2 Around the patriot's bust ye throng,
*Him ye exalt in swelling song;
For him the wreath of glory bind,
Who freed from vassalage his kind;

3 And shall not he your praises reap,
Who rescues from the iron sleep?
The great deliverer, whose breath
Unbinds the captives e'en of death?

4 Shall he, who, fellow-men to save,
Became a tenant of the grave,
Unthanked, uncelebrated rise,
Pass unremembered to the skies?

5 Christians! unite with loud acclaim
To hymn the Saviour's welcome name;
On earth extol his wondrous love;
Repeat his praise in worlds above.

HYMN 151. L. M.

Fidelity to our Saviour.

1 SHALL I forsake that heavenly Friend,
On whom my noblest hopes depend?
Forbid it, that my wandering heart
From thee, my Saviour, should depart!

2 First let the wheels of life stand still,
Ere I forget thy gracious will;
Ere I submit to guilty shame,
And bring dishonor on thy name.

3 Faithful to thee and to thy laws,
With zeal would I maintain thy cause,
The cause of truth and righteousness,
Midst trial, suffering and distress.

4 If e'er I'm called t' encounter death
For thee, may I resign my breath,
And reap, at last, the bright reward
Which waits the servants of the Lord.

6

HYMN 152. L. M.

This do in Remembrance of Me.-1 Cor. xi. 24.

1 EAT, drink, in memory of your friend!' Such was our Master's last request; Who all the pangs of death endured, That we might live for ever blest.

2 Yes, we'll record thy matchless love,
Thou dearest, tenderest, best of friends!
Thy dying love the noblest praise
Of long eternity transcends.

3 'Tis pleasure more than earth can give
Thy goodness through these veils to see;
Thy table food celestial yields,
And happy they who sit with thee!

HYMN 153. C. M.

Brotherly Kindness, from the Precept and Example of Christ.

1 YE followers of the Prince of peace,
Who round his table draw !
Remember what his spirit was,
What his peculiar law.

2 The love, which all his bosom filled,
Did all his actions guide;
Inspired by love, he lived and taught,
Inspired by love, he died.

3 And do you love him? do you Your warm affections move?

feel

This is the proof which he demands ;
That you each other love.

4 Let each the sacred law fulfil ;
Like his be every mind;

Be every temper formed by love,
And every action kind.

5 Let none who call themselves his friends, Disgrace the honored name;

But by a near resemblance prove
The title which they claim.

1

HYMN 154. P. M.

Angels proclaiming the Birth of Christ.

No war nor battle's sound,

Was heard the world around,

No hostile chiefs to furious combat ran;
But peaceful was the night,

In which the Prince of light

His reign of peace upon the earth began.

2 The shepherds on the lawn,
Before the point of dawn,

In social circle sat, while all around
The gentle fleecy brood,

Or cropped the flowery food,

Or slept, or sported on the verdant ground.

3 When lo! with ravished ears,
Each swain delighted hears

Sweet music, offspring of no mortal hand;
Divinely warbled voice,

Answering the stringed noise,

With blissful rapture charmed the listening band.

4 They saw a glorious light

Burst on their wondering sight; Harping in solemn quire, in robes arrayed, The helmed cherubim

And sworded seraphim

Are seen in glittering ranks, with wings displayed.

5

Sounds of so sweet a tone

Before were never known,

But when of old the sons of morning sung,
While God disposed in air

Each constellation fair,

And the well-balanced world on hinges hung.

6 Hail, hail, auspicious morn! The Saviour Christ is born:

(Such was th' immortal seraphs' song sublime) Glory to God in heaven!

To man sweet peace be given, Sweet peace and friendship to the end of time!

HYMN 155. C. M.

For Christmas Day.-Luke ii. 8—15.

1 ON Judah's plains as shepherds sat,
Watching their flocks by night,
The angel of the Lord appeared,
Clad in celestial light.

2 Awe-struck the vision they regard,
Appalled with trembling fear;
When thus a cherub-voice divine
Breathed sweetly on their ear:

3Shepherds of Judah! cease your fears,
And calm your troubled mind;
Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.