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And walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.

HYMN

141. P. M. 7, 6.

Blessings of Christ's reign.
AIL to the Lord's anointed!
Great David's greater Son;

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

And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls condemn'd and dying,
Were precious in his sight.

3 He shall come down, like showers
Upon the fruitful earth,
And love and joy, like flowers,
Spring in his path to birth:
Before him on the mountains,
Shall peace the herald go,
And righteousness in fountains
From hill to valley flow.

4 For Him shall pray'r unceasing,
And daily vows ascend;

His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His name shall stand forever ;.
That name to us is-Love.

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HYMN 142. C. M.

The Prince of Peace.

ET saints on earth their anthems raise, Who taste the Saviour's grace: Let heathens too proclaim his praise, And crown him "Prince of Peace." 2 Praise him, who laid his glory by, For man's apostate race;

Praise him, who stoop'd to bleed and die, And crown him "Prince of Peace." 3 Ye nations, lay your weapons down, Let war forever cease; Immanuel for your Sov'reign own,

And crown him "Prince of Peace."

4 We soon shall reach the heav'nly shore, To view his lovely face;

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His name forever to adore,

And crown him "Prince of Peace."

HYMN 143. P. M. 8,7,4.

Longing for the spread of the Gospel.

E'R the gloomy hills of darkness;
Cheer'd by no celestial ray,

Sun of Righteousness, arising,
Bring the bright, the glorious day;
Send the gospel

To the earth's remotest bound.

2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness!
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light;
And from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night;
And redemption,

Freely purchas'd, win the day.
3 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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HYMN 144. L. M.

For Christian Missionaries.

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ARK'D as the purpose of the skies,
This promise meets our anxious

eyes,

That heathen worlds the Lord shall know,
And warm'd with faith each bosom glow.

2 Ee'n now the hallow'd scenes appear,
Ee'n now unfolds the promis'd year,
Lo! distant shores thy heralds trace,
And bear the tidings of thy grace.

3 Midst burning climes, and frozen plains, Where heathen darkness brooding reigns,

Lord mark their steps, their fears subdue, And nerve their arm, and clear their view. 4 When worn by toil, their spirits fail, Bid them the glorious future hail; Bid them the crown of life survey, And onward urge their conq'ring way. 5 So on the Indian's gloomy night, The eastern star shall shed her light, And Jesus' hallow'd reign control The stormy passions of the soul. 6 So shall Messiah's influence cheer His humble cot, which still is dear; And heavenly hope his soul pervade, Though life, and time, and worlds shall fade,

HYMN 145. C. M.

Farewell to Missionaries.

1 O, messenger of love, and bear,
Upon thy gentle wing,

The song which seraphs love to hear,
And angels joy to sing.

2 Go, to the heart with sin opprest,
And dry the sorrowing tear;

Extract the thorn that wounds the breast,
The drooping spirit cheer.

3 Go, say to Zion, "Jesus reigns"

By his resistless pow'r,

He binds his enemies with chains;
They fall to rise no more.

4 Tell how the Holy Spirit flies,
As he from heav'n descends-
Arrests his proudest enemies,
And changes them to friends.
HYMN 146. P. M. 7.

The song of Jubilee.
ARK! the song of Jubilee,
Loud as mighty thunders roar,

Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore:-
Hallelujah! for the Lord,

God omnipotent, shall reign;
Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 Hallelujah! hark! the sound,
From the depth unto the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies :-
See Jehovah's banner furl'd,

Sheath'd his sword: he speaks: 'tis done,
And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole
With illimitable sway:

He shall reign, when like a scroll,
Yonder heav'ns have pass'd away :-
Then the end;-beneath his rod,
Man's last enemy shall fall;
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ, is all in all.