brightest names that earth can boast Just glisten and are gone. Yet doth the star of Bethlehem shed A luster pure and sweet; And still it leads, as once it led, To the Messiah's feet. 2 "Fear not," said he-for mighty dread 4 O Father, may that holy star Had seized their troubled mind : Glad tidings of great joy I bring, To you and all mankind. :|| Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light. W. C. BRYANT, |