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God appears on earth to reign; Hal-le - lu-jah! God appears on earth to reign.

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Rise, and sing, and watch, and pray;

"Tis thy Saviour,

On his bright returning way.
0 thou long expected, weary
Waits my anxious soul for thee;
Life is dark, and earth is dreary
Where thy light I do not see:
O my Saviour,

When wilt thou return to me?
Nearer is my soul's salvation,
Spent the night, the day at hand;
Keep me in my lowly station,
Watching for thee, till I stand,
O my Saviour,

In thy bright and promised land. 4 With my lamp well-trimmed and burning,

Swift to hear, and slow to roam,
Watching for thy glad returning
To restore me to my home;
Come, my Saviour,
O my Saviour, quickly come.
JOHN S. B MONSELL.

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THE BREAKING OF THE DAY.-Concluded.

must be the breaking of the day, The night is al-most gone, The

day is com-ing on, O, it must be the break-ing of the day.

4 There must be those in the field15 Go quickly out in the streets and

of sin,

Far from the fold astray,
Who once were happy in Jesus'

love,

And looking for the breaking of the day.

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And in the broad highway,
And call the maimed, the halt, and

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To be ready for the breaking of the day.

60 AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS. C. M.

G. W. S

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tend his word.

spread from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
em - pires own their Lord, And sav-age tribes at
sweet per-fume, shall rise With ev'ry morn-ing
voices shall pro- claim Their early bless-ings on his name.

sacrifice.

5 Blessings

abound where'er he | 6 Let every creature rise and

reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains;

The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

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Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen!
ISAAC WATTS, 1719.

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