rich in blessing, Rule and might o'er all possessing.

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I O MORNING Star, how fair and bright
Thou beamest forth in trust and light!
O Sovereign meek and lowly,
Thou Root of Jesse, David's Son,
My Lord and Bridegroom, thou hast won
My heart to serve thee solely!
Holy art thou, fair and glorious,
All victorious, rich in blessing,
Rule and might o'er all possessing.

2 Thou Heavenly Brightness! Light Divine!
O, deep within my heart now shine,
And make thee there an altar!
Fill me with joy and strength to be
Thy member, ever joined to thee
In love that cannot falter;
Toward thee longing doth possess me,
Turn and bless me; for thy gladness
Eye and heart here pine in sadness.

3 But if thou look on me in love,
There straightway falls from God above
A ray of purest pleasure;
Thy word and spirit, flesh and blood,
Refresh my soul with heavenly food,-

Thou art my hidden treasure ;
Let thy grace, Lord, warm and cheer me,
O, draw near me: thou hast taught us
Thee to seek, since thou hast sought us!

I love to stand with - in

3 'Tis sweet to raise the common song, To join in holy praise and love,

And imitate the blessed throng

That mingle hearts and songs above.

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Within these walls may peace abound;
May all our hearts in one agree!
Where brethren meet, where Christ is found,
May peace and concord ever be !

I DECK thyself, my soul, with gladness,
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness,
Come into the daylight's splendor;
There with joy thy praises render
Unto him whose grace unbounded
Hath this wondrous banquet founded:
High o'er all the heavens he reigneth,
Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth.

2 Hasten as a bride to meet him,
And with loving reverence greet him,
For with words of life immortal
Now he knocketh at thy portal ;
Haste to ope the gates before him,
Saying, while thou dost adore him,
"Suffer, Lord, that I receive thee,
And I nevermore will leave thee."

3 Ah, how hungers all my spirit

For the love I do not merit!
Oft have I, with fights fast thronging,
Thought upon this food with longing,

In the battle well-nigh worsted,
For this cup of life have thirsted,
For the friend who here invites us,
And to God himself unites us.

4 Now I sink before thee lowly,
Filled with joy most deep and holy,
As with trembling awe and wonder
On thy mighty works I ponder:
How by mystery surrounded,
Depths no man has ever founded,
None may dare to pierce, unbidden,
Secrets that with thee are hidden.

5 Sun, who all my life dost brighten ;
Light, who dost my soul enlighten;
Joy, the sweetest man e'er knoweth ;
Fount, whence all my being floweth,
At thy feet I cry, my Maker;
Let me be a fit partaker

Of this blessed food from heaven,

For our good, thy glory, given.

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