1838 JESUS CHRIST is risen to-day, Hallelujah! I CORINTHIANS XV. 57. Thanks be to GOD, Who giveth us the victory. Hallelujah. REVELATION xii. 10. Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our GOD, and the power of His CHRIST. xi. 15. And He shall reign for ever and ever. PSALM Xxiii. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. REVELATION xii. 10. Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our GOD. ISAIAH li. 3. The LORD will comfort Zion, even her waste places; and will make her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found there, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. I CORINTHIANS xv. 55. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Death is conquered, man is free, Hallelujah! CHRIST has won the victory, Now above the sky He's King, Hallelujah! Where the angels ever sing. 1839 O. KING. PSALM 1xxxiv. I. O how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou LORD of hosts! 2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living GOD. 3. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even Thy altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be alway praising Thee. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee: in whose heart are Thy ways. 6. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well and the pools are filled with water. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house: they will be alway praising Thee. Amen. 1840 WEST, vv. 1−3. O. KING. 1841 The star that now is shining The watchers stood before, And told how CHRIST was born on earth, And suddenly in the heavens On earth, good-will, and peace. Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields, and ocean's wave-beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessèd strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more. Angels of JESUs, angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night! Was the maiden Mother mild, Angels! sing on, your faithful watches keeping, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night! O. KING. 1842 WISDOM Xviii. 14, 15. While all things were in quiet silence, and the night in the midst of her course; the Almighty Word of the LORD came down from His royal Throne. ISAIAH ix. 2. The light hath shined upon us. ST. MATTHEW ii. 2. For we have seen His star and are come to adore Him. "Glory to GOD In the highest"; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, CHRIST the LORD. 1843 O. KING. PSALM xlvi. 1. GOD is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble. 2. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. 3. Though the waters thereof rage and swell: and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 7. The LORD of hosts is with us: the GOD of Jacob is our refuge. BATES. 1844 PSALM Civ. 1. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto Thee. 2. Hide not Thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline Thine ear unto me when I call: O hear me, and that right soon. (Sung at the same time as the above.) HEBREWS Xi. 6. He that cometh to GOD must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 1845 BATES. PSALM Civ. 33. I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praises to my GOD while I have my being. 34. My meditation of Him shall be sweet. 1846 BATES. ST. MARK xvi. 1. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him. 2. And very early in the morning of the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 5. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. 6. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek JESUS of Nazareth, Which was crucified: He is risen ; He is not here. 7. But go your way, tell His disciples that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you. ROMANS Vi. 9. CHRIST being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. 10. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. ST. MATTHEW Xi. 28. Come unto Him, all ye that labour, and He will give you rest for your souls. I CORINTHIANS XV. 57. Thanks be to GOD, Which giveth us the victory through our LORD JESUS Christ. ROMANS Vi. 9. For CHRIST being raised from the dead dieth no more. 1847 WAREING. ST. JOHN xiv. 15. If ye love Me, keep My command ments. 16, 17. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth; [whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you and shall be in you.] 18. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also. [20. At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you. 21. He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.] WAREING. PSALM XCVII. 10. O ye that love the LORD, see that ye hate that which is evil. xxxvii. 4. Delight ye in the LORD your GOD: and He will give you your heart's desire. xcvii. II. Light is sown for the righteous: and joyful gladness for such as are true-hearted. WAREING. |