To fertile vales, and dewy meads,
My weary, wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
3 Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile;
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.

4 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still :
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through its dreary shade.

HYMN 159. 81. L. M. [#]
The Morning Star.

1 Benighted on the trackless main,
While stormy terrors clothe the sky,
The trembling voyager strives in vain,
And nought but dark despair is nigh,-
When, lo! a gleam of peerless light,
With radiant splendour, shines afar,
And, through the clouds of darkest night,
Appears the bright and morning Star!

2 With joy he greets the cheering ray, That beams on ocean's weary breast; Precursor of a smiling day,

It lulls his fears to peaceful rest.

No more in peril doth he roam,

For night and danger now are far:
With steady helm he enters home,

His guide the bright and morning Star!
3 Thus, when affliction's billows roll,
And waves of sorrow and of sin
Beset the fearful, weeping soul,

And all is dark and drear within,
"Tis Jesus, whispering strains of peace,
Drives every doubt and fear afar;
He bids the raging tempests cease,
And smiles the bright and morning Star!

HYMN 160. P. M. [#] //

Star in the East.

1 HAIL, thou blest morn, when the great Mediator Down from the regions of glory descends! Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger; Lo, for his guard the bright angels attend. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Shine on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; Star in the east, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.

2 Cold in his cradle the dew-drops are shining, Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him in slumbers reclining,

Leader and Monarch and Saviour of all.

Brightest and best, &c.

3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odours of Eden and offerings divine,

Gems of the mountain and pearls from the ocean, Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine? Brightest and best, &c.

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation;

Vainly with gold we his favour secure ; Richer by far is the heart's adoration, Dearer to God are the prayers of the po Brightest and best, &c.

HYMN 161. 81. L. M. [#]

Star of Bethlehem.

1 WHEN marshalled on the nightly plain,
The glittering host bestud the sky,
One star alone, of all the train,

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.
Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks,—
It is the Star of Bethlehem.

2 Once on the stormy seas I rode;

The storm was loud, the night was dark, The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed

The wind that tossed my foundering bark : Deep horror then my vitals froze,

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem, When suddenly a star arose,

It was the Star of Bethlehem.

3 It was my Guide, my Light, my All:
It made my dark forebodings cease;
And, through the storm and danger's thrall,
It led me to the port of peace.

Now, safely moored, my perils o'er,
I'll sing beneath night's diadem,
For ever and for evermore,

It is the Star of Bethlehem.

HYMN 162. L. M. [#]

Sun of Love.

1 JESUS, thou Sun of love divine,
Thy rays through boundless nature shine;
In thee with bright effulgence meet
Wisdom and love, and light and heat,
2 Wide may thy glory be displayed,
In one bright day without a shade;
And all from thee supremely prove
The nameless, endless joys of love.
3 Be darkness known on earth no more,
But truth dispensed from shore to shore,
Till men of every land shall see
Thy glory, Lord, and honour thee.

4 "Tis done the Sun of love appears,
The shades withdraw, the morning clears;
Now love and truth prevail again,
And one eternal day shall reign.

HYMN 163. C. M. [#]

Christ the Light of the Heart.

1 How blest thy creature is, O God,
When, with a single eye,

He views the lustre of thy word,
The day-spring from on high!

2 Through all the storms that veil the skies,
And frown on earthly things,
The Sun of Righteousness he eyes
With healing on his wings.

3 The glorious orb, whose golden beams
The fruitful year control,
Since first, obedient to thy word,
He shone from pole to pole,

4 Has cheered the nations with the joys
His orient rays impart ;
But 'tis the light of Christ alone
Can shine upon the heart.

HYMN 164. L. M. [#]

Sun of Righteousness.

1 WHAT heavenly light is that which shines
In soft refulgence from the east,
And, pouring splendour through all climes,
Makes every child of sorrow blest?

2 It is the Sun of Righteousness,

The brightness of the great I AM! In him Jehovah manifests

His mercy, love, and grace to man.

3 God made from darkness light to shine; And, through the mighty Saviour's grace, Will give the light of life divine

To every child of Adam's race.

4 Immortal Source of light and life,
In brighter flames of brilliance move,