CCXCIX. Angels and Christians united in CHRIST as their common Head.

HAIL to Emanuel's ever-honour'd Name!
Spread it, ye Angels, thro' Heav'n's sacred Frame.
Ye scepter'd Cherubim, before his Throne,
And flaming Seraphim, bow humbly down.
He is your Head; With prostrate Awe adore him,
And lay with Joy your radiant Crowns before him.

Array'd in his refulgent Beams ye shine,
And draw Existence from his Source divine;
Grateful ye wait the Signal of his Hand,
Honour'd too highly by his least Command:
In him th' indwelling Deity admiring,
And to his brighter Image still aspiring.

Mortals with you in chearful Homage join,
And bring their Anthems to Emanuel's Shrine;
Mean as we are, with Sins and Griefs beset,
We glory, that in him we are compleat.
He is our Head, and we with you adore him,
And pour our wants, our joys, our hearts before him.

We sing the Blood, that ransom'd us from Hell;
We sing the Graces, that in Jesus dwell;
Led by his Spirit, guarded by his Hand,
Our Hopes anticipate your goodly Land;
Still his incarnate Deity admiring,
And with Heav'ns Hierarchy in Praise conspiring.