Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepar'd above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun,

Both speed them to their source:
So a soul, that's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return,
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,

And earth exchang'd for heaven.

HYMN 173. C. M.

Christ's First and Second Coming.

NING to the Lord, ye distant lands,

Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue:

His new discover'd grace

A new and noble song.

demands

2 Say to the nations, Jesus came
A guilty world to save;

From vice and error to reclaim,
And rescue froin the grave.

3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day!
Joy through the earth be seen ;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.

4 With pleasure lift your wond'ring eyes,
Ye islands of the sea;

Ye mountains, sink, ye vallies, rise,
Prepare the Saviour's way.

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5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless
The nations as their God;

To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.

WATTS

HYMN 174. Eights and Sevens Metre.

Universal Praise.

PRAISE to thee, thou great Creator,

Praise be thine from ev'ry tongue,

Join, my soul, with ev'ry creature,
Join the universal song.

2 For ten thousand blessings giv'n,

For the hope of future joy,

Sound his praise through earth and heav'n,
Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

FAWCET.

HYMN 175. Tens and Elevens Metre.

Jehovah reigns.

EHOVAH reigns! let ev'ry nation hear,

JEHO

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 steadfast 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 :

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.

HE

HYMN 176. C. M.

Christ's Second Advent.

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

He comes! Jen or

To show his truth in righteousness,

And spread his power abroad.

2 The christian world in darkness lies,
By falsehood overrun;

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 ride!
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 chase the clouds away,
And falsehood reign no more ;
But one unclouded, heavenly day
Shall shine from shore to shore.

HYMN 177. L. M.

Jesus, the Sun of Heaven.

JESUS, thou Sun of love divine,

PROUD

Thy rays through boundless nature shine:
In thee with bright effulgence meet
Wisdom and love, and light and heat.
2 Through heaven thy glory is display'd
In one bright day without a shade;
Angels from thee supremely prove
The nameless, endless joys of love.
3 With thee they dwell in fervid light,
Nor feel nor fear the shades of night;
Thy heavenly beams will never fail,
But one eternal day prevail.

4 Be darkness known on earth no more,
But truth display'd from shore to shore;
Till men of every land shall see
Thy glory, Lord, and worship thee.

5 'Tis done-the Sun of love appears,
The shades withdraw, the morning clears;
Now love and truth prevail again,

And one eternal day shall reign.

The happy state of the Christian.

S we advance in wisdom's ways,

PROUD.

As praise;

Our pleasures, joys, and hopes increase,
And all within is settled peace.

2 Our foes with weaker pow'r assail;
With strength increasing we prevail;
Above our ev'ry tempter rise,

And press with zeal towards the skies.

3 Look we at death? 'tis with delight;
A gentle sleep, and short the night;
Angels support the feeble head,
Our souls have nothing here to dread.
4 Think we of judgment! happy day!
Joyful the summons we obcy;

P

It is to meet the God we love,
And take our glorious crowns above.
5 Transporting thought! celestial state!
For this we live, for this we wait ;
And while we take the happy road,
Our songs of praise ascend to God.

HYMN 179. Eight, Eight, and Six Metre. Lord's Day Morning.

HAL, the shall be bless'd,

AIL, happy day, the type of rest,

And cease from toil and pain;
So we to-day the emblem prove,
Cease from all work, but praise and love,
And solid pleasure gain.

2 To-day our mighty Conqueror rose,
In triumph o'er his numerous foes,
And death a captive bound;
So we from ev'ry evil rise,

Mount up in thought towards the skies,
And walk on Zion's ground!

3 Begone, ye ev'ry worldly care;
My soul to study, praise, and prayer,
To-day be wholly given;

I'll humbly wait at Jesus' feet,
The saints in solemn worship meet,
And learn their way to heav'n.

4 Jesus will kindly condescend
To teach my soul, my heart amend,
And fill me with his love!