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288 "Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."-Eph. vi. 17.

I SOLDIERS of the Cross, arise!
Gird you with your armour bright;
Mighty are your enemies,
Hard the battle ye must fight.

2 O'er a faithless fallen world
Raise your banner in the sky:
Let it float there wide unfurled;
Bear it onward: lift it high.

3 'Mid the homes of want and woe,
Strangers to the living word,
Let the Saviour's herald go,
Let the voice of hope be heard.

Where the shadows deepest lie,
Carry truth's unsullied ray;

Where are crimes of blackest dye,
There the saving sign display.

5 To the weary and the worn
Tell of realms where sorrows cease;
To the outcast and forlorn
Speak of mercy and of peace.

6 Guard the helpless: seek the strayed;
Comfort troubles; banish grief;
In the might of God arrayed,
Scatter sin and unbelief.

F 7 Be the banner still unfurled,

Still unsheathed the Spirit's sword,

Till the kingdoms of the world
Are the kingdom of the Lord. Amen.

Also the following:-O GOD of Truth, whose living Word (445).

CROFT'S 148TH.

6.6.6.6.8.8.

DR. WILLIAM CROFT, 1708.

A-men.

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289 "All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O

Lord; and shall glorify Thy Name."-Ps. lxxxvi. 9.

ARISE, O Lord, and shine

In all Thy saving might,
And prosper each design

To spread Thy glorious light;

Let healing streams of mercy flow,

That all the earth Thy truth may know.

2 Bring distant nations near

To sing Thy glorious praise;
Let every people hear,

And learn Thy holy ways.

f Reign, mighty God! assert Thy cause! ƒ And govern by Thy righteous laws!

HEBER.

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7.6.7.6. D. Ascribed to BISHOP REGINALD HEBER.

Amen.

290

(See also "AURELIA," No. 509.)

"Come over . . . . and help us.”— Acts xvi. 9.

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3 Can we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
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.
F 4 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,
Redeemer, King, Creator,

In bliss returns to reign. Amen.

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291 "And the armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."— Rev. xix. 14.

FI Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass !

Ye bars of iron, yield!
And let the King of Glory pass;
The Cross is in the field!

2 That banner, brighter than the star
That leads the train of night,
Shines on the march, and guides from
His servants to the fight.

The powers of heaven and hell engage
For more than death or life.

4 Then fear not, faint not, halt not now,
In Jesu's name be strong!

To Him shall every creature bow,
And sing the triumph-song:-

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Uplifted are the gates of brass,

The bars of iron yield;

3 A holy war those servants wage;

Behold the King of Glory pass!

In that mysterious strife

The Cross hath won the field! Amen.

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292

"Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white
already to harvest."-St. John iv. 35.

FI LORD, her watch Thy Church is keeping:
When shall earth Thy rule obey?
When shall end the night of weeping?
When shall break the promised day?
See the whitening harvest languish,
Waiting still the labourers' toil;
Was it vain-Thy Son's deep anguish?
Shall the strong retain the spoil?

2 Tidings, sent to every creature,

Millions yet have never heard: Can they hear without a preacher? Lord Almighty, give the word!

ROCKINGHAM.

Give the word !-in every nation
Let the gospel trumpet sound,
Witnessing a world's salvation,

To the earth's remotest bound.

F 3 Then the end! Thy Church completed,
All Thy chosen gathered in,
With their King in glory seated,
Satan bound, and banished sin;
Gone for ever parting, weeping,
Hunger, sorrow, death, and pain
Lo! her watch Thy Church is keeping;
Come, Lord Jesus, come to reign!
Amen.

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Amen.

293

"That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations."-Ps. lxvii. 2.

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