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Scatter the gloom of heathen night,
And bid all nations hail the light.

HYMN. 8, 7, 4.

92 For the Influence of the Spirit.

1 WHO, but thou, almighty Spirit,
Can the heathen world reclaim?
Men may preach, but till thou favour,
Heathens will be still the same:
Mighty Spirit!

Witness to the Saviour's name.
2 Thou hast promis'd by the prophets,
Glorious light in latter days:
Come, and bless bewilder'd nations,
Change our pray'rs and tears to praise;
Promis'd Spirit!

Round the world diffuse thy rays.

3 All our hopes, and pray'rs, and labours
Must be vain without thine aid:
But thou wilt not disappoint us-
All is true that thou hast said:
Faithful Spirit!

93

O'er the world thine influence shed.

HYMN. 7, 6.

1 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.

2 What tho' the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Tho' ev'ry prospect pleases,
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.

.3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Shall we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation! O Salvation!

The joyful sound proclaim,
Till earth's remotest nation
Has learn'd Messiah's name.
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 ransom'd nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign.

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1 GREAT Saviour, let thy pow'r divine
O'er all the earth be known;
Let all, to thee, their will resign,
And make thy will their own.
2 Perversion marks the guilty way,
Which heathens madly tread;
From all thy laws they go astray,
And hasten to the dead.

3 Thou, Saviour-God, hast pow'r alone
To turn their wand'ring feet,

To bend their souls before thy throne,
Low at thy mercy seat:

4 For all the pow'r, beneath, above,
Thy wounded hands sustain;
Then sway the sceptre of thy love,
And let thy mercy reign.

HYMN. L. M.

95 The Glory of God in his Works and in his Word.

1 GREAT Sun of Righteousness, arise!

Oh bless the world with heav'nly light! Thy gospel makes the simple wise:

Thy laws are pure-thy judgments right.

2 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n:-
Lord, cleanse my sins-my soul renew,
And make thy word my guide to heav'n.

HYMN. L. M.

96 Universal Reign of Christ.

1 GREAT God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son,
Extend his pow'r-exalt his throne.
2 As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down;
His grace, on fainting souls, distils,
Like heav'nly dew, on thirsty hills.
3 The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
4 The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dress'd in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne,
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

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1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moon shall wax and wane no more.
2 For him shall endless pray'r be made,
And praises throng to crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With ev'ry morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of ev'ry tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns,
The joyful pris'ner bursts his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

5 Let ev'ry creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen.

98

HYMN. L. P. M.

Rejoicing in View of God's Universal Reign.

1 LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing a psalm of lofty praise,

To sing and bless Jehovah's name;
His glory let the heathen know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim.
2 Oh! haste the day-the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving pow'r,
And barb'rous nations fear his name:

Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

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1 I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode,

The church, our blest Redeemer sav'd
With his own precious blood.

2 I love thy church, O God!

Her walls before thee stand,

Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall;

For her my pray'rs ascend;

To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heav'nly ways,

Her sweet communion-solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise.

5 Jesus, thou friend divine,

Our Saviour, and our King,

Thy hand from every snare and foe,
Shall great delivʼrance bring.

6 Sure as thy truth shall last, To Zion shall be giv'n

The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heav'n.

HYMN. C. M.

100 Christ crowned as Lord of all.

1 ALL hail, the great Immanuel's name! Let angels prostrate fall: Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown him Lord of all.

2 Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from his altar call;

Praise him who shed for you his blood,
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
A remnant weak and small,
Hail him who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

4 Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall;
Go spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

5 Let ev'ry kindred-ev'ry tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,

To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.

6 Oh! that with yonder sacred throng,
We at his feet may fall;

And join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

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