4. But they who to their childhood cling, 5. But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow e'er shall dim, In perfect trust to come to Him. To that sweet Life which is the Law. 7. So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, 8. And they who do their souls no wrong, But keep at eve the faith of morn, Shall daily hear the angel-song, "To-day the Prince of Peace is born!" 109. I. Hymns on the Encarnation. God in Man. J. R. Lowell. GOD! Thou in Thy love dost make L.M. 110. I. To share with us the griefs of life, 2. Thou in our very flesh dost come, 3. There's not an hour of life below, So high our nature lift with Thine, AND art Thou come with us to dwell, Our Prince, our Guide, our Love, our Lord; And is Thy name Emanuel, God present with His world restored? 2. The world is glad for Thee! the rude 111. 3. The heart is glad for Thee! it knows In triumph o'er the grieving thorn. Is light, is space, is breadth, and room 5. Each heart's deep instinct unconfess'd; 6. Thy reign eternal will not cease; Thy years are sure, and glad, and slow; The humblest flower hath leave to blow. 7. And with Thy guiding help we pierce Hath made its broken story plain. 8. The world is glad for Thee, the heart Dora Greenwell. Redeeming Love. I. PRAISE to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise: In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways! C.M. 112. 2. O loving wisdom of our God! 3. O wisest love! that flesh and blood, Should strive afresh against the foe, 4. O generous love! that He, who smote 5. And in the garden secretly, Should teach His brethren, and inspire To suffer and to die. 6. Praise to the Holiest in the height, 7. H. Newman. C.M. The Divine Humanity. 1. To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, And to these virtues of delight 2. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love, 3. For Mercy has a human heart; And Love, the human form divine; 4. Then every man, of every clime, 5. And all must love the human form, 1. THE The child of poverty and toil; The Man of Sorrows, born to know In earth and heaven, His Father's will; 2. The Lord is come! Dull hearts to wake, The truth which makes His servants free, Though heaven and earth shall pass away, |