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1 GREAT God! the nations of the earth
Are by creation thine;

And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy power and glory shine.

2 But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind;

Unvailing what rich stores of grace
Are treasured in thy mind.

3 Oh when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,

Till every tribe-and every soul,
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4 Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays,

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And build on sin's demolished throne
A temple to thy praise.

S. M.

1 O LORD, our God, arise,

St. Thomas. Hudson.

The cause of truth maintain;

And wide o'er all the peopled world
Extend her blessed reign.

2 Thou Prince of life, arise,

Nor let thy glory cease;

Far spread the conquests of thy grace,
And bless the earth with peace.

3 Thou Holy Ghost, arise,

Extend thy healing wing,

And o'er a dark and ruined world
Let light and order spring.

f 4 Let all on earth arise,

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To God the Saviour sing,

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From shore to shore-from earth to heaven,
Let echoing anthems ring!

H. M.

1 SOVEREIGN of worlds above,
And Lord of all below,
Thy faithfulness and love,
Thy power and mercy show:

Fulfil thy word,
Thy Spirit give;

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Bethesda.

Let heathens live,

And praise the Lord.

2 Few be the years that roll,

Ere all shall worship thee;

The travail of his soul

Soon let the Saviour see:

O God of grace!

Thy power employ;

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Fill earth with joy,
And heaven with praise.

Rothwell. Stonefield.

1 ARISE, in all thy splendor, Lord,
Let power attend thy gracious word;
Unvail the beauties of thy face,
And show the glories of thy grace.
2 Diffuse thy light and truth abroad,
And be thou known th' almighty God;
Make bare thine arm-thy power display,
While truth and grace thy sceptre sway.
3 Send forth thy messengers of peace,
Make Satan's reign and empire cease;
Let thy salvation, Lord, be known,
That all the world thy power may own,

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SOVEREIGN of worlds! display thy power,
Be this thy Zion's favored hour:

Oh bid the morning-star arise,

Oh point the heathen to the skies.

2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
In western wilds, and heathen 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:
Scatter the gloom of heathen night,
Bid every nation hail the light.

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L. M.

Old Hundred.

1 ASCEND thy throne, almighty King;
Now spread thy glories all abroad;
Let thine own arm salvation bring,
And be thou known the gracious God.

2 Let millions bow before thy seat,
Let humble mourners seek thy face,
Bring daring rebels to thy feet,
Subdued by thy victorious race.

3 Oh let the kingdoms of the world

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Become the kingdoms of the Lord;
Let saints and angels praise thy name;
Be thou thro' heaven and earth adored.

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1 ARM of the Lord, awake!-awake!
Put on thy strength-the nations shake!
Now let the world, adoring, see
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee.

2 Say to the heathen, from thy throne,
'I am Jehovah, God alone!"

Thy voice their idols shall confound,
And cast their altars to the ground.
3 Let Zion's time of favor come!

Oh, bring the tribes of Israel home!
Soon may our wondering eyes behold
Gentiles and Jews in Jesus' fold!

4 Almighty God! thy grace proclaim
Through every clime-of every name!
Let adverse powers before thee fall,
And crown the Saviour Lord of all!

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1 RISE, Sun of glory-rise!

And chase those shades of night,
Which now obscure the skies,
And hide thy sacred light:

Oh chase those dismal shades away,
And bring the bright millennial day!

2 Now send thy Spirit down
On all the nations, Lord
With great success to crown

The preaching of thy word;

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Bethesda

That heathen lands may own thy sway,
And cast their idol-gods away.

3 Then shall thy kingdom come
Among our fallen race,

And all the earth become

The temple of thy grace;
Whence pure devotion shall ascend,
And songs of praise, till time shall end,

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L. M. St. Paul's. Duke Street.
Prayer for the Jews.

1 ARISE, great God! and let thy grace
Shed its glad beams on Jacob's race;
Restore the long-lost, scattered band,
And call them to their native land.
2 Their misery let thy mercy heal,
Their trespass hide-their pardon seal;
O God of Israel! hear our prayer,
And grant them still thy love to share.
3 How long shall Jacob's offspring prove
The sad suspension of thy love?
Say-shall thy wrath forever burn ?
And shall thy mercy ne'er return?
4 Thy quickening Spirit now impart,
And wake to joy each grateful heart,
While Israel's rescued tribes in thee
Their bliss and full salvation see.

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8s, 7s & 4.

Greenville.

1 MAY the glorious day of promise
Come, and spread its cheerful ray,
When the scattered sheep of Israel
Shall no longer go astray;
When hosannas

With united voice they cry.

2 Lord! how long wilt thou be angry
Shall thy wrath forever burn?
Rise! redeem thine ancient people;
Their transgressions from them turn.
King of Israel!

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Come, and set thy people free!

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1 LORD! visit thy forsaken race,

Back to thy fold the wanderers bring; Teach them to seek thy slighted grace, And hail in Christ their promised King. 2 That vail of darkness rend in twain

Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light; That severed olive-branch again

Firm to its parent stock unite.

3 Hail, glorious day-expected long!!

When Jew and Greek one prayer shall pour,

With eager feet one temple throng,
With grateful praise one God adore.

L. M. 61.

Dresden.

510 False Religions supplanted by Christianity.
1 O FATHER, let thy kingdom come,
Thy kingdom, built on love and grace!
In every nation give it room,

In every heart afford it place:
The earth is thine-set up thy throne,
And claim the kingdoms as thine own.
2 Still nature's awful darkness reigns,
And sinners scorn thy holy fear;
Still Satan holds the heart in chains,
Where'er thy messengers appear:
Oh rise, great God, in love, and bless
All nations with thy righteousness.

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L. M.

Sterling. Duke Street, 1 ALL power is to our Saviour given; O'er earth's rebellious sons he reigns; He mildly rules the hosts of heaven, And holds the powers of hell in chains. 2 Soon the redeemed in every clime, Yea, all that breathe, and move, and live, To Christ, through every age of time, Shall kingdom, power, and glory give.

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8s, 7s & 4.

Sicilian Hymn.

1 O'ER the realms of pagan darkness,
Let the eye of pity gaze;
See the kindreds of the people
Lost in sin's bewildering maze :
Darkness brooding

On the face of all the earth.

2 Light of them that sit in darkness!
Rise and shine-thy blessings bring:
Light to lighten all the Gentiles!
Rise with healing in thy wing;
To thy brightness

Let all kings and nations come.
3 May the heathen, now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and, worshipping before him,

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