115 The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.-Rev. xix. 6. [D. 7s. 1 HARK! 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 centre to the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:
See Jehovah's banners furl'd,

Sheathed 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 heavens 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.'

116 Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord, [6s. 8s. for he cometh.-Ps. xcviii. 8, 9.

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HILLS of the North, rejoice,
River and mountain spring,
Hark to the advent voice,

Valley and lowland, sing:

Though absent long, your Lord is nigh;

He judgment brings and victory.

Isles of the Southern seas,

Deep in your coral caves
Pent be each warring breeze,
Lull'd be your restless waves:

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He comes to reign with boundless sway,
And make your wastes his great highway.
Lands of the East, awake,

Soon shall your sons be free;
The sleep of ages break,

And rise to liberty.

On your far hills, long cold and gray,
Has dawn'd the everlasting day.

Shores of the utmost West,

Ye that have waited long,
Unvisited, unblest,

Break forth to swelling song:
High raise the note, that Jesus died,
Yet lives and reigns, the Crucified.

Shout while ye journey home,
Songs be in every mouth;
Lo, from the North we come,

From East, and West, and South.

City of God, the bond are free:

We come to live and reign in thee."

117 Pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have [6s. 4s. free course.-2 Thess. iii. 1.

1 LORD of all power and might,
Father of love and light,
Speed on thy Word:

O let the Gospel sound
All the wide world around,
Wherever man is found;
God speed his Word.

2 Hail, blessed Jubilee:
Thine, Lord, the glory be;
Hallelujah!

Thine was the mighty plan,
From thee the work began;

Away with praise of man,
Glory to God!

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3 Lo, what embattled foes,
Stern in their hate, oppose
God's holy Word:

One for his truth we stand,
Strong in his own right hand,
Firm as a martyr-band;
God shield his Word.

4 Onward shall be our course,
Despite of fraud or force;
God is before;

His word ere long shall run
Free as the noon-day sun;
His purpose must be done :
God bless his Word.

God said, Let there be light, and there was
light.-Gen. i. 3.

1 THOU, whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard,
And took their flight,
Hear us, we humbly pray,
And, where the Gospel's day
Sheds not its glorious ray,
Let there be light.

2 Thou, who didst come to bring
On thy redeeming wing
Healing and sight,

Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind,

O now, to all mankind,

Let there be light.

3 Spirit of truth and love,
Life-giving holy Dove,

Speed forth thy flight:

Move on the water's face,
Bearing the lamp of grace,
And in earth's darkest place
Let there be light.

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4 Holy and Blessèd Three,

Glorious Trinity,

Wisdom, Love, Might,

Boundless as ocean's tide,
Rolling in fullest pride,

Through the world, far and wide,
Let there be light.

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Lent: Penitential Hymns.

"CREATE AND MAKE IN US NEW AND CONTRITE HEARTS."

119 Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast [C.M. out.-John vi. 37.

1 APPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before his feet,
For none can perish there.

2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh:

Thou callest burden'd souls to thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

3 Bow'd down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely press'd,
By war without, and fears within,
I come to thee for rest.

4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place,
That, shelter'd near thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him, thou hast died.

5 O wondrous love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name."

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I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning him-
self.-Jer. xxxi. 18.

1 0 LORD, turn not thy face from me,
Who lie in woeful state,
Lamenting all my sinful life
Before thy mercy-gate;

2 A gate which opens wide to those
That do lament their sin;

Shut not that gate against me, Lord,
But let me enter in.

3 I need not to confess my life
To thee, who best can tell
What I have been; and what I am,
I know thou know'st it well.
4 So come I to thy mercy-gate,
Where mercy doth abound,
Imploring pardon for my sin,
To heal my deadly wound.

5 O Lord, I need not to repeat
The comfort I would have:
Thou know'st, O Lord, before I ask
The blessing I do crave.

6 Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask;
This is the total sum;

For mercy, Lord, is all my suit,
Lord, let thy mercy come."

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He healeth the broken in heart.--Ps. cxlvii. 3. [C.M. 1 WHEN, Wounded sore, the stricken soul Lies bleeding and unbound,

One only hand, a piercèd hand,

Can salve the sinner's wound.

2 When sorrow swells the laden breast,
And tears of anguish flow,
One only heart, a broken heart,
Can feel the sinner's woe.