Thy streams salvation bring,

The waters never fail :

Still they endure, and still they flow,
For all our wo a sovereign cure.
o 2 Blest be His wounded side,

And blest his bleeding heart,
Who all in anguish dy'd,

Such favours to impart.

His sacred blood shall make us clean
From ev'ry sin-and fit for God.
3 To that dear source of love

Our souls this day would come:
And thither from above,

Lord, call the nations home;

o That Jew and Greek, with rapt'rous songs, On all their tongues, thy praise may speak.

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Doddridge.

HYMN 176. C. M. Christmas. [*]

Highway to Zion. Isa. xxxv, 8—10.
SING, Yer eat delivrer sing,
ING, ye redeemed of the Lord,

Your great

Pilgrims, for Zion's city bound,

Be joyful in your King.

2 See the fair way his hand has rais'd,-
How holy, and how plain!

-Nor shall the simplest trav'ler err,
Nor ask the track in vain.

3 No ravening lion shall destroy,
Nor lurking serpent wound;
Pleasure and safety, peace and praise,
Through all the path are found.

0 4 A hand Divine shall lead you on,
Through all the blissful road
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your smiling God.

o 5 There, garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on every head;

While sorrow, sighing, and distress,
Like shadows all are fled.

g 6 March on in your Redeemer's strength;
Pursue his footsteps still;

And let the prospect cheer your eye,
While labouring up the hill.

Doddridge.

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HYMN 177. 8 & 7. Drummond. [*]
Safety and happiness of Zion. Is. xxxiii, 20, 21.
LORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

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things

e He whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode :
g On the rock of ages founded-

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
o 2 See the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove :
e Who can faint, while such a river
Ever flows, their thirst t' assuage?
Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver,
Never fails, from age to age.
3 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear!
For a glory and a covering,

Showing that the Lord is near:
Thus deriving from their banner,
Light by night, and shade by day;
Safe they feed upon the manna,

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Which he gives them when they pray. Newton.

HYMN 178. L. M. Blendon. [*]

God, the Defence of Zion. Ezek. xlviii, 35.

S birds their infant brood protect,

And spread their wings to shelter them;

Thus saith the Lord to his elect,

d 'So will I guard Jerusalem.'

e 2 And what then is Jerusalem,
This darling object of his care?
Where is its worth in God's esteem?
a Who built it ?-Who inhabits there?
-3 Jehovah founded it in blood,

The blood of his incarnate Son;
There dwell the saints, once foes to God,
The sinners, whom he calls his own.
4 There, though besieg'd on every side,
Yet much belov'd, and guarded well,

o From age to age they have defied

The utmost force of earth and hell. e 5 Let earth repent, and hell despair, o This city has a sure defence;

d Her name is call'd, "The Lord is there;" e And who has power to drive Him thence? Cowper.

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HYMN 179. 8 & 7. Drummond. [*] Future Peace and Glory of Zion. Isa. lx, 15, 20. TEAR what God the Lord hath spoken, the Land ‘O my people, faint and few; Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you: -Scenes of heartfelt tribulation

Shall no more perplex your ways: d You shall name your walls Salvation,And your gates shall all be praise.' b 2 There, like streams that feed the garden, Pleasures, without end, shall flow; -For the Lord, your faith rewarding, All his bounty shall bestow : Still, in undisturb'd possession, Peace and righteousness shall reign; Never shall you feel oppressionHear the voice of war again. 3 Ye, no more, your suns declining, Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me.

o God will rise, and, shining o'er you, Change to day the gloom of night; g He, the Lord, will be your glory, God, your everlasting light.

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Cowper.

HYMN 180. L. M. Worship. [b]
Prayer for Zion.

INDU

NDULGENT Sovereign of the skies,
And wilt thou bow thy gracious ear?
While feeble mortals raise their cries,
Wilt thou, the great Jehovah,hear?
e 2 How shall thy servants give thee rest,
Till Zion's mouldering walls thou raise;

-Till thy own power shall stand confess'd,
And make Jerusalem a praise?
e 3 For this, a lowly, suppliant crowd
Here, in thy sacred temple, wait :
-For this we lift our voices loud,

And call, and knock at mercy's gate.
e 4 Look down, O God, with pitying eye,
And view the desolations round;

e See what wide realms in darkness lie,
-And hurl their idols to the ground.
o 5 Loud let the gospel trumpet blow,
And call the nations from afar;

Let all the Isles their Saviour know,
And earth's remotest ends draw near. Doddridge.

HYMN 181. L. M. Blendon. [b *]

Prayer for Zion's Increase. Isa. li, 9.

d 1 ARM of the Lord, awake, awake!

Put on thy strength-the nations shake!

-And let the world, adoring, see

Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee.
2 Say to the heathen from thy throne,
d 'I am Jehovah-God alone!'

-Thy voice their idols shall confound,
And cast their altars to the ground.
e 3 No more let human blood be spilt-
Vain sacrifice for human guilt!

But to each conscience be applied
e The blood that flow'd from Jesus' side.
o 4 Arm of the Lord, thy power extend;
Let Mahomet's impostures end;
Break superstition's Papal chain,
And the proud scoffer's rage restrain.
o 5 Let Zion's time of favour come;
O bring the tribes of Israel home:
And let our wondering eyes behold
Gentiles and Jews in Christ's one fold.
g 6 Almighty God, thy grace proclaim,
In every land of every name

Let adverse powers before thee fall,
And crown the Saviour-Lord of all. Mis. Col.

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HYMN 182. L. M. Leeds. [*]

Longing for the promised Spread of the Gospel. Dan. ii, 45.

EXERT thy power, thy rights maintain,
Insulted-everlasting King!

-The influence of thy crown increase,
And strangers to thy footstool bring.
e 2 We long to see that happy time,
That dear, expected, blessed day!
o When countless myriads of our race
The second Adam shall obey.

-3 The prophecies must be fulfill'd,
Though earth and hell should dare oppose;
The Stone cut from the mountain's side,
Though unobserv'd, to empire grows.
4 Soon shall the blended Image fall,-
Brass, silver, iron, gold, and clay;
And superstition's gloomy reign
To light and liberty give way.

5 In one sweet symphony of praise, o Gentile and Jew shall then unite; And Infidelity, asham'd,

Sink in th' abyss of endless night.
6 Soon Afric's long enslaved sons
Shall join with Europe's polish'd race,
To celebrate, in different tongues,
The glories of redeeming grace.

g 7 From east to west, from north to south,
Emmanuel's kingdom shall extend;

-And every man, in every face,
Shall meet a brother and a friend.

HYMN 183. C. M. Mitcham. [*]
Prayer for the Success of Missions. Ps. lxxii, 7, 8.

Voke.

1 LORD, send thy word, and let it fly, Arm'd with thy Spirit's power; o Ten thousands shall confess its sway, And bless the saving hour.

o 2 Beneath the influence of thy grace, The barren wastes shall rise,

With sudden greens, and fruits array'd—
A blooming Paradise.