3

The deed was done! the Lamb was slain !
The groaning earth the burthen bore :
He rose, he lives! he lives to reign,
Nor time shall shake his endless pow'r.

4

Riches, and all that decks the great,
From worlds unnumber'd hither bring;
The tribute pour before his seat,

And hail the triumphs of our King.

5

Wisdom and strength are his alone,
He rais'd the top-stone, shouting grace;
Honour has built his lofty throne,
And glory shines upon his face.

Higher, still higher, swell the strain ;
Creation's voice the note prolong ;
The Lamb shall ever, ever reign;
Let hallelujahs crown the song.
Hallelujah.

HYMN 249. C. M.

BEGIN, my tongue, some heav'nly theme,
And speak some boundless thing,
The mighty works, or mightier name,
Of our eternal King.

2

Tell of his wond'rous faithfulness,
And sound his pow'r abroad;

Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.

Proclaim

3

Salvation from the Lord

'For wretched, dying men ;'

His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.

4

Engrav'd as in eternal brass,
The mighty promise shines :
Nor can the pow'rs of darknes raze
Those everlasting lines.

HYMN 250. P. M.

PART FIRST.

JEHOVAH reigns! let ev'ry nation hear,
And at his footstool bow, with holy fear;
Let heaven's high arches echo with his name,
And the whole peopled earth his praise proclaim;
Wide, and more wide, the homage still extending
Through boundless space, and ages never ending.

2

He rules, with wide and absolute command,
O'er the wild ocean and the stedfast land:
Jehovah reigns, unbounded and alone,
And all creation hangs beneath his throne:
He reigns alone, let no inferior nature
Usurp the honours of the sole Creator.

3

He bade the struggling beams of infant light Shoot through the massy gloom of ancient night, His spirit hush'd the elemental strife,

And fed the kindling flame of nature's life, Seasons and months began their long procession, And measur'd o'er the year in bright succession.

4

The sun receives the splendour of his ray,
Assumes his station, and creates the day;
And the pale moon reflects her borrow'd light
Superior o'er the shadows of the night;

1

Ten thousand glitt'ring lamps the skies adorning, Num'rous as dew drops in a vernal morning.

5

From chaos rising, earth confess'd his pow'r;
Adorn'd with ev'ry plant and ev'ry flow'r ;
And issuing from the hollow of his hand
The waters compass and divide the land;
Seas, rivers, all their destin'd channels knowing,
And in new forms eternal goodness showing.

6

The new born earth complete in rich array,
At length prepares to take her annual way;
And with untarnish'd lustre as she stood,

Her Maker bless'd his work, and call'd it good;
The morning stars with joyful acclamation
Exulting sung, and hail'd the new creation.

PART SECOND.

7

This wond'rous globe, the creature of a day,
Tho' built by God's right hand, must pass away,
And long oblivion creep o'er mortal things.
The fate of empires, and the pride of kings:
Eternal night shall veil their proudest story,
And drop the curtain o'er all human glory.

8

The sun himself, with gath'ring clouds oppress'd, Shall in his silent, dark pavillion rest;

His golden urn shall break, and useless lie

Amidst the common ruins of the sky;

The stars rush headlong in the wild commotion,

And bathe their glitt'ring foreheads in the ocean.

9

But fix'd, O God, for ever stands thy throne ;
Jehovah reigns an universe alone';

Th' eternal fire, that feeds each vital flame,
For ever was, for ever is the same;

He dwells within his own unfathom❜d essence, And fills all space with his unbounded presence.

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But oh! we sink the theme we aim to raise,
And silence is our least injurious praise.

Cease, cease your songs, the daring flight control,
Revere him in the stillness of the soul;

With humblest duty prostrate fall before him, And deep within your inmost hearts adore him.

HYMN 251. P. M.

SONS of Adam, why despair?
Know your heav'nly Father's care :
Though you're fallen, ye shall be
Heirs of bliss, eternally.

2

God is love, nor wrath can bear;
Love with wrath shall never share :
Chast'ning rods as mercies prove,
Guided by a Father's love.

3

Christ, the ransom price hath paid;
He's become his people's Head:
He on Calvary's summit dy'd :
God, your Father's satisfy'd.

4

Trace his love, and say, if you
Can refrain from loving too;
Walk his ways and trust his word ;
Peace, and comfort they'll afford.

HYMN 252. C. M.

HE comes! Jehovah comes to bless
The nations as their God;

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To shew his truth in righteousness,
And spread his power abroad.

2

The christian world in darkness lies,
By falshood over-run ;

The moon and stars no longer rise,
And clouds have veil'd the sun.
3

But lo! the mighty God appears,
On clouds behold him rise ;
He comes to dry his Zion's tears,
And cheer his mourning bride.

4

Now sacred love with mildest rays
In Zion's land shall rise;
The heavenly sun divinely blaze,
And brighten all the skies.

5

Now truth shall chace the clouds away,
And falshood reign no more;

But one unclouded, heavenly day
Shall shine from shore to shore.

HYMN 253. L. M.

THE morning dawns; celestial light Dispels the gloomy shades of night; Truth rears her standard once again, And love, celestial love, shall reign.

2

The heavenly Sun, the Lord our God, Beams his refulgent rays abroad :

He comes to bless the ransom'd soul, And spread his truth from pole to pole.

3

Now nations barb'rous, rude, and blind, In Jesus shall salvation find: