THE SAVIOR HAS COME.
Pas.—And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Con.—I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.
Pas.—Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder.
Con.—A voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Pas.—The devils cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God.
Con.—He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.
Pas.—The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
Con.—Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? It is he that talketh with thee.
Pas.—Say ye, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?
Con.—The Jews said, By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Pas.—I ascend to my Father and your Father; to my God and your God.
Con.—These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
TUNE—Antioch.
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
And heaven and nature sing.
Let every heart prepare him room.
Joy to the world! the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.