45 "His name shall be called Wonderful." I mfJOIN all the glorious names That angels ever bore; All are too mean to speak His worth, 2 mf Great Prophet of my God, My tongue would bless Thy name; Of our salvation came, cres The joyful news of sins forgiven, 3 mf Jesus, my great High Priest, f His powerful blood did once atone, And now it pleads before the throne. 4 mf My dear almighty Lord, My Conqueror and my King, Of hell subdued, and peace with Heaven. dim In willing bonds beneath Thy feet. I mf SHEPHERD of tender youth, Guiding, in love and truth, Through devious ways; f Christ, our triumphant King, We come Thy name to sing, Hither our children bring, ff To shout Thy praise. 2 mf Thou art our holy Lord, The all-subduing Word, Healer of strife: Thou didst Thyself abase, That from sin's deep disgrace cres Thou mightest save our race, f And give us life. 3 mfO wisdom's great High Priest, Thou hast prepared the feast Of holy love; p While in our mortal pain, None calls on Thee in vain ; cres Help Thou dost not disdain, f Help from above. 4 mf Be ever near our side, Our Shepherd and our Guide, 5 mf So now, and till we die, And joyful sing: Infants, and the glad throng Who to Thy Church belong, cres Unite to swell the song ff To Christ our King. Amen. [night, Thine ageless love, Thy matchless grace, In Christ our Lord appearing. When such a gift God gave for thee, I mf HOW brightly shines the Morning Star! 3 mf Aid me, my God, to sing Thy praise, Jesus! God's Word! Sorrow healing, Soothe our sighing, Dry our tears, and end our dying. 2 mf My comfort here, my joy above, Man's Son, Son of the Father's love, Enthroned in highest heaven, When such a brother true is He, cres Why still, my soul, be fearing? To befriend thee 'Gainst all foes who may offend thee. 4 f To Him who conquered death and hell, To Him let joyous anthems swell cres With my whole heart Thy praise I sing ; cres Trusting, clinging, Come I bringing cres Soul and spirit, Thee, my portion, to inherit. 2 mf Thou art the Truth: Thy Word alone 4 mf Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life: True wisdom can impart ; Thou only canst inform the mind, And purify the heart. Grant us that way to know, That truth to keep, that life to win, cres Whose joys eternal flow. Amen. I mf THERE is a name I love to hear; It sounds like music in mine ear, 2 mf It tells me of a Saviour's love, cres It tells me of His precious blood, The sinner's perfect plea. 3 mf It tells me what my Father hath In store for every day, And, though I tread a darksome path, cres Yields sunshine all the way. 4 mf It tells of One whose loving heart 5 mf It bids my trembling soul rejoice, And dries each rising tear; p It tells me in a still small voice cres To trust and never fear. 6 mf Jesus! the name I love so well, No saint on earth its worth can tell, 7 mf This name shall shed its fragrance still Along this thorny road, cres Shall sweetly smooth the rugged hill 8 mf And there, with all the blood-bought 51 "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." Imf O LIGHT, whose beams illumine all To Thee our earliest strength we vow; Thy love will bless the pure and meek; When dreams or mists beguile our sight, cres Turn Thou our darkness into light. 4 mf O Life, the well that ever flows To slake the thirst of those that faint, cres Thy power to bless what seraph knows? f Thyjoy supreme what words can paint? mf In earth's last hour of fleeting breath cres Be Thou our Conqueror over death. 5ƒ O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life, O Jesus, born mankind to save, dim Give Thou Thy peace in deadliest strife, mf Shed Thou Thy calm on stormiest wave; cres Be Thou our hope, our joy, our dread, f Lord of the living and the dead! Amen. 52 "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus." 1 mf BEHOLD what witnesses unseen Men once, like us, with suffering tried, 2 mf Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired, 3 ƒ Behold a Witness nobler still, Jesus, at once the Finisher 4 mf He, for the joy before Him set, p Endured the cross, despised the shame, 5 mf If He the scorn of wicked men [weight, Becomes it those for whom He died |