AND THE ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, FEAR NOT: FOR, BEHOLD, I BRING YOU TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY, WHICH SHALL BE UNTO ALL PEOPLE.

FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOUR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.-LUKE II.

OR,

SACRED SONGS,

SUITED TO

THE FESTIVAL OF OUR LORD'S NATIVITY;

WITH

APPROPRIATE MUSIC,

AND AN INTRODUCTORY

ACCOUNT OF THE CHRISTMAS CAROL.

SAY, heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein
Afford a present to the Infant-God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,
To welcome him to this his new abode?

MILTON, on the Morning of Christ's Nativity.

LONDON:

JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND.

MDCCCXXXIII.