539.

88, 78 and 4.

The Missionary's Farewell.

1 YES, my native land! I love thee; All thy scenes I love them well;Friends, connexions, happy country! Can I bid you all farewell?

Can I leave you,

Far in heathen lands to dwell?

2 Home!-thy joys are passing lovely,Joys no stranger heart can tell; Happy home!t is sure I love thee! Can I-can I say-Farewell?

Can I leave thee,

Far in heathen lands to dwell?

3 Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure,
Holy days and Sabbath-bell,
Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure!
Can I say a last farewell?
Can I leave you,

Far in heathen lands to dwell?
4 Yes! I hasten from you gladly,
From the scenes I love so well;
Far away, ye billows! bear me;
Lovely native land!-farewell!
Pleased I leave thee,

Far in heathen lands to dwell. 5 In the deserts let me labor,

On the mountains let me tell,
How he died-the blessed Saviour-
To redeem a world from hell!
Let me hasten,

Far in heathen lands to dwell.

6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean!
Let the winds my canvass swell:
Heaves my heart with warm emotion,
While I go far hence to dwell:
Glad I bid thee,

Native land!-Farewell!-Farewell!

540.

L. M.

Missionaries remembered.

1 MARKED as the purpose of the skies, This promise meets our anxious eyes,

That heathen lands the Lord shall know, And warm with faith each bosom glow. 2 E'en now the hallowed scenes appear; E'en now unfolds the promised year: Lo! distant shores thy heralds trace, And bear the tidings of thy grace. 3 Mid burning climes and frozen plains, Where pagan darkness brooding reigns, Lord! mark their steps, their fears subdue, And nerve their arm, and clear their view. 4 When, worn by toil, their spirits fail, Bid them the glorious future hail; Bid them the crown of life survey, And onward urge their conquering way.

541.

SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL.

L. M.

Prayer for the Millennium.

1 JESUS! we bow before thy throne,
We lift our eyes to seek thy face;
To bleeding hearts thy love make known,
On contrite souls bestow thy grace.

2 See, spread beneath thy gracious eye,
A world o'erwhelmed in guilt and tears,
Where deathless souls in ruin lie,

And no kind voice dispels their fears! 3 Lord! arm thy truth with power divine, Its conquests spread from shore to shore, Till suns and stars forget to shine,

And earth and skies shall be no more.
4 Oh! rise, ye ransomed captives! rise,
Peal the loud anthem here below;
Let earth reflect it to the skies,

And heaven with new-born rapture glow.
C. M.

542.

Returning to Zion.

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,

With songs, thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

543.

S. M.

The Gospel-Trumpet.

1 YE trembling captives! hear;
The gospel-trumpet sounds;
No music more can charm the ear,
Or heal your heart-felt wounds."

2 'T is not the trump of war,
Nor Sinai's awful roar;
Salvation's news it spreads afar,
And vengeance is no more.
3 Forgiveness, love, and peace,
Glad heaven aloud proclaims;
And earth, the jubilee's release,
With eager rapture claims.

4 Far, far to distant lands

The saving news shall spread
And Jesus all his willing bands,
In glorious triumph, lead.

C. M.

Prayer for Success.

544.

O LORD, our God! arise,

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,

Expand thy quickening wing,
And o'er a dark and ruined world
Let light and order spring.

4 All on the earth! arise,

To God, the Saviour, sing,

From shore to shore, from earth to heaven,
Let echoing anthems ring.

The Time to favor Zion.

1 SOVEREIGN of worlds! display thy power,
Be this thy Zion's favored hour;
Bid the bright morning-star arise,
And point the nations to the skies.
2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric's shore, on India's plains;
Far let the gospel's sound be known,
And claim the nations for thy 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.

546.

C. M.
Millennial Days.

1 LORD! send thy word, and let it fly,
Armed with thy Spirit's power;
Ten thousand shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.

2 Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wastes shall rise,

With sudden green and fruits arrayed-
A blooming paradise.

3 Peace, with her olive-crown shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shore;

The nations of the earth shall hear

The sound of war no more.

4 Lord! for those days we wait;-those days Are in thy word foretold:

Fly swifter, sun and stars! and bring
This promised age of gold.

5 Amen!-with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumbered myriad's cry;
Amen!-with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply.

547.

S. M.

Prayer for all Lands.

1 O GOD of sovereign grace!

We bow before thy throne;
And plead, for all the human race,
The merits of thy Son.

2 Spread through the earth, O Lord!
The knowledge of thy ways;
And let all lands, with joy, record
The great Redeemer's praise.

548.

7s.

Jesus shall reign.

1 HARK!-the song of jubilee,
Loud as mighty thunders roar,
Or the fulness of the sea,
When it breaks upon the shore,-
"Hallelujah! for the Lord
God Omnipotent, shall reign!"
Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 "Hallelujah!"-hark !-the sound,
From the centre to the skies,

Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:

See Jehovah's banner furled,

Sheathes his sword! he speaks-'tis done,

And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway: