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2. Hail, Jesus! all victorious Lord!
Be Thou by all mankind adored!
For us didst Thou the fight maintain,
And o'er our foes the victory gain,
That we, with Thee, might ever reign
In endless day.

3. Fight on, ye conquering souls, fight on,
And when the conquest you have won,
Then palms of victory you shall bear,
And in His kingdom have a share,
And crowns of glory ever wear,
In endless day.

4. There we shall in full chorus join,
With saints and angels, all combine
To sing of His redeeming love,
When rolling years shall cease to move,
And this shall be our theme above,
In endless day.

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Mercy and justice here combine,
Goodness and truth harmonious join,
T'invite you near.

3. Ye saints in glory, strike the lyre;
Ye mortals, catch the sacred fire;
Let both the Saviour's love proclaim—
For ever worthy is the Lamb
Of endless praise.

951. L. M.

1. FROM day to day, before our eyes,
Grows and extends the work begun;
When shall the new creation rise
O'er every land beneath the sun?
2. When, in the sabbath of His love,
Shall God from all His labors rest;
And bending from His throne above,
Again pronounce His creatures blest?
3. As sang the morning stars of old,

Shouted the sons of God for joy;
His widening reign while we behold,
Let praise and prayer our tongues em-
ploy.

4. Till the redeemed in every clime,

Yea, all that breathe, and move, and live,
To Christ, through every age of time,
The kingdom, power, and glory give.

MONTGOMERY.

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PLYMOUTH. L. M.*

1. A-rise! arise! with joy survey The glory of the lat-ter day, Al-ready is the

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dawn be-gun, That marks at hand the rising sun, That marks at hand the rising sun.

From a Latin Air of the ninth century in Chants Chrétiens.

952. L. M.

2. The friends of truth assembled stand,
A chosen, consecrated band,
The emblem of the cross display,
And cry aloud-" Behold the way!"

3. Behold the way to Zion's hill,
Where Israel's God delights to dwell;
He fixes there His lofty throne,
And calls the sacred place His own.
4. "Behold the way!" ye heralds! cry,
Spare not, but lift your voices high,
Convey the sound from shore to shore;
And bid the captive sigh no more.

5. Auspicious dawn! thy rising ray,
With joy we view, and hail the day;
Thou Sun! arise, supremely bright,
And fill the world with purest light.

953. L. M.

KELLY.

1. Go-messenger of peace and love!
To nations plunged in shades of night;
Like angels sent from fields above,
Be Thine to shed celestial light.

2. Go-to the hungry food impart;

To paths of peace the wanderer guide, And lead the thirsty, panting heart, Where streams of living waters glide. 3. Go-bid the bright and morning-star, From Bethlehem's plains resplendent shine,

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MENDON. L. M.

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DUNSTAN. L. M.

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Arranged from MADAN.

1. "Let there be light :"--thus spake the Word; The Word was God; "and there was light:"

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-Still the creative Voice is heard: A day is born from every night.

959. L. M.

1. "LET there be light," thus spake the Word, The Word was God, "and there was light:"

Still the creative Voice is heard:

A day is born from every night. 2. And every night shall turn to day, While months, and years, and ages roll; But we have run a brighter ray,

Down on the chaos of the soul.

3. Nor we alone; its wakening smiles

Have broke the gloom of pagan sleep; The Word hath reached the utmost isles,God's Spirit moves upon the deep.

4. Already, from the dust of death,

Man in his Maker's image stands,
Once more inhales immortal breath,

And stretches forth to heaven his hands.
MONTGOMERY.

960. L. M. Double.

1. DEPART awhile, each thought of care,
Be earthly things forgotten all,
And speak, my soul, thy grateful prayer,
Obedient to the sacred call.
For hark! the pealing chorus swells;
Devotion chants the hymn of praise,
And now of joy and hope it tells,
Till, fainting on the ear, it says,-
Glory to Thee, to Thee, O Lord!
2. Thine, wondrous Babe of Galilee!

Fond theme of David's harp and song,
Thine are the notes of minstrelsy,
To Thee its ransomed chords belong.

And hark! again the chorus swells, The song is wafted on the breeze, And to the listening earth it tells, In accents soft and sweet as these,Glory to Thee, to Thee, O Lord! 3. My heart doth feel that still He's near, To meet the soul in hours like this; Else, why, O why, that falling tear, When all is peace, and love, and bliss? But hark! that Bethlehem chorus swells Anew its thrilling vesper strain; And still of joy and hope it tells, And bids creation sing again,Glory to Thee, to Thee, O Lord!

961. L. M.

LYRA CATH

1. GREAT God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to Thy Son,
Extend His power, exalt His throne.
2. Thy scepter well becomes His hands,
All heaven submits to His commands;
His justice shall avenge the poor,
And pride and rage prevail no more.
3. With power He vindicates the just,
And treads th' oppressor in the dust;
His worship and His fear shall last,
Till hours, and years, and time be past.
4. The heathen lands that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at His first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
5. The saints shall flourish in His days,
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river from His throne,
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

ANTIGUA. L. M.

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1. "Go, preach my gospel," saith the Lord, "Bid the whole earth my grace re-ceive;

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962. L. M.

2. "I'll make your great commission known,
And ye shall prove My gospel true,
By all the works that I have done,
By all the wonders ye shall do.

3. "Teach all the nations My commands;
I'm with you till the world shall end;
All power is trusted in My hands;
I can destroy, and I defend."

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4. He spake, and light shone round His head, 1. O WHAT stupendous mercy shines

On a bright cloud to heaven He rode; They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended God.

963. L. M.

WATTS.

1. GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies,
A word of Thine almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise:
Thy smile is life, Thy frown is death.

2. When angry nations rush to arms,

And rage, and noise, and tumult reign; And war resounds its dire alarms,

And slaughter spreads the hostile plain;

3. Thy Sovereign eye looks calmly down, And marks their course, and bounds their power;

Thy word the angry nations own,

And noise and war are heard no more.

Around the majesty of Heaven!
Rebels He deigns to call His sons-
Their souls renewed, their sins forgiven.

2. Go, imitate the grace divine

The grace that blazes likes a sun; Hold forth your fair, though feeble light, Through all your lives let mercy run.

3. Upon your bounty's willing wings
Swift let the great salvation fly;
The hungry feed, the naked clothe;
To pain and sickness help apply.
4. Pity the weeping widow's woe,

And be her counsellor and stay;
Adopt the fatherless, and smooth
To useful, happy life, his way.

5. When all is done, renounce your deeds, Renounce self-righteousness with scorn: Thus will you glorify your God,

And thus the Christian name adorn.

RIPPON.

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