Hymns and Sacred Lyrics. By Godfrey Thring, BA. (Henry S.
King and Co.)—The hymns in this little volume are real hymns, as no one who enjoys reading hymns will hesitate to sty; and many of them have, moreover, stood the test of having been actually set to music written for them, as well as of having been adopted into various " hymnala and " hymnaries," which are, we presume, what old-fashioned people call "hymn-books." Here is one, '' written at the request of the Rev. R. R. Chope, to a stanza of George Withers (the third), the only one remaining, set to the original 'Angel's Song' of Orlando Gibbons :"—
"Hark ! hear ye not the angel song The hills of Bethlehem among ? To you, this day, the Incarnate Word, To yon, the Everlasting Lord, To you, on earth, this happy morn, To you the Prince of Peace is born, Whilst heaven re-echoes yet again Peace,—peace on earth, good-will to men.
Thus angels sang, and thus sing we, To God on high all glory be, Let Him on earth His peace bestow, And unto men His favour show.
For dead indeed must be the heart, Thrice dead, which will not bear a part, And with the angel choir proclaim, A Saviour born in Bethlehem.
Then men and maidens, young and old, Come join the shepherds at the fold, And singing list, and listening sing A carol to our new-born King."
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