But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And night and day, thy power confess;
But the blest volume thou hast writ,
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
3 Sun, moon and stars convey thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand; So when thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced on every land.
4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till thro' the world thy truth has run :
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light or feel the sun.
HYMN 513. S. M. [325]
FATHER of boundless grace,
Thou hast in part fulfill'd
Thy promise made to Adam's race,
In God incarnate seal'd.
A few from every land
At first to Salem came,
And saw the wonders of thy hand,
And saw the tongues of flame.
2 Yet still we wait the end,
The coming of our Lord:
The full accomplishment attend,
Of thy prophetic word,
Thy promise deeper lies,
In unexhausted grace;
And new-discovered worlds arise,
To sing their Saviour's praise.
3 Beloved for Jesus' sake,
By him redeem'd of old,
All nations must come in, and make
One undivided fold:
While gather'd in by thee,
And perfected in one,
They all at once thy glory see,
In thine eternal Son.
HYMN 514. L. M. [393
THOUGH now the nations sit beneath
The darkness of o'erspreading death,
God will arise with light divine,
On Zion's holy towers to shine.
2 That light shall beam o'er distant lands,
And heathen tribes in joyful bands,
Come with exulting haste to prove,
The power and greatness of his love.
3 Lord, spread the triumphs of thy grace;
Let truth, and righteousness, and peace,
In mild and lovely forms, display
The glories of the latter day.
HYMN 515. L. M. [418]
SOON may the last glad song arise,
Through all the myriads of the skies-
That song of triumph which records,
That all the earth is now the Lord's.
2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms be, Obedient mighty God, to thee;
And over land, and stream, and main,
Now wave the sceptre of thy reign.
3 0, let that glorious anthem swell;
Let host to host the triumph tell,
That not one rebel heart remains,
But over all the Saviour reigns.
HARK-hark-the notes of joy,
Roll o'er the heavenly plains!
And seraphs find employ,
For their sublimest strains;
Some new delight in heaven is known,
Loud ring the harps around the throne.
2 Hark-hark-the sounds draw nigh,
The joyful hosts descend;
Jesus forsakes the sky,
To earth his footsteps bend;
He comes to bless our fallen race,
He comes with messages of grace.
3 Bear-bear the tidings round,
Let every mortal know
What love in God is found,
What pity he can show.
Ye winds that blow-ye waves that roll,
Bear the glad news from pole to pole!
4 Strike-strike the harps again,
To great Immanuel's name;
Arise, ye sons of men
And loud his grace proclaim.
Angels and men wake every string,
"Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing!
HYMN 517. L. M. [329]
THE law and Prophets all foretold
That Christ should die, and leave the grave; Gather the world into his fold,
The Church of Jews and Gentiles save.
2 Yet by the prince of darkness bound,
The nations still are wrapt in night;
They never heard the joyful sound,
They never saw the gospel light.
3 Light of the world, again appear,
In mildest majesty of grace;
And bring the great salvation near,
And claim our whole apostate race.
SOVEREIGN of worlds, display thy power;
Be this thy Zion's favored hour:
O, bid the morning star arise;
O, point the heathen to the skies.
2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
In western wilds, and eastern plains;
Far let the Gospel's sound be known;
Make thou the universe thine own.
3 Speak, and the world shall hear thy voice;
Speak, and the desert shall rejoice;
Dispel the gloom of heathen night;
Bid every nation hail the light.
HYMN 519. 7s. & 6s.
HAIL to the Lord's anointed!
Great David's greater Son;
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 condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.
3 By such shall ye be feared
While sun and moon endure,-
Beloved, obeyed, revered :
For he shall judge the poor, Through changing generations, With justice, mercy, truth,
While stars maintain their stations, Or moons renew their youth.
4 He shall come down like showers, Upon the fruitful earth,
And love, joy, hope, 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.
PART SECOND.
HYMN 520. 7s. & 6s.
ARABIA'S desert-ranger,
To him shall bow the knee The Ethiopian stranger
His glory come to see:
With offerings of devotion,
Ships from the isles shall meet, To pour the wealth of ocean
In tribute at his feet.
2 Kings shall fall down before him,
And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore him,
His praise all people sing:
For he shall have dominion
O'er river, sea and shore,
Far as the eagle's pinion
Or dove's light wing can soar.
3 For him shall prayer unceasing,
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The mountain dews shall nourish
A seed in weakness sown,
Whose fruit shall spread and flourish,
And shake like Lebanon.
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