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s full of sin: Nothing but thieves and robbers dwell therein. Enter, and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor; Crucify them, that they may never more Profane that holy place Where thou hast chose to set thy face. And then if our stiff tongues shall be Mute in the praises of thy deity, The stones out of the temple-wall Shall cry aloud and call Hosanna! and thy glorious footsteps greet. HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY; BEING A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THREE SHEPHERDS. 1. Where is this blessed babe That hath made All the world so full of joy And expectation; That glorious boy That crowns each nation With a triumphant wreath of blessedness? 2. Where should he be but in the throng, And among His angel ministers that sing And take wing Just as may echo to his voice, And rejoice, When wing and tongue and all May so procure their happiness? 3. But he hath other waiters now: A poor cow An ox and mule stand and behold, And wonder That a stable should enfold Him that can thunder. _Chorus_. O what a gracious God have we! How good? How great? Even as our misery. A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY. Awake, my soul, and come away; Put on thy best array, Lest if thou longer stay, Thou lose some minutes of so blest a day. Go run, And bid good-morrow to the sun; Welcome his safe return To Capricorn, And that great morn Wherein a God was born, Whose story none can tell But he whose every word's a miracle. To-day Almightiness grew weak; The Word itself was mute, and could not speak. That Jacob's star which made the sun To dazzle if he durst look on, Now mantled o'er in Bethlehem's night, Borrowed a star to show him light. He that begirt each zone, To whom both poles are one, Who grasped the zodiac in his hand, And made it move or stand, Is now by nature man, By stature but a span; Eternity is now grown short; A king is born without a court; The wa
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