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Serve the living God alone:
Let thy glory

Fill the earth as floods the sea.
4 Thou to whom all power is given,
Speak the word-at thy command,
Let the company of preachers
Spread thy name from land to land;
Lord be with them

Alway to the end of time.

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L. M.

Lowell. Brewer.

!! 1 ARISE! arise!-with joy survey
The glory of the latter day:
Already is the dawn begun

Which marks at hand a rising sun!
2 Behold the way! ye heralds, cry:
Spare not-but lift your voices high:
Convey the sound from pole to pole,
'Glad tidings,' to the captive soul.
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 The north gives up-the south no more
Keeps back her consecrated store:
From east to west the message runs,
And either India yields her sons.
5 Auspicious dawn!-thy rising ray
With joy we view-and hail the day:
Great Sun of Righteousness! arise,
And fill the world with glad surprise.

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C. M.

: Restoration of the Jews.

Christmas. Manow.

1 DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust
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;

The 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.

5 Thus, though the universe shall burn,
And God his works destroy,

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With songs thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

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Victories of Christ.

Tamworth. Suffolk.

1 GIRD thy sword on, mighty Saviour,
Make the word of truth thy car:
Prosper in thy course, triumphant;
All success attend thy war;
Gracious victor,

Bring thy trophies from afar.
2 Majesty combined with meekness,
Righteousness and peace unite
To ensure thy blessed conquests-
Take possession of thy right:
Ride triumphant,

Dressed in robes of purest light.

3 Biest are they that touch thy sceptre!
Blest are all that own thy reign;
Freed from sin-that worst of tyrants-
Rescued from its galling chain;
Saints and angels,

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All who know thee, bless thy reign.

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1 HOSANNA to our conquering King!
All hail, incarnate Love!

Ten thousand songs and glories wait
To crown thy head above.

2 Thy victories and thy deathless fame
Through all the world shall run,
And everlasting ages sing

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The triumphs thou hast won.

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C. M. St. Martin's. Arlington.

1 JESUS, immortal King, arise!
:Assert thy rightful sway,

Till earth, subdued, its tribute brings,
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
The 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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And earth, with all her millions, shout
Hosanna to the Lord!

C. M. St. Martin's. Colchester.

1 HAIL, mighty Jesus! how divine
Is thy victorious sword!

The stoutest rebel must resign,
At thy commanding word.

2 Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh;
Ride with majestic sway:

Go forth, great Prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.

3 And when thy victories are complete,
And all the chosen race

Shall round the throne of mercy meet,
To sing thy conquering grace,—
mp 4 Oh may my humble soul be found
Among that favored band;

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And I with them thy praise will sound,
Throughout Immanuel's land.

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1 BEHOLD how the Lord

Has girt on his sword;

From conquest to conquest proceeds!
How happy are they

Who live in this day,

And witness his wonderful deeds!

2 His word he sends forth,

From south to the north;

From east and from west it is heard:

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The rebel is charmed;
The foe is disarmed;

No day like this day has appeared.

3 To Jesus alone,

Who sits on the throne,
Salvation and glory belong :
All hail blessed name,

Forever the same,

Our joy, and the theme of our song!

H. M.

1 ALL hail, incarnate God!

Shaftesbury. Acton

The wondrous things foretold
Of thee, in sacred writ,

With joy our eyes behold!

Still does thine arm new trophies wear,
And monuments of glory rear.

2 Oh haste, victorious Prince,
That glorious, happy day,
When souls, like drops of dew,
Shall own thy gentle sway:

Oh may it bless our longing eyes,

And bear our shouts beyond the skies!

3 All hail! triumphant Lord,

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Eternal be thy reign:

Behold the nations wait

To wear thy gentle chain:

When earth and time are known no more,
Thy throne shall stand forever sure.

L. M.

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Gilead. Mendon.
1 SHOUT, for the great Redeemer reigns ;
Thro' distant lands his triumphs spread;
Sinners, now freed from Satan's chains,
Own him their Saviour and their head.
2 Oh may his conquests still increase; i
Let every foe his power subdue!
While angels celebrate his praise,
Saints shall his growing glories show.

3 Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb,
From all below and all above;
In lofty songs exalt his name,
In songs as lasting as his love.

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Enlargement and Glory of the Church.

1 O'ER mountain tops the mount of God
In latter days shall rise-
Above the summits of the hills-
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,
All tribes and tongues, shall flow;
Up to the mount of God,' they say,
And to his house we'll go.'

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3 The beams which shine from Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers
Shall all the world command.

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Greenville. Sicilian Hymn.

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 shall loose thy bands.
2 Lo! thy sun is risen in glory!
God himself appears thy friend;
All thy foes shall flee before thee;
Here their boasted triumphs end:
Great deliverance

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.
3 Enemies no more shall trouble;
All thy wrongs shall be redressed;
For thy shame thou shalt have double,
In thy Maker's favor blest;

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All thy conflicts

End in an eternal rest.

S. M. St. Thomas. Paddington.

1 RISE, gracious God! and shine
In all thy saving might ;

Now prosper every good design
To spread thy glorious light:

2 Oh bring the nations near,

That they may sing thy praise:
Thy word let all the people hear,
And learn thy holy ways:

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