His banner of love in its glory waves o'er us;
That love will continue forever the same.
Sound the full chorus, &c.

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2 Praise to Jehovah! Give praiseFrom earth, in its fulness-and

skies!

let it rise

swell to the

Give glory and praise! For a ransomed crea

tion

The gospel of peace in its triumph shall see; Our God hath redeemed us- -and Christ our salvation

310.

Appears, from transgression and death to make

free!

Praise to Jehovah, &c.

L. M.

Gospel Freedom Universal.

1 WE long to see that happy time,
That long-expected, blissful day,
When men of every name and clime
The glorious gospel shall obey.

2 The word of God shall firm abide,

ANONYMOUS

Though earth and hell should dare oppose;
The stone cut from the mountain's side,
To universal empire grows.

3 Afric's emancipated sons

Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song,
Europe, with her unnumbered tongues,
And western climes the strain prolong.

4 From east to west, from north to south,
Immanuel's kingdom shall extend,

And every man, in every face,

Shall meet a brother and a friend.

311.

C. P. M.

M. RAYNER

Reign of Christ. Isa. 35.

1 THE radiant dawn of gospel light,
The prophet saw in vision bright,
And hailed th' auspicious day,

When Christ should all his
grace
And cure the world of all its woes,

By truth's triumphant sway.

disclose

wide;

2 The blind their eyes shall open
To drink the light's o'erflowing tide,
The deaf sweet music hear;
The lame like bounding hart shall leap;
The dumb no longer silence keep,
But shout redemption near.

3 And there shall be a holy way,
In which the simple shall not stray-
The path so plain and bright.
Wayfaring men therein shall walk,
And of their home and kindred talk,
With rapture and delight.

4 No ravenous beast in quest of prey,
No lion lurking in the way,
Shall ever there be seen.

The place where dragons lay concealed
Large crops of waving grass shall yie d
With reeds and rushes green.

5 And when to Zion's peaceful home
The ransomed of the Lord shall come,
(O haste the blissful day!)

Glad strains shall every tongue employ
In songs of everlasting joy,
And sighing flee away.

312.

H. M.

DODDRIDGE

The Wilderness Transformed. Is. 41: 18, 19.

1 AMAZING, beauteous change!
A world created new !

My thoughts with transport range,
The lovely scene to view :

In all I trace,

Saviour divine,

The work is thine;

Be thine the praise.

2 See crystal fountains play
Amidst the burning sands;

The river's winding way

Shines through the thirsty lands;

New grass is seen,

Its carpet spreads

And o'er the meads Of living green.

3 Where pointed brambles grew,
Entwined with horrid thorn,

Gay flowers, forever new,
The painted fields adorn;

The blushing rose,

And lily there,

In union fair,

Their sweets disclose.

4 The tyrants of the plain

Their savage chase give o'er;
No more they rend the slain,
And thirst for blood no more;

But infant hands

Fierce tigers stroke,

And lions yoke
In flowery bands

5 0, when, Almighty Lord,
Shall these glad scenes arise

To verify thy word,

And bless our wondering eyes?

United songs

Of ardent praise.

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8s., 7s. & 4s. M.

The Gospel Triumphant.

J. TAYLOR

1 STILL in shades of midnight darkness
Abject sits the Pagan world;
There the banner of salvation

Ne'er hath been by time unfurled ;
Nor their idols

From their blood-stained altars hurled.

2 Yet the promise stands securely,
And Messiah's reign shall spread;
Not in vain his glorious conquest;
Not in vain the Saviour bled.
Chief immortal!

God's own hand hath crowned thy head.
3 To this blessed dispensation
Millions yet unborn shall fly;
See the rising splendor beaming
Till it gilds the western sky.
Glorious Gospel!

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Still thy triumphs multiply.

The Church exulting in the Government of Jehovah.

1 YE subjects of the Lord! proclaim
The royal honors of his name:

"Jehovah reigns!" be all our song
"Tis He, thy God, O Zion, reigns!
Prepare thy most harmonious strains
Glad hallelujahs to prolong.

2 Tremble, ye pageants of a day,
Formed, like your slaves, of brittle clay!
Down to the dust your sceptres bend;
To everlasting years He reigns,
And undiminished state maintains,

When kings, and suns, and time shall end

3 So shall his favored Zion live:
In vain confed'rate nations strive
Her sacred turrets to destroy;
Her Sov'reign sits enthroned above,
And endless power and endless love
Ensure her safety and her joy.

315.

C. M.

Restoration of Israel.

1 DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust
Exalt thy fallen head;
Again in thy Redeemer trust:

He calls thee from the dead.

MONTGOMERY

2 Awake, awake; put on thy strength,
Thy beautiful array ;

The day of freedom dawns at length.
The Lord's appointed day.

3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge.
And send thy heralds forth;

Say to the south, "Give up thy charge,
And keep not back, O north!"

4 They come, they come;-thine exiled bands Where'er they rest or roam,

Have heard thy voice in distant lands.
And hasten to their home.

1 0, who shall see the glorious day,
When, throned on Zion's brow,
The Lord shall rend the veil away
That hides the nations now!

MOORE