496.

8s, 7s & 4s. ANONYMOUS.

1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
O refresh us!

Trav'lling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give and adoration,
For the gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound:
May thy presence

With us evermore be found.

497.

8s & 7s. ANONYMOUS.

LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Bid us all depart in peace;
Still on gospel manna feeding,
Pure seraphic love increase:
Fill each breast with consolation,
While to thee our songs we raise;
When we reach the blissful station,
We will give thee nobler praise.

498.

1

2

S. M. HART.

ONCE more, before we part,
We'll bless the Saviour's name;
Record his mercies every heart,
Sing every tongue the same.

O may we keep his word,

And feed thereon and grow;

Go on to seek and know the Lord,
And practise what we know.

499.

C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

1 NOW to the Lamb that once was slain, Be endless blessings paid;

Salvation, glory, joy, remain
For ever on thy head.

2 Thou hast redeem'd us by thy blood, And set the pris'ners free;

Hast made us kings and priests to God,
And we shall reign with thee.

500.

8s, 7s & 4s. KELLY.

1 GOD of our salvation, hear us;
Bless, oh bless us, ere we go;
When we join the world, be near us,
Lest we cold and careless grow:
Saviour keep us-

Keep us safe from every foe.
2 May we live in view of heaven,
Where we hope to see thy face;
Save us from unhallowed leaven,
All that might obscure thy grace;
Keep us walking

Each in his appointed place.
3 As our steps are drawing nearer
To the place we call our home,
May our view of heaven grow clearer,
Hope more bright of joys to come;
And, when dying,

May thy presence cheer the gloom.
7s. COWPER.

501.

1 NOW may he who from the dead
Brought the shepherd of the sheep,
Jesus Christ, our king and head,
All our souls in safety keep.
2 May he teach us to fulfil
What is pleasing in his sight;
Perfect us in all his will,
And preserve us day and night.

502. 8s & 7s. J. NEWTON.

1 MAY the grace of Christ our saviour, And the Father's boundless love, With the holy Spirit's favour,

Rest upon us from above.

2 Thus may we abide in union

With each other and the Lord,
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.
503. L. M. DODDRIDGE.

The Ministry of Divine Appointment.
1 FATHER of mercies, in thy house,
We pay our homage, and our vows,

While with most grateful hearts we share
These pledges of our Saviour's care.

2 The Saviour, when to heaven he rose
In splendid triumph o'er his foes,
Scattered his gifts on men below,
And wide his royal bounties flow.

3 Hence sprung th' apostle's honoured name, Sacred beyond all earthly fame;

In lowlier forms, to bless our eyes, Pastors from hence, and teachers run. 4 So shall the bright succession rise Through latest courses of the sun; While unborn churches, by their care, Shall rise and flourish, large and fair.

504.

L. M. WATTS.

Christ's Commission to his Ministers. 1 "GO preach my gospel," saith the Lord; "Bid the whole earth my grace receive He shall be saved that trusts my word, And he condemned, who'll not believe.

2 "I'll make your great commission known;
And ye shall prove my gospel true,
By all the works that I have done,
By all the wonders ye shall do.

3 "Teach all the nations my commands;
I'm with you till the world shall end;
All power is trusted in my hands-
I can destroy--and I defend."

4 He spake and light shone round his head;
On a bright cloud to heaven he rode:
They to the farthest nations spread
The grace of their ascended Lord.

Ministers the Bearers of glad Tidings.

1 HOW beauteous are their feet

Who stand on Zion's hill!

Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

UNIVERSAL DIFFUSION

2 How charming is their voice! How sweet their tidings are! "Zion, behold thy Saviour King, He reigns and triumphs here." 3 How happy are our ears,

That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes,

That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad!
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour and their Lord.

UNIVERSAL DIFFUSION OF THE GOSPEL

506.

8s, 7s & 4s. COTTERILL

Condition and Prospects of the Heathen. 1 O'ER the realms of Pagan darkness, Let the eye of pity gaze; See the kindred of the people Lost in sin's bewildering maze; Darkness brooding

On the face of all the earth.

2 Light of them that sit in darkness!
Rise and shine, thy blessings bring;
Light to lighten all the Gentiles!
Rise with healing in thy wing;
To thy brightness

Let all kings and nations come.
3 May the heathen, now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and, worshipping before him,
Serve the living God alone:
Let thy glory

Fill the earth as floods the sea.

4 Thou to whom all power is given, Speak the word;-at thy command, Let the company of preachers

Spread thy name from land to land;
Lord, be with them

Alway to the end of time.

507. 7s & 6s. BISHOP HEBER.
1 FROM Greeland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2 What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strown;
The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
By wisdom from on high,
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learnt Messiah's name.

508.

C. M. GIBBONS.

Prevalence of Christianity promised.

1 GREAT God, is not thy promise pledg'd To thine exalted Son,

That through 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."