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Run, hide thyself, my soul, within Thy bleeding Saviour's out-stretch'd

arms.

3 When lawcondemns,andjustice cries
For dreadful vengeance without end,
To Jesus then I turn my eyes;
He tells me, he will stand my friend.

4 God on these terms is reconcil'd,
And I his gracious heart have won:
Now I am deem'd his favor'd child,
In Jesus his beloved Son.

5 What can be laid unto my charge? When God saith," Freely I forgive!" Tho' Satan on my crimes enlarge, Christ saith, I shall not die, but live.

6 The curses which the law of God
Pronounc'd o'er me, he freely bore;
I'm now, by faith in Jesus' blood,
Acquitted of sin's dreadful score.

7 Awaythen doubts and anxious fears!
Be silent all my needless sighs;
My Saviour wipes away my tears,
O'er sin and death I conqu'ror rise.

8 Jesus! be endless praise to thee,
Let sinners loud thy lauds proclaim;
Of old their sins could pardon'd be,
And Jesus always is the same:

III. Of the Incarnation

30.* T. 97. JESUS, th' almighty Son of God, Takes up with mortals his abode; He who was sworn to Abraham, Whoever was and is the same, [veal'd, Came in due time and mysteries reWhich from the world's foundation were conceal'd.

2 We, dead in sins and trespasses, The narrow way to life and peace Had neither will nor pow'r to find; Nor were our stubborn hearts inclin'd

29. T. 580. ARISE, ye who are captive led, Complain no more, forChrist our Head From sin can set you free: Redemption Jesus freely gives, Repenting sinners he receives, He came to save both thee and me. 2 He meekly all our sorrows bore, Us fallen sinners to restore

To life and liberty: For us he suffer'd deep distress, Was without form or comeliness; O depth of love! O mystery! 3 Th'almighty Judge condemnedwas, That heby death might gain our cause;

The Prince of life was slain : And since he suffer'd in our stead, We need no condemnation dread, Eternal life in him we gain.

4 The Holy One, made sin for us, Was nail'd to the accursed cross,

And shed his precious blood; Thus he obtain'd a righteousness For all who mourn for pard'ning grace, Thro'Jesuswe have peacewithGod! 5 Rejoice, O heav'ns, and earth reply! With praise, ye sinners, fill the sky,

All grace his death procures ; Your woes to blessings he will change, You in his children's order range, Thro' him eternal life is

yours.

and Birth of Jesus Christ.

Towish,or ask, that happiness to know, Which love alone on sinners could bestow.

3 Then Love brake forth, "Behold me "Prepar'd, O God, to do thywill! [still "I freely come, I freely die, "For guilty man to satisfy;

"I in his stead will hang upon the tree, "From sin, and death, and hell to set him free."

4 And thus, to save our souls from guilt, Our Surety's precious bloodwas spilt;

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To God we render thanks and praise,
Who pity'd mankind's fallen race,
And gave his dear and only Son,
That us, as children, he might own.
2What grace, what great benevolence!
What love, surpassing human sense!
For this great work, no angel can
Him duly praise, much less a man.
3 The Word eternal did assume
Our flesh and blood,and man become;
The First and Last with wonder see
Partake of human misery.

4 He came to seek and save the lost;
We sinn'd, and he would bear the cost,
That we might share eternal bliss;
O what unbounded love was this!
5 For what is all the human race,
That God should show such matchless
grace,

To give his Son, that we might claim Life everlasting in his name.

6 How wretched they who still despise
Jesus, the Pearl of greatest price!
Such as neglect to hear his voice,
Must perish by their own free choice.

7 Unhappy those who turn away,
Or such as carelessly delay

To meet their Saviour, tho' he came
Their souls from mis'ry to reclaim.
8 Come, sinners, Jesus will receive
The worst of sinners; come and live!
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"I'll dwell with you," our Saviour saith;

Receive him in your hearts by faith.

2 Your crimes and self-made holiness,
Your carnal reason and distress
Give up, and trust to Christ alone,
Who did for all your sins atone.

10 Thus sav'd by God's unbounded grace,

You'll humbly render thanks and praise, With all the num'rous ransom'd host, To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

32. T. 590.

BEHOLD, to us a Child is born,
To us a Son is giv'n;

Unto the wretched and forlorn
Descends the Lord from heav'n:
The promis'd seed, Immanuel,
The everlasting God, [hell
Comes down to save from death and
Poor sinners by his blood.
2 Great is the hidden mystery
That God became a man!
He had from all eternity,
In mercy form'd a plan
To save from mis'ry and distress
The fallen human race;
And now the Sun of Righteousness
His healing beams displays.

3 The Father lov'd us as his own,
Tho' we from him had stray'd,
And freely gave his only Son

To suffer in our stead.
The Son in love to us, declar'd:

"I come to do God's will;" And in this fallen world appear'd,

His counsel to fulfil.

4 The Holy Ghost had long foretold
That Jesus should appear;
And thus the patriarchs of old

Did his salvation share:
Of him blest Mary did conceive,
The holy child she bore :
And he instructs us to believe
In Christ, and him adore.

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What we possess, of life and grace The Spirit hath bestow'd.

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O Love beyond all measure! Wherewith thou dost embrace

6 Come sinners, view th' incarnate | Mankind, 'midst all that pressure

Word,

Who us and all things made;
This helpless Babe is Christ the Lord,
Though in a manger laid.

For us to die is Jesus born,
Adore his saving name,
Rejoice, rejoice! for all that mourn
May his salvation claim.

33.* T. 151.

HOW shall I meet my Saviour?
How shall I welcome thee?
What manner of behaviour

Is now requir'd of me?
I wait for thy salvation,
Grant me thy Spirit's light,
Thus will my preparation
Be pleasing in thy sight.

2 While with her fragrant flowers
Thy Zion strews thy way,
I'll raise with all my powers
To thee a grateful lay:
I'll thee, the King of glory,
For thy great goodness praise,
And thankfully adore thee
Throughout my future days.
3 What hast thou not performed
From death to rescue me!
While I was so deformed

By sin and misery;
Fair gifts of my creation
Quite lost, made me despair ;
But thy blest incarnation

Brought my redemption near. 4 I lay in fetters groaning,

Thou cam'st to set me free;
My shame I was bemoaning,
With thou clothedst me;
grace
Thou raisedst me to glory,
Endowedst me with bliss,

Which since the fall takes place.

6 No sinful man's endeavor,

Nor any mortal's care,
Could draw his sov❜reign favor
To sinners in despair :
Uncall'd, he comes with gladness
Us from the fall to raise,
And change our grief and sadness
To songs of joy and praise.
7 Be not cast down, nor frighted
At sin, though e'er so great;
No! Jesus is delighted

The greatest to remit :
He comes, repenting sinners
With life and love to crown,'
And make them happy winners
Of glory like his own.

34.* T. 50.

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2 The Son of God, who fram'd the skies,
Now humbly in a manger lies;
He, who the earth's foundations laid,
A helpless infant now is made. Hal.
3 Th'eternal and almighty God
Assumes our feeble flesh and blood;
He deigns with sinful men to dwell,
Is God with us, Immanuel. Hal.

4 He is the Sun of righteousness, Which riseth with resplendent grace, And doth dispel sin's gloomy night, Thatwemayshare his savinglight.Hal. 5 To grant us pardon, peace and rest, He in this world became a guest,

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6 Fortherefore poor on earth he came,
That we might all his riches claim,
To make us heirs of glory bright,
With all the ransom'd saints in light.
Hal.

7 For us these wonders hath he wrought
To show his love, surpassing thought:
Then let us all unite to sing
Praise to our Saviour, God and King.

35.*

T. 157.

RISE my soul, shake off all sadness,
Christ is near- thee to cheer;
Angels sing with gladness:
Unto you
is born a Saviour

On this day;-don't delay
To accept God's favor.

2 Our eternal, kind Creator
Leaves his own-glorious throne,
And assumes our nature:
From perdition full exemption
To procure, and endure
Death for our redemption.

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He is come to be your Saviour,
Full of love, to remove
Guilt and curse for ever.

7 Jesus, hear my supplication,
Grant me grace-to embrace
Thee as my salvation :

Then like Simeon, (O what favor!)
I desire--to retire

Hence in peace for ever.

36. T. 166.

[spring,
Hallelujah! INFINITE Source, whence all did
Thou of all things the Head and Lord,
Thou mighty and eternal King,
Who art in heav'n and earth ador'd,
Thouwhomthe heav'ns cannot contain,
Didst deign to leave thy throne above,
To be an infant poor and mean:
O myst❜ry deep! O boundless love!
2 The cause of this, I know it well,
Was thy great love and my great woe;
I was an heir of death and hell,
This prompted thee to stoop so low;
My mis'ry mov'd the God of grace,
Who in the Father's bosom lay,
When the due time had taken place
His deep compassion to display.
3 What off'ring shall I bring to thee,
Immanuel, my King and God!
Thou who vouchsaf'st a man to be,
To save me by thy precious blood;
Thou to whom angels praises sing,
"Peace upon earth, good will to men;"
To whom the sages humbly bring
Their gifts, tho' thou appear so mean.
4 This will I do, thou Child divine!
I'll give thee that for which thou cam'st;
My soul and body, Lord, are thine,
And them in love to me thou claim'st.
My humble sacrifice receive,
Dear Jesus! born to bleed for me,
And with thee live eternally.
That I by faith in thee might live,

3 O th' amazing demonstration
Of his love, which we prove
By his incarnation!

If mankind by him were loathed,
How could he-deign to be
With our nature clothed?

4 See your Saviour in a manger;
'Midst his own,-yet unknown,
Treated like a stranger;
Tended by an earthly mother:
Him believe,—and receive,
He is Christ your Brother?

manger

lieth

5 Lo! he in the
Full of grace,-truth and peace,
Sweetly thus he crieth:

"Cease my brethren,now from grieving,
Anxiousness-and distress ;

Your loss I'm retrieving."

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37. T. 58.

6 Ye that feel quite poor and needy, Ocome andview the greatest mystery!

Come, who will,—take your fill,

All things now are ready:

He who made all the world, the seas

and sky,

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Nowis born an infant: the virgin Mary,
Upon her arms, the Lord of hosts doth
carry,
A feeble child.

2 He who prepar'd for ev'ry bird a nest
And gave the foxes holes wherein to rest,
Poverty endured, became a stranger
In his own world; then rested in a
manger
The Lord of all!

3 But why was Jesus born in poverty? Why did our Maker in a manger lie? 'Twas that he might purchase life and salvation,

And gain for us a glorious habitation In realms of bliss. 4 O Jesus Christ, thou only holy child,' How canst thou show such love to sinners spoil'd?

But since thou thus lovest, we now adore thee,

We humbly praise thy name and bow before thee, Hallelujah!

5 Thy sacred' meritorious infancy Our crown and everlasting glory be! From world, sin and Satan, keep us estranged,

Till we shall once around thy throne be ranged For evermore.

38. T. 590. COME ye redeemed of the Lord, Your grateful tribute bring, And celebrate, with one accord,

The birth of Christ our King:
Let us with humble hearts repair
(Faith will point out the road)
To little Bethlehem, and there
Adore th' incarnate God.

2 All glory to Immanuel's name
The choirs of angels sing;
Gladly these heralds peace proclaim,
Peace from our God and King:
Well might the shepherds haste away
This wond'rous Babe to see;
Well might the sages homage pay,
Before him bow the knee.

3 We too have reason to rejoice,
When we this myst'ry view,

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SINNERS, with adoration
Receive this wond'rous Child,
Who came and brought salvation,
Th' eternal Father styl'd:
Behold him with our nature drest,
Divested of his glory,

In his own world a guest.
2 With his blest incarnation
His glorious work began,
A needful preparation

For his whole future plan;
Had not his body been prepar'd,
He never could have suffer'd,
Nor we his nature shar'd.

3 Behold! laid in a manger, The Ancient of all days; Upon this heav'nly Stranger

With awe and rev'rence gaze;
He, who the world's foundation laid
Must now be fed and nourish'd
By creatures whom he made.

4 Though to his boundless mercy
No limits can be set,,
Yet without controversy

The mystery is great ;
Angels into its depths can't pry,
'Tis great, immense, stupendous ;
Jehovah, born to die!

40.* T. 169.

ARISE my spirit, bless the day
Whereon the ages' Sire

A Child became; thy homage pay,
Receive him with desire.

This is the night in which he came, Was born, and put on human frame, Us sinners to deliver

From sin and death for ever. 2 Welcome, thou Source of ev'rygood, O Jesus, King of glory!

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