3 See how the vales and meadows stand arrayed,
Clothed in azure, and bedeck'd with flowers,
Cowslips and daisies with the purple violet,
Blooming with fragrance.

4 See all the trees put on their leafy honours,
Waving with grandeur, when the gentle zephyrs
Floating with sweetness, fanning all their branches
With gentle breezes.

5 Hark! how the groves resound with cheerful music, Hark! the sweet songsters on the boughs rejoicing, Tuning their voices with melodious accents

In sweetest chorus.

6 All nature smiles amid the gay creation : When such bright scenes of beauty now approaches, The loves and graces in their softest accents

Breathe forth sweet music.

7 If such delights from the gay decorations
Of smiling spring and a few op'ning flowers,
Whose short-liv'd glories soon are gone and blasted,
Their beauty fading:

8 Say then, ye ransom'd, and sing forth the grandeur
Of spring immortal, when the great Arch-Angel
With his shrill trumpet bursts the gloomy mansions
Of the redeemed.

9 Then the vile body which for many ages
Has slept in silence, turn'd to foul corruption,
Quick as a thought awakes to life eternal,

Sparkling with brightness.

10 Then shall the mortal put

se sad commmortal,
Cloth'd in whitend we are one? cend. to Jesus,
Our God is faithful to his saints.ne of glory,
Is faithful to his Son. et welcome.

3 Beneath his smiles my hearestial chorus echoes
And part of heav'en, when all the mighty seraphs
I'll praise him for hin accents so melodious
And trust him fShout the Redeemer.

HYMN 429. P. M.

Salvation to God and the Lamb.

REJOICE evermore, with angels above,

In Jesus's power in Jesus's love!

With glad exultation your triumph proclaim,
Ascribing salvation to God and the Lamb.

2 Thou, Lord, our relief in trouble hast been ;

Hast sav'd us from grief, hast sav'd us from sin;
The power of thy Spirit can set our hearts free;
And we shall inherit all fulness in thee.

3 All fulness of peace, all fulness of joy,
And spiritual bliss that never can cloy;
To us it is given in Jesus to know,
A kingdom of heaven, a heaven below.

Jésus, who is the Christ.

NOME, O thou universal good!

COM

Balm of the wounded conscience, come !

The hungry, dying spirit's food!

The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home;
Haven to take the shipwreck'd in,

My everlasting rest from sin!

2 Come, O my comfort and delight!

My strength, and health, and shield, and sun;
My boast, my confidence, and might,
My joy, my glory, and my crown;
My gospel-hope, my calling's prize,
My tree of life, my paradise.

C. M.

HYMN 431. C.

Christ's Invitation.

THE Saviour calls! let ev'ry ear

THE

Attend the heavenly sound!

Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fears!
Hope smiles reviving, round.

2 For ev'ry thirsty, longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow;
And life, and health, and bliss impart
To banish mortal woe.

3 There springs of sacred pleasure rise
To ease your ev'ry pain;
Immortal fountain! full supplies!

Nor shall you thirst in vain.

4 Ye sinners, come, 'tis mercy's voice;
The gracious call obey;
Mercy invites to heavenly joys,
And can you yet delay ?

5 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;
To thee let sinners fly,

And take the bliss thy love imparts,
And drink, and never die.

HYMN 432. L. M.

The Gospel Feast. Luke xiv. 17, 18, 21, 23.
NOME, sinners, to the gospel feast,
Let ev'ry soul be Jesus' guest;

Ye need not one be left behind,

For God hath bidden all mankind.

2" Have me excus'd!" why will you say?
From health, and life, and liberty;
From all that is in Jesus giv'n,

From pardon, holiness, and heaven.

3 Come then, ye souls, by sin oppress'd, Ye weary wand'rers after rest,

Ye

poor and maimed, halt and blind,
In Christ an hearty welcome find.
4 See him set forth before your eyes!
Behold the bleeding sacrifice!

His boundless love doth all embrace,
We freely now are sav'd by grace.

5 Ye, who believe his record true,
Shall sup with him, and be with you;
Come to the feast, you're sav'd from sin,
And Jesus waits to take you in.

HYMN 433. P. M.

An Heir of Salvation bora.

AWAY with our fears! the glad morning appears

When an heir of salvation was born;

From Jehovah I came, his glory I am,
And to him I with singing return.

2 Thou, Jesus, alone, art the Fountain I own
Of my life and felicity here,

I cheerfully sing my Redeemer and King
Till his sign in the heavens appear.

3 O, th' infinite cares, and temptations and snares
That thy hand hath conducted me through!
O, th' blessings bestow'd by a bountiful God,
And the mercies eternally new !

What mercy is this! what a heaven of bliss!
How unspeakably happy am I !

Brought into the fold, with thy people enroll'd,
With thy people to live and to die.

5 O the goodness of God, employing a clod,
We his tribute of glory will raise!

His standard to bear, and his triumph declare,
His unspeakable riches of grace.

6 All honour and praise to the Fountain of
To the Spirit and Son I return!

grace,

The business pursue, he hath made me to do,
And rejoice that I ever was born.

7 In raptures of joy all my life I'll employ
And the God of my life will proclaim;
I'm living for this, to administer bliss
And salvation in Jesus's name.

8 My remnant of days I will spend in his praise

Who was sent the whole world to redeem ; My days are his due, be they many or few, And they all are devoted to him.

HYMN 434. P. M.

Christ's Nativity. Luke ii. 8--20.

S shepherds in Jewry were guarding their sheep,
Promiscuously seated, estranged from sleep,
An angel from heaven presented to view,
And thus be accosted the wondering few :
"Dispel all your sorrows, and banish your fears,
For Jesus, your Saviour, in Jewry appears.

2 Though Adam the first in rebellion was found,
Forbidden to tarry on hallowed ground;
Yet Adam the second appears to retrieve
The loss you sustain'd by the devil and Eve.
Then, shepherds, be tranquil, this instant arise,
Go visit your Saviour, and see where he lies.
3 A token I leave you, whereby you may find
This heav'nly Stranger, this Friend to mankind:
A manger 's his cradle, a stall his abode,

The oxen are near him, and gaze on your God.
Then, shepherds, be humble, be meek, and lie low,
For Jesus your Saviour 's abundantly so."

4 This wonderous story scarce cool'd on the ear When thousands of angels in glory appear;

They join in loud concert, and this was the theme, "All glory to God and good-will towards men." Then, shepherds, strike in, join your voice to the choir, And catch a few sparks of celestial fire.

5" Hosanna!" the angels in ecstacy cry;
"Hosanna!" the wondering shepherds reply;
"Salvation, redemption, are center'd in one!
All glory to God for the birth of his Son;
Then, shepherds, adieu, we commend you to God,
Go visit the Son in his humble abode.'

6 To Bethlehem city the shepherds repair'd,

For full confirmation of what they had heard ;
They enter'd the stable with aspect so mild,
And there they beheld the mother and child.
Then make proclamation, divulge it abroad,
That gentle and simple may hear of the Lord.