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HYMN for CHRISTMAS-DAY.
I.
1 HARK how all the Welkin rings
2 "Glory to the Kings of Kings,
3 " Peace on Earth, and Mercy mild,
4 "GOD and Sinners reconcil'd!
II.
[Page 207]5 Joyful all ye Nations rise,
6 Join the Triumph of the Skies,
7 Universal Nature say
8 "CHRIST the LORD is born to Day!
III.
9 CHRIST, by highest Heav'n ador'd,
10 CHRIST, the Everlasting Lord,
11 Late in Time behold him come,
12 Offspring of a Virgin's Womb.
IV.
13 Veil'd in Flesh, the Godhead see,
14 Hail th' Incarnate Deity!
15 Pleas'd as Man with Men t' appear
16 JESUS, our Immanuel here!
V.
17 Hail the Heav'nly Prince of Peace!
18 Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
19 Light and Life to All he brings,
20 Ris'n with Healing in his Wings.
VI.
21 Mild he lays his Glory by,
22 Born — that Man no more may die,
23 Born — to raise the Sons of Earth,
24 Born — to give them Second Birth.
VII.
25 Come, Desire of Nations, come,
26 Fix in Us thy humble Home,
27 Rise, the Woman's Conqu'ring Seed,
28 Bruise in Us the Serpent's Head.
VIII.
[Page 208]29 Now display thy saving Pow'r,
30 Ruin'd Nature now restore,
31 Now in Mystic Union join
32 Thine to Ours, and Ours to Thine.
IX.
33 Adam's Likeness, LORD, efface,
34 Stamp thy Image in its Place,
35 Second Adam from above,
36 Reinstate us in thy Love.
X.
37 Let us Thee, tho' lost, regain,
38 Thee, the Life, the Inner Man:
39 O! to All Thyself impart,
40 Form'd in each Believing Heart.
Source edition
Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Hymns and sacred poems: Published by John Wesley, ... and Charles Wesley, ... London: printed by William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton; and at Mr. Bray's, 1739, pp. 206-208. x,[6],223,[1]p.; 12⁰. (ESTC T31323; OTA K034809.000) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Vet. A4 f. 254].)
Editorial principles
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Other works by Rev. Charles Wesley
- The 53d Chapter of ISAIAH. ()
- ACTS i. 4. Wait for the Promise of the Father, which ye have heard of me. ()
- ACTS ii. 41, &c. ()
- ACTS iv. 29. ()
- After a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- At MEALS. ()
- CHRIST the Friend of Sinners. ()
- Congratulation to a Friend, upon Believing in CHRIST. ()
- FREE GRACE. ()
- GAL. iii. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all under Sin, that the Promise by Faith of JESUS CHRIST might be given to them that believe. ()
- Glory be to GOD on high, &c. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- HEB. xii. 2. Looking unto JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our Faith. ()
- HYMN after the Sacrament. ()
- HYMN for ASCENSION-DAY. ()
- HYMN for EASTER-DAY. ()
- A HYMN for MIDNIGHT. ()
- HYMN for the EPIPHANY. ()
- HYMN for WHITSUNDAY. ()
- HYMN of THANKSGIVING to the FATHER. ()
- HYMN on the Titles of CHRIST. ()
- HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- HYMN to CONTEMPT. ()
- HYMN to the HOLY GHOST. ()
- HYMN to the HOLY GHOST. ()
- HYMN to the SON. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- IIId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- In AFFLICTION. ()
- In DESERTION or TEMPTATION. ()
- ISA. li. 9, &c. ()
- ISAIAH xliii. 1, 2, 3. ()
- JOHN xv. 18, 19. ()
- JOHN xvi. 24. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your Joy may be full. ()
- JUSTIFIED, but not SANCTIFIED. ()
- The MAGNIFICAT. ()
- MATTH. V. 3. Blessed are they that mourn. ()
- A MORNING HYMN. ()
- On Reading Monsr. de RENTY's Life. ()
- On the Conversion of a Common Harlot. LUKE XV. 10. There is Joy in the Presence of the Angels of GOD over one Sinner that repenteth. ()
- A PRAYER under Convictions. ()
- ROM. iv. 5. To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the Ungodly, his Faith is counted for Righteousness. ()
- SOLITUDE. From the Latin. ()
- Therefore with Angels, &c. ()
- To be sung at WORK. ()
- Written in the Beginning of a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- ZEAL. ()