rts unite,
Far from our ken as yonder star
That sheds its radiance on the night;

II

High as the heavens, and deep as hell,
Broad as the world's infinite need,--
None but the Christ that love can tell,
And none its winning power impede.

III

Glory to God! that love exprest
Came in the gift our need required,
And in the Christ our lives are blest,
And by His love are souls inspired.

IV

And from the manger to the cross,
And at the noon-day and the night,
He bore the burden of our loss,
Nor shunned the anguish and despite.

V

And 'twas the love of God He showed,
When, crowned with shame, He meekly died;--
No gifts by bleeding love bestowed,
So great as Jesus crucified.

I

O God of our salvation,
Who in Thy glorious might,
Didst speak, and all creation
Arose from brooding night;
And chaos, and confusion,
To form and order sped,
While lo! in rich profusion
The earth its beauty spread.

II

O God of our salvation,
Thy word hath still its power,
And souls in desolation
Are lying at this hour;
Speak as of old, and banish
The chaos and the night,
And bid their sorrows vanish
Before Thy glorious light.

III

O God of our salvation,
Thy Word our Flesh became;
To free from condemnation
He bore our human name,
And spoke to us confiding
Of all the Father willed;
And we, with Him abiding,
Are with His fulness filled.

IV

O God of our salvation,
Thou, Christ, in mercy come,
And make Thy new creation
Thine everlasting home;
And in our hearts abiding,
And in Thy Church adored,
Still speak the word confiding,
O Jesus Christ, our Lord.

I

O Jesus, when my guilty fears
My wakened soul distress,
And Judgment for the past appears
In all its awfulness,--
Bid gathering clouds asunder roll,
And shed Thy sunshine in my soul.

II

When from their l