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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Hail the bless'd morn when the Great Mediator (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1834

Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Hail the bless'd morn when the Great Mediator

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Meter: PM

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Hymn Number: Psalm 2

Page Number: 012, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Hail the bless'd morn, when the Great Mediator

Down from the regions of glory decends!

Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger-

Lo! for your guide the bright angel attends!



CHORUS.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,

Dawn on our darkness and lend us thy aid;

Star of the East, the horizon adorning,

Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.



Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining,

Low lies his head with the breasts of the stall;

Angels adore him in slumbers reclining,

Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.



Say, shall we yield him in costly devotion

Odors of Eden and off'rings divine,

Gems from the mountain and pearls from the ocean,

Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine?



Vainly we offer each ample oblation,

Vainly with gold would his favor secure,

Richer by far is the heart's adoration,

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor!