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3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,
Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend;
See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings,
While every land its joyous tribute brings.

4 The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay,
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away;
But fixed his word, his saving power remains ;
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

782.

C. M.

Prayer for the Success of the Gospel.

W. WARD.

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 treasured in thy mind.

3 0, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe and every soul
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4 Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays,

And build on sin's demolished throne
The temples of thy praise.

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1 HARK! the song of jubilee,
Loud as mighty thunders roar,
Or the fulness of the sea,

MONTGOMERY.

When it breaks upon the shore !

2 See, Jehovah's banner furled;

Sheathed his sword:- he speaks 't is done!

Now the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdom of his Son.
3 He shall reign from pole to pole

With supreme, unbounded sway;
He shall reign, when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens have passed away.
4 Hallelujah! for the Lord.

God omnipotent shall reign:
Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.
5 Hallelujah! hark! the sound,
From the centre to the skies,
Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies.

784.

C. M.

Prayer for the Spread of the Gospel.

NEEDHAM

1 GREAT God of grace! arise and shine,
With beams of heavenly light:
From this dark world of sin dispel
The long and gloomy night.

2 No more may senseless idols share
The honors due to thee:

May every nation know thy name,
And thy salvation see.

3 No more may persecution dare
To lift her iron rod;

No longer shed the blood of saints,
And plead a zeal for God.

4 With its own pure and native light,
Still may thy gospel shine :

And error fly like noxious mists
Before this light divine.

5 While heaven-born truth her charms reveals,

May love each breast inspire;

785.

Nor one base passion ever mix,
To quench this sacred fire.

7 & 6s. M.

The Salvation of Israel.

1 O, THAT the Lord's salvation
Were out of Zion come,
To heal his ancient nation,
To lead his outcasts home!

2 How long the holy city

Shall heathen feet profane
Return, O Lord, in pity;
Rebuild her walls again.
3 Let fall thy rod of terror;
Thy saving grace impart ;
Roll back the veil of error;

Release the fettered heart.
4 Let Israel, home returning,
Her lost Messiah see;
Give oil of joy for mourning,
And bind thy church to thee.

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LYTE.

EPISCOPAL COLL.

1 WHEN, Lord, to this our western land, Led by thy providential hand,

Our wandering fathers came,

Their ancient homes, their friends in youth,
Sent forth the heralds of thy truth,

To keep them in thy name.

2 Then, through our solitary coast,
The desert features soon were lost;
Thy temples there arose ;

Our shores, as culture made them fair,
Were hallowed by thy rites, by prayer,
And blossomed as the rose.

3 And, O, may we repay this debt To regions solitary yet

Within our spreading land!

There brethren, from our common home,
Still westward, like our fathers, roam,
Still guided by thy hand.

4 Father, we own this debt of love;
O, shed thy spirit from above,

To move each Christian breast,
Till heralds shall thy truth proclaim,
And temples rise, to fix thy name,
Through all our boundless West!

787.

C. M.

The Western Churches.

S. W. LIVERMORE.

1 OUR pilgrim brethren dwelling far,-
O God of truth and love,

Light thou their path with thine own star,
Bright beaming from above.

2 Wide as their mighty rivers flow,
Let thine own truth extend;
Where prairies spread and forests grow,
O Lord, thy gospel send.

3 Then will a mighty nation own
A union firm and strong;
The sceptre of th' eternal throne
Shall rule its councils long.

788.

L. M.

EPISCOPAL COLL.

For Laborers in God's Harvest.

1 O SPIRIT of the living God,
In all thy plenitude of grace,
Where'er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our degenerate race!

2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love,
To preach the reconciling word;

Give power and unction from above,
Where'er the joyful sound is heard.
3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light;
Confusion, order, in thy path;

Souls without strength inspire with might;
Bid mercy triumph over wrath.

4 Convert the nations; far and nigh,
The triumphs of the cross record;
The name of Jesus glorify,

789.

Till every people call him Lord.

L. M.

For the Spread of the Gospel.

1 EXERT thy power, thy rights maintain,
Almighty, Everlasting King!

The influence of thy crown increase,
And strangers to thy footstool bring.

2 In one vast symphony of praise,

Gentile and Jew shall then unite;
And unbelief no longer reign,

But sink in shades of endless night. 3 Then Afric's liberated sons

Shall chant to Asia's rapturous song, Europe resound her Saviour's fame, And western climes the notes prolong. 4 To every land beneath the sun Immanuel's kingdom shall extend; every man every clime Shall meet a brother and a friend.

And

790.

in

L. M.

Missionaries encouraged.

VOKE.

WINCHELL'S SEL.

1 YE Christian heralds,-go, proclaim

Salvation in Immanuel's name;
To distant climes the tidings bear,
And plant the rose of Sharon there

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