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That heathen lands the Lord shall know,
And warm with faith each bosom glow.
2 E'en now the hallowed scenes appear;
E'en now unfolds the promised year:
Lo! distant shores thy heralds trace,
And bear the tidings of thy grace.

3 Mid burning climes and frozen plains,
Where pagan 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 conquering way.

SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL.

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HYMN 541, L. M.

Prayer for the Millennium.

ESUS! we bow before thy throne,
We lift our eyes to seek thy face;
To bleeding hearts thy love make known,
On contrite souls bestow thy grace.

2 See, spread beneath thy gracious eye,
A world o'erwhelmed in guilt and tears,
Where deathless souls in ruin lie,

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And earth and skies shall be no more.

4 Oh! rise, ye ransomed captives! rise,
Peal the loud anthem here below;
Let earth reflect it to the skies,

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And heaven with new-born rapture glow.

HYMN 542, C. M.

Returning to Zion.

AUGHTER of Zion! from the dust

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Exalt thy fallen head;

Again in thy Redeemer trust,

He calls thee from the dead.

2 Awake, awake, put on thy strength,-
Thy beautiful array ;

Thy day of freedom dawns at length,-
The Lord's appointed day.

3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,
And send thy heralds forth;

Say to the south,-"Give up thy charge,
And keep not back, O north!"

4 They come, they come ;-thine exiled bands,
Where'er they rest or roam,

Have heard thy voice in distant lands,
And hasten to their home.

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And God his works destroy,

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With songs, thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

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HYMN 543, S. M.

The Gospel Trumpet.

E trembling captives! hear;
The gospel trumpet sounds;

No music more can charm the ear,
Or heal your heart-felt wounds.

2 'T is not the trump of war,
Nor Sinai's awful roar;

Salvation's news its spreads afar,
And vengeance is no more.

3 Forgiveness, love, and peace, Glad heaven aloud proclaims, And earth, the jubilee's release, With eager rapture claims. mf 4 Far, far to distant lands,

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The saving news shall spread;
And Jesus all his willing bands,
In glorious triumph lead.

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And, wide o'er all the peopled world,
Extend her blessed reign.

2 Thou Prince of life! arise,

Nor let thy glory cease;

Far spread the conquests of thy grace,
And bless the earth with peace.

3 Thou Holy Ghost! arise,

Expand thy quickening wing,
And, o'er a dark and ruined world,
Let light and order spring.

4 All on the earth! arise,

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To God, the Saviour sing;

From shore to shore, from earth to heaven,
Let echoing anthems ring.

HYMN 545, L. M.

The Time to favor Zion.

SOVEREIGN of worlds! display thy power,
Be this thy Zion's favored hour;
Bid the bright morning star arise,
And point the nations to the skies.

mf 2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric's shore, on India's plains;
Far let the gospel's sound be known,
And claim the nations for thy own.

3 Speak, and the world shall hear thy voice,
Speak, and the desert shall rejoice;
Scatter the gloom of heathen night;
Bid every nation hail the light.

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HYMN 546, C. M.

Millennial Days.

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Armed with thy Spirit's power;
Ten thousands shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.

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

With sudden green and fruits arrayed,-
A blooming paradise.

3 Peace, with her olive-crown, shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shore;

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The nations of the earth shall hear
The sound of war no more.

4 Lord! for those days we wait;-those days
Are in thy word foretold:

Fly swifter, sun and stars! and bring
This promised age of gold.

5 Amen!-with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumbered myriads cry;
Amen!-with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply.

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HYMN 547, S. M.

Prayer for all Lands.

GOD of sovereign grace!
We bow before thy throne;
And plead, for all the human race,
The merits of thy Son.

2 Spread through the earth, O Lord!
The knowledge of thy ways;
And let all lands, with joy, record
The great Redeemer's praise.

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HYMN 548, 78.

Jesus shall reign.

ARK!-the song of jubilee,

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Loud as mighty thunders roar,——

Or the fullness 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 centre to the skies,
Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:
See Jehovah's banners furled,

Sheathed his sword! he speaks-'t is done,
And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

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

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

HYMN 549, L. M.
Prayer for Zion.

INDULGENT Sovereign of the skies!

And wilt thou bow thy gracious ear?
While feeble mortals raise their cries,

Wilt thou, the great Jehovah, hear?
2 How shall thy servants give thee rest,
Till Zion's mouldering walls thou raise?
Till thine own power shall stand confessed,
And make Jerusalem a praise?

3 Look down, O God! with pitying eye,
And view the desolations round;
See, what wide realms in darkness lie,
What scenes of woe and crime abound!

mf 4 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.

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HYMN 550, C. M.

Prayer for the Reign of Christ.

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Rise and assert thy sway;

Till earth, subdued, its tribute bring,
And distant lands obey.

2 Ride forth, victorious Conqueror! ride,
Till all thy foes submit:
And all the powers of hell resign
Their trophies at thy feet.

3 Send forth thy word, and let it fly,
This spacious earth around;

Till every soul, beneath the sun,
Shall hear the joyful sound.

4 From sea to sea, from shore to shore,
May Jesus be adored;

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