7. HOSANNA to the living LORD! O SAVIOUR! in our cleansed breast, A temple pure, and worthy Thee! So in the last and dreadful day, Hosanna, LORD! Thine angels cry; The dead and living swell the sound. 8. HARK, the glad sound, the SAVIOUR comes, He comes, the prisoners to release The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield. He comes, from dark'ning scales of vice Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, 9. THE LORD will come ;-the earth shall quake, And, withering from the vault of night, The LORD will come :-but not the same The bruised, the suffering, and the dead. The LORD will come ;-a dreadful form, C Christmas. 10. O COME, ye faithful, and your homage bring To David's town with glad accord; Behold the SON, behold the angels' King: O come ye, and sing praises to the Lord! For He, the GOD of GOD, the Light of Light, And hark! the angels through the lofty sky All glory they ascribe to GOD on high: O JESU, virgin-born! Thy Name shall be On this Thy day for aye adored; Incarnate Word of God, we worship Thee: O come ye, and sing praises to the LORD! 11. HARK, the herald angels sing, Joyful, all ye nations, rise, CHRIST, by highest heaven adored, Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Pleased as Man, with man to dwell, JESUS, our Immanuel. Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die; Born to raise the sons of earth, Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Risen with healing in His wings. |