Coming! In the opening East
Herald brightness slowly swells;
Coming! O my glorious Priest!
Hear we not Thy golden bells?
2 Thou art coming, Thou art coming,
We shall meet Thee on Thy way;
We shall see Thee, we shall know Thee,
We shall bless Thee, we shall show Thee,
All our hearts could never say.
What an anthem that will be !
Ringing out our love for Thee;
Pouring out our rapture sweet,
At Thine own all-glorious feet.
3 Thou art coming; at Thy table
We are witnesses for this;
While remembering hearts Thou meetest,
In communion, clearest, sweetest,
Earnest of our coming bliss;
Showing not Thy death alone,
And Thy love exceeding great;
But Thy coming and Thy throne,
All for which we long and wait.
4 Oh! the joy to see Thee reigning,
Thee, my own beloved Lord!
Every tongue Thy name confessing,
Worship, honour, glory, blessing,
Brought to Thee with one accord;
Thee, my Master and my Friend,
Vindicated and enthroned,
Unto earth's remotest end,
Glorified, adored, and owned!
"I am the bright and morning star."-REV. xxii. 16. "The Light of the world."-JOHN viii. 12.
S with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright !
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore be led to Thee.
2 As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly manger bed;
There to bend the knee before
Him whom heaven and earth adore;
So may we with willing feet
Ever seek the mercy-seat.
3 As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger rude and bare;
So may we with holy joy,
Pure, and free from sin's alloy,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ! to Thee, our heavenly King.
4 Holy Jesus, every day
Keep us in the narrow way;
And when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds Thy glory hide.
5 In the heavenly country bright
Need they no created light;
Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown,
Thou its Sun which goes not down;
There for ever may we sing
Alleluias to our King. ·
BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the
'Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2 Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining, Low lies His head with the beasts of the
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all! 3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odours of Edom, and offerings divine; Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?
4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;
Vainly with gifts would His favour secure; Richer by far is the heart's adoration,
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid! Star of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
GOD of mercy! God of grace!
Show the brightness of Thy face;
Shine upon us, Saviour! shine,
Fill thy Church with light divine;
And Thy saving health extend
Unto earth's remotest end.
2 Let the people praise Thee, Lord!
Be by all that live adored;
Let the nations shout and sing
Glory to their Saviour King;
At Thy feet their tribute pay,
And Thy holy will obey.
3 Let the people praise Thee, Lord!
Earth shall then her fruits afford;
God to man His blessing give,
Man to God devoted live;
All below, and all above,
One in joy and light and love.
1 TIGHT of the lonely pilgrim's heart !
I star of the coming day!
Arise! and with thy morning beam
Chase all our griefs away!
2 Come, blessed Lord! let every shore
And answering island sing
The praises of Thy royal name,
And own Thee as their King!
3 Bid the whole earth, responsive now
To the bright world above,
Break forth in rapturous strains of joy
In memory of Thy love!
4 Jesus! Thy fair creation groans,
The air-the earth-the sea-
In unison with all our hearts,
And calls aloud for Thee.
5 Thine was the cross, with all its fruits
Of grace and peace divine;
Be Thine the crown of glory now,
The palm of victory Thine!
1 LIGHT of the world, we hail Thee
Flushing the eastern skies,
Never shall darkness veil Thee
Again from human eyes;
Too long, alas, withholden,
Now spread from shore to shore,
Thy light, so glad, and golden,
Shall set on earth no more.
2 Light of the world, Thy beauty
Steals into every heart,
And glorifies with duty
Life's poorest, humblest part;
Thou robest in Thy splendour
The simple ways of men,
And helpest them to render
Light back to Thee again.
3 Light of the world, before Thee
Our spirits prostrate fall;
We worship, we adore Thee,
Thou Light, the life of all.
With Thee is no forgetting
Of all Thine hand hath made,
Thy rising hath no setting,
Thy sunshine hath no shade.
4 Light of the world, illumine
This darkened land of Thine,
Till everything that's human
Be filled with light divine;
Till every tongue, and nation,
From sin's dominion free,
Shall rise a new creation,
Of love and purity.
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