Kelly.

390. 8.7.4.

Isaiah iii. 7.

Zion.

1 ON the mountain's top appearing,
Lo, the sacred herald stands !
Welcome news to Zion bearing-
Zion long in hostile lands.
Mourning captive,

God himself will loose thy bands.

2 Has thy night been long and mournful?
All thy friends unfaithful prov'd?
Have thy foes been proud and scornful,
By thy sighs and tears unmov'd?
Cease thy mourning,

Zion still is well belov'd.

3 God, thy God, will now restore thee!
He himself appears thy friend.
All thy foes shall flee before thee:
Here their boasts and triumphs end.
Great deliv'rance

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

4 Peace and joy shall now attend thee;
All thy warfare now is past,
God, thy Saviour, shall defend thee;
Peace and joy are come at last;
All thy conflicts

Y. C. C.

End in everlasting rest.

391. C. P. M. Ganges.

Revival blessings.

1 THE Lord into his garden comes:
The spices yield their rich perfumes;
The lilies grow and thrive;
Refreshing showers of grace divine,

From Jesus flow to ev'ry vine,
And make the dead revive.

2 This makes the dry and barren ground
In springs of water to abound,
And fruitful soil become;

The desert blossoms like the rose
When Jesus conquers all his foes,
And makes his people one.

3 The glorious time is rolling on;
The gracious work is now begun;
My soul a witness is.

Come, taste and see the pardon free
To all mankind, as well as me.
Who come to Christ may live.

4 The worst of sinners here may find
A Saviour, pitiful and kind,
Who will them all relieve.
None are too late, if they repent.
Out of one sinner legions went :
Jesus did him receive.

5 Come, brethren, you that love the Lord,
Who taste the sweetness of his word,
In Jesus' ways go on.
Our troubles and our trials here
Will only make us richer there
When we arrive at home.

6 There we shall reign, and shout and sing,
And make the upper regions ring,
When all the saints get home.
Come on, come on, my brethren dear!
Soon we shall meet together there,
For Jesus bids us come.

Village.

The little cloud. 1 Kings xviii. 44.

1 SAW ye not the cloud arise
Little as a human hand?
Now it spreads along the skies-
Hangs o'er all the thirsty land.
2 Lo, the promise of a shower
Drops already from above:
But the Lord will shortly pour
All the blessings of his love.
3 When he first the work begun,
Small and feeble was his day.
Now the word doth swiftly run;
Now it wins its wid'ning way.
4 Sons of God, your Saviour praise!
He the door hath open'd wide;
He hath giv'n the word of grace;
Jesus' word is glorified.

Beddome.

393. L. M.

Joy in the reign of Christ.

Antigua.

1 REJOICE, for Christ, the Saviour, reigns.
He spreads his triumphs all abroad,
And sinners, freed from endless pains,
Own him their Saviour and their God.
2 His sons and daughters from afar
Daily at Zion's gate arrive;
Those who were dead in sin before
By sov'reign grace are made alive.
3 O, may his conquests still increase,
And ev'ry foe his power subdue,
While angels celebrate his praise,
And saints his growing glories show.

4 Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb
From all below, from all above;
In lofty songs exalt his name-
In songs as lofty as his love.

Collyer.

MISSIONARY CONCERT.

394. L. M.

For missionary associations.

St. Paul's.

1 ASSEMBLED at thy great command,
Before thy face, dread King, we stand;
The voice that marshall'd ev'ry star
Has call'd thy people from afar.

2 We meet, through distant lands to spread
The truth for which the martyrs bled;
Along the line-to either pole-

The thunder of thy praise to roll.

3 First bow our hearts beneath thy sway;
Then give thy growing empire way
O'er wastes of sin, o'er fields of blood,
Till all mankind shall be subdued.

4 Our prayers assist-accept our praise—
Our hopes revive--our courage raise-
Our counsels aid-and O impart
The single eye, the faithful heart!

5 Forth with thy chosen heralds come;
Recall the wand'ring spirit home.

From Zion's mount send forth the sound
To spread the spacious earth around.

Rooker's Col.

395.

L. M.

Blendon.

Prayer for the spread of the Gospel. Psalm xliii. 3.

1 BRIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze,
Vast as the blessings he conveys,
Wide as his reign from pole to pole,
And permanent as his control:

2 So, Jesus, let thy kingdom come;
Then sin and hell's terrific gloom
Shall, at his brightness, flee away-
The dawn of an eternal day.

3 Then shall the heathen, filled with awe,
Learn the blest knowledge of thy law;
And Antichrist, on every shore,
Fall from his throne to rise no more.

4 Then shall thy lofty praise resound
On Afric's shores, through India's ground;
And islands of the southern sea

Shall stretch their eager arms to thee.

5 Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet
In pure devotion at thy feet;

And earth shall yield thee, as thy due,
Her fulness, and her glory too.

Winchell's Sup. 396. 8.7.4. Sic. Hymn.

1 NOW we hail the happy dawning
Of the gospel's glorious light:
May it take the wings of morning,
And dispel the shades of night.
Blessed Saviour,

Let our eyes behold the sight.

2 Let the world, O Lord, adore thee;
Universal be thy fame;