HYMNS.

VENI CREATOR.

inspire the souls of thine; ev'ry heart which thou hast made is fill'd with grace divine.

of God, and fire of love; and unction from above.

COME, Holy Ghost: Creator, come, Till

Thou art the Comforter, the gift The everlasting spring of joy, Thy gifts are manifold, thou writ'st The promise of the Father, thou Enlighten our dark souls, till they Assist our minds, by nature frail, Drive far from us the mortal foe, That, by thy guidance bless'd, we may Teach us the Father to confess, And, with them both, thee, Holy Ghost,

With thee, O Father, therefore, may And sacred Comforter, one God, As in all ages heretofore

As now it is, and shall be so

FOR

God's laws in each true heart; dost heav'nly speech impart. thy sacred love embrace; with thy celestial grace. and give us peace within; escape the snares of sin. and Son, from death reviv'd; who art from both deriv'd. the Son, from death restor'd, devoutly be ador'd:

CHRISTMAS DAY. Morning Service.

IGH us swell our

throng,

H For angels no such love have known, t' awake a cheerful song.

Good- will to sinful men is shown, For, lo! th' incarnate Saviour comes Justice and grace, with sweet accord, Let heav'n and earth in concert join, Glory to God in highest strains, His glory by our lips proclaim'd, When shall we reach those blissful realms And learn of the celestial choir

HAPeace on earth, and mercy mild, TARK, the Joyful all ye nations rise, With th' angelick host proclaim,

Hark, the herald angels sing, Christ by highest heav'n ador'd, Late in time behold him come, Veil'd in flesh the Godhead he, Pleas'd as man with man appear, Hark, the herald,& c.

has constantly been done, when time his course has run.

Hail the heav'n- born Prince of Peace! Light and life to all he brings, Mild he lays his glory by, Born to raise the sons of earth, Hark, the herald,& c.

Evening Service.

and peace on earth is given; with messages from heav'n. his rising beams adorn; to us a Child is born. in highest worlds be paid; and by our lives display'd. where Christ exalted reigns; their own immortal strains?

Glory to the new- born King, God and sinners reconcil'd: join the triumph of the skies, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Glory to the new- born King. Christ the everlasting Lord, offspring of a virgin's womb: hail th' incarnate Deity: Jesus our Immanuel here.

hail the Sun of righteousness! ris'n with healing in his wings: born that man no more may die: born to give them second birth.

SONG OF THE ANGELS,

At the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour, Luke ii. 8--- 15.

WHILE Shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, all seated on the ground,

The angel of Lord came " Fear not," said he,( for mighty dread

" Glad tidings of great joy I bring

had seiz'd their troubled mind,)

to you and all mankind.

" To you, in David's town this day

is born of David's line,

" The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord;--- and this shall be the sign;