733.*

THY mercy, Lord, to us dispense,
Thy blessing on us pour;
Lift up thy gracious countenance
Upon us evermore:

O may we fully know thy mind,

Thy saving word proclaim,
That many heathen-tribes may find
Salvation in thy name.

2. In these our days exalt thy grace,
Thy precious gospel spread;
That for the travail of thy soul
Thou mayst behold thy seed:
O may thy knowledge fill the earth,
Increase the number still
Of those who in thy word believe,
And do thy holy will.

Lord, by thy Spirit us prepare To follow thy command, To execute thy utmost aim,

And in thy presence stand, As servants willing to be us'd, Who in thy work delight, And offer freely praise and prayer As incense day and night. 4. Hereto we cheerful say, Amen; We have this truth avow'd, That we in spirit, body, soul,

Are bound to serve our God, Who touch'd, and drew, and woo'd our hearts,

And conquer'd us by love; To him we have engag'd ourselves, O may we faithful prove.

Countess Zinzendorf.

IN our short warfare here below
May our experience daily show,
That in our weakness, thro' thy aid,
Thy strength divine is perfected.
2. Without thy blessing how could
Be servants pleasing unto thee? (we
But we can by experience sing,
Thy word hath power, and fruit
doth bring.

3. Ah, could we preach in every
place,
(grace,
Our Saviour's boundless love and
That thousands who are yet enslav'd,
Might in these gospel-times be sav'd.
4. There's but a small beginning
made,

ness.

The earth is still o'ercast with shade: Break forth, thou Sun of righteous(bless. With healing beams the nations 5. Whene'er we to mankind proclaim Thy dying love and precious name, Support thy servants' weakness, Lord,

By thy blest Spirit, grace, and word. 6. Lord of the harvest, laborers send, Who willing are their lives to spend In scorching heat and chilling cold, To bring the heathen to thy fold. 7. When all our labour here is o'er, And when our light shall burn no

more,

When our endeavours have an end, Then let our souls to thee ascend. M. Stach.

735.* T. 114.

THOU Saviour of the world, great
Mediator,
(Soul
O mayst thou for the travail of thy

Behold thy seed extend from pole to pole: (creature ; Thy boundless mercy show to every With old and young thy gracious aim obtain; (plead in vain.

Thy prayers and tears can never 2. Thy glorious gospel spread thro' every nation; (name In the most distant regions to proGive us an open door, thy saving claim,

With power, and with the Spirit's demonstration;

And grant us joyfully in every land To see thy pleasure prosper in our hand.

738.*

T. 22. LORD, at thy feet amaz'd we sink, When on thy wondrous grace we think,

Which now so strikingly appears,
The glory of this vale of tears.
2. The gospel in these blessed days,
Throughout the earth its beams
displays;

Nations that never heard of thee,
Thy great salvation shout to see.
3. That mystery, from ages seal'd,
God by his Spirit hath reveal'd,
That heavenly thrones and powers
might know
God's wisdom by the church below.
Molther.

739.

T. 221. THE springs of salvation from Christ the rock bursting,

And flowing through the wilderness, Refresh and enliven his heritage thirsting;

Abundant are the showers of grace; As rain overstreaming the parched ground,

With plenty now teeming, spreads verdure round,

The promised blessing its influence diffuses,

And fruit, to the husbandman grateful, produces.

2. I'll bless thee and thou shalt Thus saith the Lord, 'to all around:' be set for a blessing,'

may we in grace and in number In faith, which works by love, increasing, (abound: Upon thy grace founded immovably, And rooted and grounded in love to Thus shall we in doctrine, in word and behaviour, (savour. To others of life unto life prove a

740.*

(thee;

T. 205.

741.*

Z.

T. 221. WITH fire and with spirit endow'd every moment,

Ye ministers of Christ confess'd, Go forth and proclaim ye the word of atonement, (press'd Both far and near; and when opBy hardships and trials, be bold in God, (and blood: And gladly for him spend your life 'Midst tempests and billows, and thro' deserts go, (then to sow. The seed of the gospel 'mongst hea

742.*

I. Arbo.

T. 582.

AMBASSADORS of Christ,
Know ye the way you go?
It is a path not strew'd with flowers,
But yielding thorns and woe:
All who Christ crucified

Their only Saviour own, (base,
Meet often with such treatment
As to their Lord was shown.
2. But see, the fields are white;
Go therefore, labourers, go,
The Lord leads on to victory,
His power and grace you know:
Christ, who was crucified,

Of all is sovereign Lord,
He is the captain of the host,
We conquer through his word.
743.*

T. 79.

GO, witness of the suffering
Of Christ, who as our offering
Our guilt and curse did bear;
Proclaim his great salvation

744.*

Z

T. 205.

them,

FATHER of boundless grace!
Thou hast in part fulfill'd
Thy promise made to Adam's race,
In God incarnate seal'd:
A few from every land

At first to Salem came,

And saw the wonders of thy hand,
And saw the tongues of flame.
2. Yet still we wait the end,

The coming of our Lord;
The full accomplishment attend
Of thy prophetic word:
Thy promise deeper lies,

In unexhausted grace;
And new discover'd worlds arise
To sing their Saviour's praise.
3. Belov'd for Jesus' sake,

By him redeem'd of old,

All nations must come in, and make One undivided fold:

While gather'd in by thee,

And perfected in one,

They all at once thy glory see, In thine eternal Son.

748.*

C. Wesley.

T. 155. O WHAT praise in highest strain, By the ransom'd host in heaven

Will be given

To him who brought us to God
By his blood,

When of every tongue and nation

But one flock and Shepherd known

2. Amen, Jesus' words are true.
Surely he his gracious promise
Will accomplish;

Ye his servants, ready stand
In each land,

Yea, in the most distant places,
Till he comes, to sound his praises,
And make known his saving name.

bring:

2. O God of Israel, view their race! Back to thy fold the wanderers (grace, Teach them to seek thy slighted To hail in Christ their promis'd King.

3. The vail of darkness rend in twain, Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light:

The sever'd olive-branch again
Back to its parent stock unite.

4. While Judah views his birth-
right gone,
(move,
With contrite shame his bosom
The Saviour he denied-to own,
The Lord he crucified-to love.
5. Haste, glorious day, expected
long,
(shall raise,
When Jew and Greek one prayer
With eager feet one temple throng,
One God with grateful rapture

praise. Bickersteth's Collection