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Behold, the Grace Appears!

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 123 hymnals First Line: Behold, the grace appears Lyrics: 1. Behold, the grace appears! The promise is fulfilled; Mary, the wondrous virgin, bears, And Jesus is the Child. 2. The Lord, the highest God, Calls Him His only Son; He bids Him rule the lands abroad, And gives Him David’s throne. 3. O’er Jacob shall He reign With a peculiar sway; The nations shall His grace obtain, His kingdom ne’er decay. 4. To bring the glorious news A heav’nly form appears; He tells the shepherds of their joys, And banishes their fears. 5. Go, humble swains, said he, To David’s city fly; The promised Infant born today Doth in a manger lie. 6. With looks and hearts serene, Go visit Christ your King; And straight a flaming troop was seen: The shepherds heard them sing: 7. Glory to God on high! And heav’nly peace on earth; Goodwill to men, to angels joy, At the Redeemer’s birth! 8. In worship so divine, Let saints employ their tongues; With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs: 9. Glory to God on high! And heav’nly peace on earth; Goodwill to men, to angels joy, At our Redeemer’s birth! Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG Text Sources: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, 1707, number 3

Captives Of Israel, Hear

Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Captives of Israel, hear, Who now as exiles mourn; See your almighty God appear To hasten your return. 2 Jehovah is His name; Lord of celestial hosts; Let Heav’n that saving power proclaim In which His Israel trusts. 3 Tho’ helpless now ye lie, As in a dungeon thrown, When parched with painful thirst ye cry, And when your bread is gone, 4 Deliverance comes apace; Ye shall not there expire; Prepare to sing redeeming grace With His triumphant choir. 5 He smote the raging sea ’Midst its tumultuous roar, And paved His chosen troops a way Safe to its distant shore. 6 In Him let Israel hope, At whose supreme command Graves yield their breathless captives up, And seas become dry land. Used With Tune: FESTAL SONG Text Sources: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D., by Job Orton (J. Eddowes & J. Cotton: 1755)