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Joyful hearts are bounding,
Hallelujahs now are sounding;
Peace with men
Dwells again,
Jesus reigns forever!
Jesus reigns forever.

L. M.

The Gathering of the Gentiles.
THE heathen perish ;-day by day,
Thousands on thousands pass away!
Oh Christians! to their rescue fly,
Preach Jesus to them ere they die.
2 Wealth, labor, talents, freely give,
Yea, life itself, that they may live;
What hath your Saviour done for you?
And what for him will ye not do?
3 Thou Spirit of the Lord, go forth,
Call in the south-wake up the north;
Of every clime, from sun to sun,
Gather God's children into one.

339

C. M.

Prayer for the Enlargement of the Church.
SHINE, mighty God, on Zion shine,
With beams of heavenly grace;
Reveal thy power through every land,
And show thy smiling face.

2 When shall thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound through the earth abroad,
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God?

3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;
Let every tongue exalt his praise,
And every heart rejoice.

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TO bless thy chosen race,
In mercy, Lord, incline;

And cause the brightness of thy face
On all thy saints to shine;—

2 That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known; While distant lands their homage pay, And thy salvation own.

3 Let differing nations join

To celebrate thy fame;

Let all the world, O Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name.

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ON thy church, O Power divine,
Cause thy glorious face to shine;
Till the nations from afar
Hail her as their guiding star.
2 Then shall God, with lavish hand,
Scatter blessings o'er the land;
And the world's remotest bound
With the voice of praise resound.

342

S. M.

Christ exalted and his Enemies warned.

THE Lord ascends on high,
And asks to rule the earth;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heavenly birth.

2 He asks-and God bestows
A large inheritance:

Far as the world's remotest ends,
His kingdom shall advance.

3 The nations that rebel

Must feel his iron rod:

He'll vindicate those honors well,
Which he received from God.

4 Be wise, ye rulers, now,

And worship at his throne:
With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.

5 If once his wrath arise,

Ye perish on the place:

But blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.

343

7s.

Prayer for Divine Help.

THOU, Jehovah, God o'er all!
Idol gods to thee shall fall:

None thy wondrous works can share ;
None with thee in might compare.

2 Formed by thy creative hand,
Let the nations round thee stand;
Prostrate at thy throne confess,
And adore the Saviour's grace.

3 Great in power!-thine arm divine!—
Round the world thy wonders shine:
Bid the world thy glories own—
Thou art God-and thou alone!

344

8s, 7s & 4.

Influences of the Spirit necessary.
WHO, but thou, almighty Spirit,
Can the heathen world reclaim?
Men may preach-but till thou favor,

Heathens will be still the same:
Mighty Spirit!

Witness to the Saviour's name.

2 Thou hast promised, by the prophets,
Glorious light in latter days:
Come, and bless bewildered nations,
Change our prayers and tears to praise :
Promised Spirit!

Round the world diffuse thy rays.
3 All our hopes, and prayers, and labors
Must be vain without thine aid:
But thou wilt not disappoint us-
All is true that thou hast said:
Faithful Spirit!

O'er the world thine influence shed.

345

8s & 7s.

The Church the Dwelling-Place of God.
GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;

He, whose word can ne'er be broken,
Chose thee for his own abode.

2 Lord, thy church is still thy dwelling,
Still is precious in thy sight;
Judah's temple far excelling,

Beaming with the gospel's light.

3 On the rock of ages founded,
What can shake her sure repose?
With salvation's wall surrounded,
She can smile at all her foes.

4 Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;

He, whose word can ne'er be broken,
Chose thee for his own abode.

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89, 7s & 4.

Conversion of the World anticipated.
O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness,
Look, my soul-be still, and gaze;
See the promises advancing
To a glorious day of grace!
Blessed jubilee!

Let thy glorious morning dawn!
2 Let the dark, benighted pagan,
Let the rude barbarian, see
That divine and glorious conquest
Once obtained on Calvary:
Let the gospel

Loud resound, from pole to pole.
3 Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness,
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light;
Now, from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night;
Let redemption,

Freely purchased, win the day!
4 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel;
Win and conquer-never cease!
May thy lasting, wide dominions
Multiply, and still increase:
Sway thy sceptre,

Saviour, all the world around!

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L. M.

Prayer for the Conversion of the World. INDULGENT Sovereign of the skies, And wilt thou bow thy gracious ear While feeble mortals raise their cries, Wilt thou, the great Jehovah, hear?

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