3. HARK! a thrilling voice is sounding;
"CHRIST is nigh!" it seems to say,
"Cast away the dreams of darkness, "O ye children of the day!"
Waken'd by the solemn warning, Let the earth-bound soul arise; CHRIST, our Sun, all gloom dispelling, Shines upon the morning skies.
Lo! the Lamb, so long expected, Comes with pardon down from Heaven; Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all to be forgiven.
So when next He comes with glory, Wrapping all the earth in fear, May He with His mercy shield us, And with words of love draw near!
Honour, glory, might, and blessing To the FATHER and the SON, With the Everlasting SPIRIT, While eternal ages run.
HE Advent of our King
4. Our prayers must now employ,
And we must hymns of welcome sing In strains of holy joy.
The Everlasting SON Incarnate deigns to be;
Himself a servant's form puts on, To set His servants free.
Daughter of Sion, rise
To meet thy lowly King; Let not thy faithless heart despise The peace He comes to bring.
AS JUDGE on clouds of light He soon will come again, And His true members all unite With Him in Heaven to reign.
Before that dawning Day Let sin's dark deeds be gone; The old man all be put away, The new man all put on.
All glory to the SON,
Who comes to set us free, With FATHER, SPIRIT, ever ONE, Through all eternity. Amen.
5. Shakes the Jordan; Let the wakening eye and ear Welcome the great harbinger.
O! the Baptist's herald-cry
Earth, and sea, and listening sky, Wait their Maker;
And, throughout the mighty womb, Feel the Jubilee is come.
Let us cast the way on high For His coming;
Cleanse the heart, and make it meet For His heaven-descended feet.
JESU, Strength, and Solace nigh, And Salvation !
Without Thee, like withering grass; Man doth into nothing pass.
Unto us, who pine and die, Stretch forth Thy hand;
Earth shall break her wintry trance At Thy blissful countenance.
Praise to Him Who comes from high,
Praise to FATHER, SPIRIT, SON,
Never ending, ne'er begun. Amen.
6. COME! O come! Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel;
That mourns in lowly exile here, Until the Son of GOD appear! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Is born for thee, O Israel!
O come! Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save, And give them victory o'er the grave! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Is born for thee, O Israel!
O come! Thou Day-Spring come! draw nigh, And give us comfort from on high! Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, And death's dark shadows put to flight! Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Is born for thee, O Israel!
O come! Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Is born for thee, O Israel!
O come! O come! Thou LORD of Might! Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height, In ancient times didst give the Law, In cloud and majesty and awe!
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Is born for thee, O Israel! Amen.
COME, all ye faithful, Joyfully triumphing;
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem ; Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, CHRIST the LORD.
GOD of GOD,
LIGHT of LIGHT;
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb;
Begotten, not created:
O come, let us adore Him, &c.
Sing, choirs of Angels,
Sing in exultation,
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