192

"The gospel must first be published among all nations."

Imf FROM Greenland'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. amf What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, dim 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.

3mf Can we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,

p Can we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?

f Salvation! oh, salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation

Has learned Messiah's name.

4 f Waft, waft, ye winds, His story,
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole;
Till, o'er our ransomed nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
ff Redeemer, King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign. Amen

RAVENNA.

7,7,7,7.

J. H. KNECHT.

Amen.

193 "That the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified."

f SPREAD, oh, spread, thou mighty 3 mf Up, the ripening fields ye see;

Word,

Spread the kingdom of the Lord,
Wheresoe'er His breath has given
Life to beings made for heaven.

Vord of Life, most pure and strong,
Lo! for thee the nations long;
Dread, till from its dreary night
the world awakes to light.

Mighty shall the harvest be;
But the reapers still are few,
Great the work they have to do.
4mf Lord of harvest, let there be

Joy and strength to work for Thee; cres Let the nations far and near

See Thy light and learn Thy fear.
Amen.

194

"In His days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long
as the moon endureth."

If HAIL to the Lord's Anointed,
Great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.

2 mf He comes with succour speedy
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,

And bid the weak be strong; cres To give them songs for sighing,

Their darkness turn to light,

dim Whose souls, condemned and dying, mf Were precious in His sight.

3 mf By such shall He be feared

While sun and moon endure, Beloved, obeyed, revered;

For He shall judge the poor, Through changing generations, With justice, mercy, truth, While stars maintain their stations, Or moons renew their youth.

7

4

He shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;

cres And love, joy, hope, like flowers,
Spring in His path to birth:
mf Before Him, on the mountains,
Shall peace, the herald, go;
cres And righteousness, in fountains,
From hill to valley flow.

5mf Kings shall fall down before Him
And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore Him,
His praise all people sing:
cres For He shall have dominion
O'er river, sea, and shore ;
Far as the eagle's pinion,

Or dove's light wing, can soar.

6p For Him shall prayer unceasing
And daily vows ascend,
cres His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
mf The mountain-dews shall nourish
A seed, in weakness sown,
cres Whose fruit shall spread and flourish
And shake like Lebanon.

O'er every foe victorious,

He on His throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,
All-blessing and all-blest:

cres The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove;

His name shall stand for ever,

rall His great, best name of Love! Amen.

TROYTE'S CHANT (No. 2) (2nd Tune). 10,10,10,4.

A. H. D. TROYTE.

A-men

195 "We are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses."

If FOR all the saints, who from their 5 lábours rest,

Who Thee by faith before the world cres
confessed,

Thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Hallelujah!

2 f Thou wast their rock, their fortress,
and their might;

Thou, Lord, their Captain in the wéllfought fight;

Thou, in the darkness drear, their óne true light, Hallelujah!

3 f Oh, may Thy soldiers, faithful, trúe, and bold,

Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,

And win, with them, the victor's crówn of gold.

Hallelujah!

And when the strife is fierce, the wár-
fare long,

Steals on the ear the distant tríumph-
song,

And hearts are brave again, and arms
are strong! Hallelujah!

6mf The golden evening brightens in the

west;

Soon, soon, to faithful warriors cómeth
rest;

Sweet is the calm of Paradíse the blest,
Hallelujah!

7f But lo! there breaks a yet more gló-
rious day;

The saints triumphant rise in bright
array;

The King of Glory passes ón His way!
Hallelujah!

4mf Oh, blest communion, fellowship 8 ff From earth's wide bounds, from

divine !

We feebly struggle; (f) they in glóry

shine!

tres Yet all are one in Thee, for áll are

Thine.

Hallelujah!

ocean's farthest coast,

Through gates of pearl streams in the we

cóuntless host,

er!

Singing to Father, Son, and Holy er
Ghost- Hallelujah! Amen

the

196

"Christ also loved the Church, and gave Himself for it."

ImfTHE Church's one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;

She is His new creation

By water and the word:

From heaven Hecame and sought her
To be His holy bride;

dim With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.

2 mf Elect from every nation,

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Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation

One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses

With every grace endued.
Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore opprest,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distrest;

cres Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, "How long?"

4

mf And soon the night of weeping
cres Shall be the morn of song.

p 'Mid toil and tribulation

And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore ;
cres Till with the vision glorious

Her longing eyes are blest,
f And the great Church victorious
dim Shall be the Church at rest.

5mf Yet she on earth hath union

With God the Three in One, p And mystic sweet communion

With those whose rest is won; f Oh, happy ones and holy !

Lord, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
cres On high may dwell with Thee.
Amen.