96 2 Oh! haste the day-the glorious hour, And in his courts his grace proclaim. SECOND PART. C. M. Marlow. f" SING to the Lord, ye distant lands, Ye tribes of every tongue; P 96 f His new discovered grace demands 2 Say to the nations-Jesus reigns, His power the sinking world sustains, 3 Let an unusual joy surprise Ye mountains, sink-ye valleys, rise- 4 Behold he comes-he comes to bless To show the world his righteousness, Minor. 5 But when his voice shall raise the dead, How will the guilty nations dread THIRD PART. S. M. St. Thomas. SING praises to our God, And bless his sacred name: Nor hear-nor see-nor move; Who spread the heavens above! ff 4 Then let our songs arise, 97 f In new exalted strains; FIRST PART. L. M. Monmouth. HE 2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown; 3 In robes of judgment, lo! he comes, Len The mountains melt-the seas retire. Fly from the sight-and shun the day: f" Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, And sing-for your redemption's nigh. 97 SECOND PART. L. M. Arnheim. 2 All ye bright armies of the skies, 97 And earth confess her sovereign king. THIRD PART. L. M. Uxbridge. TH' ALMIGHTY reigns-exalted high 97 f 2 Immortal light-and joys unknown, 3 Rejoice, ye righteous-and record FOURTH PART. L. M. Timsbury. JEHOVAH reigns-let all the earth 97th Ps. Tune. mp 2 Darkness, and clouds of awful shade, 97 [Repeat the first stanza.] FIFTH PART. C. M. Medford. ་་ LET earth, with every isle and sea, His word, like fire, prepares his way, 2 His presence sinks the proudest hills, The humble soul enjoys his smiles- f 3 Adoring angels, at his birth, 97 ་་ Thus shall he come to judge the earth, SIXTH PART. C. M. Lutzen. THE heavens his righteousness declare, His gospel shall his glories bear Around th' admiring earth. 2 Ye idols, prostrate on the ground, His arm your worship shall confound, f" 3 Zion with holy triumph hears, 98 f 'f 98 ་ FIRST PART. C. M. Colchester Glorious and joyful Reign of God the Saviour. T O our almighty Maker, God, 2 He spake the word to Abraham first, The gentiles make his name their trust, 3 Let all the earth his love proclaim, And spread the honor of his name, SECOND PART. C. M. Dedham. JOY to the world-the Lord is come! Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world--the Saviour reigns, While fields and floods-rocks, hills and plains 3 No more let sin and sorrow grow, He comes to make his blessings flow 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. 98 THIRD PART. C. M. Marlow f" TO God address the joyful psalm, 2 He, to the gentile nations round, mp 3 The promised Saviour meekly came, f ff Again he comes, his own to claim, 4 He comes with power-he quits the skies, Oh! let one general chorus rise To praise the sovereign Lord. 98 FOURTH PART. C. M. St. Ann's. SING to the Lord a new made song, With his right hand and holy arm, 2 The Lord has through th' astonished world And made his righteous acts appear 3 Of Israel's house his love and truth And earth's remotest tribes the power 4 Let all the people of the earth Let all, with universal joy, |