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ARK! a thrilling voice is sounding; "CHRIST is nigh!" it seems to say, "Cast away the dreams of darkness, "O ye children of the day!"

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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.

4. Our prayers must now employ,

HE Advent of our King

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;

O! the Baptist's herald-cry

Let the wakening eye and ear
Welcome the great harbinger.

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,

Our Deliverer;

Praise to FATHER, SPIRIT, SON,

Never ending, ne'er begun. Amen.

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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.

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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;

Very GOD,

Begotten, not created:

O come, let us adore Him, &c.

Sing, choirs of Angels,

Sing in exultation,

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