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In vain with lavish kindness

The gifts of God are strewn ;
The heathen, in his blindness,

Bows down to wood and stone.
3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high-
Shall we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation, oh salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim;
Till each remotest nation

Has learnt MESSIAH's name,
4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story!
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole;-
Till o'er our ransom'd nature,
The Lamb, for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,

In bliss returns to reign.

BP. HEBER.

419 (1st P.) L.M. Chard 175. Gloucester 12. Prospect of Success; or, Encouragement to use Means.

BEHOLD th' expected time draw near,
The shades disperse, the dawn appear;

Behold the wilderness assume

The beauteous tints of Eden's bloom.
2 Events, with prophecies, conspire
To raise our faith, qur zeal to fire:
The ripening fields already white,
Present an harvest to our sight.
3 The untaught heathen waits to know
The joy the Gospel will bestow;
The exil'd slave waits to receive
The freedom JESUS has to give.
4 Come, let us, with a grateful heart,
In the blest labour share a part,
Our prayers and offerings gladly bring
To aid the triumphs of our King.

5 Let us improve the heavenly gale, Spread to each breeze our hoisted sail, Till north and south, and east and west, Shall be, as favour'd Britain, blest. 6 Invite the globe to come and prove A Saviour's condescending love, And humbly fall before his feet, Assur'd they shall acceptance meet. 7 [Our hearts exult in songs of praise, That we have seen these latter days, When our Redeemer shall be known Where Satan long has held his throne.] 8 Where'er his hand hath spread the skies, Sweet incense to his name shall rise; * And Tyre, and Egypt, Greek, and Jew,! By sovereign grace be form'd anew.

419 (2d P.) C. M. Cambridge New 74. Evans's 190. Irish 171. Missionary 257, The Increase of the Church promised and pleaded.

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FATHER, is not thy promise pledg'd

To thine exalted Son,

That thro' the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run?

2 Ask, and I give the Heathen lands
For thine inheritance,

And to the world's remotest shores
Thine empire shall advance.

3 Hast thou not said, The blinded Jews.
Shall their Redeemer own;

While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne?

4 When shall th' untutor'd Indian tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our IMMANUEL's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?

5 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues, Under th' expanse of heaven,

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To the dominion of thy Son

Without exception given?

6 From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd!
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannas to thy LORD!

7 Asia and Africa, resound

From shore to shore his fame;
And thou, America, in songs
Redeeming love proclaim!

420 (1st P.) C. M. Otford 106. Michael's 119.

Prayer for Missionaries.

1 GREAT GOD, the nations of the earth

Are by creation thine;

And in thy works, by all beheld,..
Thy radiant glories shine.

2 But, LORD, thy greater love has sent
Thy Gospel to mankind,

Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.

3 LORD, when shall these glad tidings spread The spacious earth around,

Till every tribe and

every soul Shall hear the joyful sound?

4 O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heavenly word,

And vassals, long enslav'd, become
The freed-men of the Lord?

5 When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our IMMANUEL's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?

6 Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;

Soften the tiger to a lamb,
The vulture to a dove!

7*Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the Gospel's rays
And build on sin's demolish'd throne

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Verses 8, 9, and 10, of this Hymn, in substance, were written off Margate, by Mr. WILLIAM WARD, one of the Baptist Missionaries, on their departure for India, May 28, 1709.

8 [0 charge the waves to bear our friends
In safety o'er the deep;

Let the rough tempest speed their way,
Or bid its fury sleep.]

9 Whene'er thy sons proclaim good news,
Beneath the Banian's shade,
Let the poor Hindoo feel its
power,
And grace his soul pervade.

10. O let the heavenly Shaster+ spread;
Bid Brahmans preach the word;
And may all India's tribes become
One CAST to serve the LORD!

PAUSE.

11 Send forth thy word, and let it fly,:
Arm'd with thy Spirit's pow'r;
Then thousands shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour."

12 Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wastes shall rise,

With sudden greens and fruits array'd,
A blooming Paradise.

13 True holiness shall strike its root
In each regen'rate heart,

Shall in a growth divine arise,
And heavenly fruits impart."

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14 Peace, with her olives crown'd, shall stretch Her wings from shore to shore ;

• Verses 7, 9, and 10, of this Hymn, may be sung alone, The Shasters are the religious books of the Hindoos, the Brahmans are their Priests, and the Casts are the different classes of the people.

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No trump shall rouse the rage of war,

No murd'rous cannon roar.

15 LORD, for those days we wait; those days
Are in thy word foretold:
Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring
This promis'd age of gold.

16 Amen, with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumber'd myriads cry;
Amen, with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumber'd choirs reply!

CONTINUATION.BY MR. LAWSON.

C. M. Walsal 237. Bangor 231.
Remember them.

17 While in the howling shades of death
The heathens scorn thy name,
And rage with bold blaspheming breath,
Dear Lord, remember them!

18 Darkly they roam, enslav'd by lust,
Devoid of fear and shame ;
Before their gods they crouch in dust;
But, oh! remember them!

19 The gushing blood from Calvary
For ever flows the same;

It wash'd my soul-then still I'll cry,
Dear Lord, remember them!

20 I hear the lonely widow's wail!
I see the mountain flame!

But, while the dreadful fire they hail,
Do thou remember them!

21 Oft as thy servants, far and near,
Thy dying love proclaim,

Lest they should yield to cold despair,
Dear Lord, remember them!

22 And, oh! when heathens bend the knee, To call upon thy name,

Stretching their willing hands to thee,
Dear Lord, remember them!

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