2 Born of eternity, its rays
A glory shed on human ways;
Its brightness chases night away,
And kindles darkness into day.
3 O Jesus! brightest Morning Star!
This earth illumine near and far,
That all men in these latter days
May know thee, and proclaim thy praise.
1 WAKE the song of jubilee;
Let it echo o'er the sea!
Now is come the promised hour;
Jesus reigns with sovereign power!
2 Now the desert lands rejoice,
And the islands join their voice;
Yea, the whole creation sings, -
Jesus is the King of kings!
3 He shall reign from pole to pole,
With supreme, unbounded sway;
He shall reign, when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens have passed away!
4 Hallelujah! for the Lord
God Omnipotent shall reign!
Hallelujah! let the word
Echo round the earth and main!
EVENTS IN CHRIST'S MINISTRY.
1 SEE, from on high, a light divine
On Jesus' head descend!
And hear the sacred voice from heaven,
That bids us all attend.
2 "This is my well-beloved Son,"
Proclaimed the voice divine;
"Hear him," his Heavenly Father said,
"For all his words are mine."
3 His mission thus confirmed from heaven, The great Messiah came,
And heavenly wisdom showed to man
In God his Father's name.
4 The path of heavenly peace he showed,
That leads to bliss on high;
Where all his faithful followers here
Shall live, no more to die.
1 MESSIAH Lord! who, wont to dwel
In lowly shape and cottage cell,
Didst not refuse a guest to be
At Cana's poor festivity,-
2 O, when our soul from care is free,
Then, Saviour, would we think on thee;
And, seated at the festal board,
In fancy's eye behold the Lord.
3 Then may we seem, in fancy's ear,
Thy manna-dropping tongue to hear,
And think,"If now his searching view
Each secret of our spirit knew!"
4 So may such joy, chastised and pure,
Beyond the bounds of earth endure
Nor pleasure in the wounded mind
Shall leave a rankling sting behind.
1 AROUND Bethesda's healing wave,
Waiting to hear the rustling wing,
Which spoke the angel nigh, who gave
Its virtue to that holy spring,
With patience and with hope endued,
Were seen the gathered multitude.
2 Bethesda's pool has lost its power!
No angel, by his glad descent,
Dispenses that diviner dower,
Which with its healing waters went.
But he, whose word surpassed its wave,
Is still omnipotent to save.
3 Saviour! thy love is still the same
As when that healing word was spoke;
Still in thine all-redeeming name
Dwells power to burst the strongest yoke
O, be that power, that love displayed,
Help those whom thou alone canst aid!
1 O'ER the dark wave of Galilee
The gloom of twilight gathers fast,
And on the waters drearily
Descends the fitful evening blast.
2 The weary bird hath left the air,
And sunk into his sheltered nest;
The wandering beast has sought his lair,
And laid him down to welcome rest.
3 Still, near the lake, with weary tread,
Lingers a form of human kind;
And on his lone, unsheltered head
Flows the chill night-damp of the wind.
4 Why seeks he not a home of rest?
Why seeks he not a pillowed bed?
Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest;
He hath not where to lay his head.
5 Such was the lot he freely chose,
To bless, to save the human race;
And through his poverty there flows
A rich, full stream of heavenly grace.
1 RIDE on, ride on in majesty!
Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry!
Thy humble beast pursues his road,
With palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die!
O Christ! thy triumphs now begin,
O'er captive death and conquered sin.
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The winged squadrons of the sky
Look down with sad and wondering eyes,
To see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh;
The Father on his sapphire throne
Expects his own anointed Son!
1 As Jesus sought his wandering sheep,
With weary toil oppressed,
He came to Martha's lowly roof,
A loved and honored guest.
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