23 But chiefly, when before the throne, '-'
O interceding Lamb,

Wrestling, thou pleadest for thine own,
Then, then remember them!

420 (2d P.) L. M. Wareham 12. Wells 13.

A Blessing on Missions and Missionaries requested.

1 WHERE'ER the blustering north-wind blows,

And spreads its frost, or fleecy snows; Where'er the sun, with quickening ray, Shines all abroad and gives the day; 2 Where'er the lesser orbs of light Dart forth their beams and gild the night; There may his heralds lond proclaim The Saviour's love, the Saviour's name. 3 For work so pleasing, so benign, LORD, grant thy influence divine;

Till all the spacious globe around,'

'With' raptur'd songs of praise resound.’

420 (3d P.) S. M. Mount Ephraim 185. Lowell 260.

Missionaries addressed and encouraged.*.

1 YE Messengers of CHRIST,
His sovereign voice obey ;

Arise! and follow where he leads,
And peace attend your way,,
2 The master whom you serve
Will needful strength bestow;
Depending on his promis'd aid,
With sacred courage go.

3

Mountains shall sink to plains,
And hell in vain oppose;

The cause is God's, and must prevail,
In spite of all his foes.

4 Go, spread a Saviour's fame;
And tell his matchless grace.

• See also Hymn 415.

To the most guilty and depray'd
Of Adam's num'rous race.
5. We wish you, in his name,
The most divine success;
Assur'd that he who sends you forth
Will your endeavours bless.

420 (4th P.) C. M. Camb. New 74. Evans's 190. The wonder-working GoD invoked for his Church, Isai. li. 9.

1 AWAKE, awake, thou mighty arm,
Which hast such wonders wrought;

Which captive Israel freed from harm,
And out of Egypt brought.

2 Art thou not it which Rahab slew?
And crush'd the dragon's head?
Constrained by thee, the waves withdrew
From their accustom❜d bed.

3 Again thy wonted prowess show,
Be thou made bare again:
And let thine adversaries know
That they resist in vain.

421 (1st P.) L. M. Ailie Street 241. Rochford 22.

Longing for the Latter-Day Glory.

1 HOW many years has man been driven Far off from happiness and heaven! When wilt thou, gracious LORD, restore Thy wandering church to roam no more? 2 Six thousand years are nearly past Since Adam from thy sight was cast; And ever since, his fallen race, From age to age, are void of grace. 3 When will the happy trump proclaim The judgment of the martyr'd Lamb? When shall the captive troops be free, And keep the eternal Jubilee ? 4 Hasten it, LORD, in every land;

Go, sound deliverance; loudly blow
Salvation to the saints below.

5 We want to have the day appear !
The promis'd great sabbatic year,
When, far from grief, and sin, and hell,
Israel in ceaseless peace shall dwell.
6 Till then, we will not let thee rest,
Thou still shalt hear our strong request;
And this our daily prayer shall be,
LORD, Sound the trump of jubilee.

421 (2d P.) L. M. Ailie Street 241. Portugal 97.

Prayer to God for his special interposition in spreading the Gospel, Zec. ix. 13-16.

1'HOW long, O GOD, has man been driv'n Far off from happiness and heav'n!

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'When wilt thou,' graciously, restore' Thy banish'd sons to rove no more? 2 For near six thousand years, thy foe Has triumph'd over all below;

Save that a little flock is found,

With ravening wolves encompass'd round. 3 Shall not the Lamb, who once was slain, An ample compensation gain, And many happy millions more To happiness and God restore? 4 From every nation, every tongue, A remnant must to him belong; Nor can there be too vile a race To furnish trophies of his grace. 5 Exert that power which could subdue The furious slaughter-breathing Jew, And make him in thy cause become Victorious over Greece and Rome. 6 Now, LORD, before thy servants go, Let God himself the trumpet blow; Hasten the Gospel jubilee

That bids a captive world be free.

421 (3d P.) 10s. Warsaw 211. Upton 314. The House must be of Fame and Glory throughout all Countries, 1 Chron. xxii. 25.

1

THE house now to be builded to the LORD,

TWbout no foundation-tone his hand hath laid,

Shall in magnificence and fame exceed

That which King Solomon so glorious made.

2 Wide as the spacious globe on which we tread, This sacred temple shall its bounds extend;

Its blessings, not to Abra'm's seed confin'd,
Shall millions of the Gentile race befriend.
3 See, in the torrid regions of the South,
The humble worshipper approach with joy ;
And shivering natives of the frozen pole,
In the same heavenly strains their lips employ.
4 With all simplicity of word and deed,

With zeal for GOD, and love to souls inspir'd,
See the successful Missionaries teach;

Their ardour still by gathering converts fir'd.
5 Hark! they proclaim salvation by the cross,
And thousands press t' accept the boundless grace;
JESUS his own almighty power displays,

His temple now is universal space!

421 (4th P.) C. M. Sprague 166. Staughton 264. Saints longing to see their King with his many Crowns, Rev. xix. 12.

1 GO forth, ye saints, behold your King

With God-like honours crown'd;

Ten thousand beauties in his word
Shall spread his fame around.

2 Where'er the sun begins its race,
Or stops its swift career,

Both east and west shall own

his grace,

And CHRIST be honour'd there.

3 Ten thousand crowns encircling show
The victories he hath won:
O may his conquests ever grow,
While time its course shall run!

4 Ride forth, thou mighty conqueror, ride
And millions more subdue,

Destroy our enmity and pride,

And we will crown thee too.

422 (1st P.) 112th. Carey's 11. Uffculm 93. Gentiles praying for Jews, Rom. xi. 1. 2. 25. 26.

1 FATHER of faithful Abra'm, hear

Our earnest suit for Abra'm's seed;
Justly they claim the softest prayer
From us adopted in their stead,
Who mercy thro' their fall obtain,
And CHRIST by their rejection gain.
2 Outcast from thee, and scatter'd wide
Thro' every nation under heaven,
Blaspheming whom they crucify'd,
Unsav'd, unpity'd, unforgiven;
Branded like Cain, they bear their load,
Abhorr'd of men, and curs'd of God.
3 But hast thou finally forsook,

For ever cast thy own away?

Wilt thou not bid the murderers look
On him they pierc'd, and weep and pray?
Yes, gracious LORD, thy word is past,
All Israel shall be saved at last.

4 Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come;
The veil from Jacob's heart remove; .
Receive thy ancient people home,
That, quicken'd by thy dying love,
The world may their reception view,
And shout to GOD the glory due.

422 (2d P.) 148th. Portsmouth New 144. Evangelical Philanthropy; or, the Song of a Christian

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Loyalist.

REJOICE, the Saviour reigns
Among the sons of men;

He breaks the pris'ners' chains,
And makes them free again;
Let hell oppose God's only SON,
In spite of foes, his cause goes on.