21 On the Resurrection—The Lord is king.

ALL hail the power of Jesus' Name!

Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown Him Lord of all.

2 Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, Who fixed this floating ball;

Now hail the strength of Israel's might, And crown Him Lord of all.

3 Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God
Who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown Him Lord of all.

4 Ye seed of Israel's chosen race,
Ye ransomed of the fall,

Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.

5 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall,

Go, spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.

6 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball,

To Him all majesty ascribe,

And crown Him Lord of all.

7 O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall;
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.

This is often called "The Coronation Hymn." It appeared in the Gospel Magazine for April, 1780, and was written by Edward Perronet. He was born in 1726, was brought up in the Church of England, and became one of John Wesley's helpers (see under No. 3). Afterward he was pastor of an Independent church in Canterbury, where he died in 1792, and was buried in the cloisters of the famous Cathedral. In life he was full of fire and enthusiasm, and some of it burns yet in his spirited hymn. The 6th verse, as almost always sung now, and as printed here, was a good deal changed from what Perronet wrote by an editor, Dr. Rippon, in 1787, and he added this 7th verse to the hymn.

[NOTES.-Verse 3, line 3. Verse 5, line 2.

See Isaiah xi, I.
See Jeremiah ix, 15.]

22 The Reign of Christ on Earth.

HAIL

Psalm lxxii.

AIL to the Lord's Anointed,
Great David's greater Son!

Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

2 He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And love, joy, hope, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth;
Before Him on the mountains
Shall peace, the herald, go,
And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

3 Kings shall fall down before Him,
And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore Him,
His praise all people sing;
For He shall have dominion
O'er river, sea, and shore,
Far as the eagle's pinion

Or dove's light wing can soar.

4 For Him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The mountain dews shall nourish
A seed in weakness sown,
Whose fruit shall spread and flourish,
And shake like Lebanon.

5 O'er every foe victorious,

He on His throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,
All blessing and all-blest:
The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove,
His Name shall stand for ever,—
That Name to us is Love.

James Montgomery, the author of this hymn, was born in 1771, and was for many years editor of a newspaper in Sheffield, England. He was also quite celebrated as a poet. His poems are not much read now, but some of his hymns are among the best we have. This one was written in 1821, and Montgomery used sometimes to recite it at the close of a speech at a public missionary meeting. It was very appropriate at such a time, because like the 72d Psalm (of which it is an imitation) it draws a picture of the glad time when Christ's kingdom shall cover all the earth.

[NOTE.-Verse 4, line 8. Like Lebanon, that is, like the great trees on Mt. Lebanon, shaken in the wind.]

23.

Psalm civ.

WORSHIP the King all glorious above,

O gratefully sing His power and His love;

Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of days,

Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy

space.

His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,

And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,

Almighty, Thy power hath founded of

old;

Hath established it fast by a changeless

decree,

And round it hath cast, like a mantle,

the sea.