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HYMN 236. C. M. [#]

Success of the Gospel.

1 FATHER, is not thy promise sure
To thy exalted Son,

That through the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run?

2 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own,
Whilst Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne?

3 Are not all kingdoms, tribes and tongues, Beneath the arch of heaven,

To the dominion of thy Son,
Without exception, given?

4 From east to west, from north to south, Then be his name adored,

Let earth with all its millions shout
Hosanna to the Lord.

HYMN 237. H. M. [#]

Efficacy of the Gospel.

1 BEHOLD the fleecy snow!

Mark the diffusive rain!
To heaven, from which they fall,
They turn not back again,

But water earth through every pore,
And call forth all her secret store.

2 Arrayed in beauteous green
The hills and valleys shine,

And man and beast are fed
By Providence divine :

The harvest bows its golden ears,
The copious seed of future years.

3 So, saith the God of grace,
My gospel shall descend,
Almighty to effect

The purpose I intend ;

Millions of souls shall feel its power,
And bear it down to millions more.

HYMN 238. L. M. [#]

Christ our Example.

1 THY gospel, Lord, is peace and love;
Such let our conversation be;
The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom and meek simplicity.

2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,

And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, To Jesus let us lift our eyes,—

Bright Pattern of the Christian life.

3 O how benevolent and kind,

How mild, how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind,
And these the rules by which we live.
4 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labours of his life were love;
Then, if we bear the Saviour's name,
By his example let us move.

But, O, how blind, how weak we are!
How frail, how apt to turn aside!

Lord, we depend upon thy care;
We ask thy spirit for our guide.

HYMN 239. L. M. [#]

Praise for Truth.

1 RISE, every heart and every tongue,
Prepare a sweet, angelic song;
Surprising mercies must require
An angel's lay, a seraph's fire.

2 The sun of heaven illumes the soul,
Oceans of mercies sweetly roll,
The heavenly streams of truth and love
Flow freely from the Fount above.

3 O, happy day! we live to see

How kind to men our God can be:
His greatest mercies stand confessed,
And Zion is divinely blessed.

4 Thy truth and loving kindness, Lord,
We will with holy songs record;
To us are richest favours given,
And praises shall return to heaven.

HYMN 240. C. M. [#]

God's Promises sure.

1 My never-ceasing songs shall show
The mercies of the Lord,
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure;

And, if he speaks a promise once,
Eternal grace is sure.

3 His seed for ever shall possess
A throne above the skies;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

4 Lord God of hosts, thy wondrous ways
Are sung by all above;
And all on earth their songs shall raise
To thine unchanging love.

HYMN 241. C. M. [#]
Light of Truth.

1 THE new-born world, immersed in night,
In gloomy horrors lay;
Jehovah said, Let there be light,

And poured the boundless day.

2 Thus o'er the greater world, within,
Let beams immortal shine;
Disperse, O Lord, the clouds of sin,
And spread a dawn divine.

3 Attendant on this sacred light,
Celestial fire impart,

And let the ray, that guides my sight,
Inflame my frozen heart.

4 Thus all the powers, this spirit knows,
Shall to my God be given :

Sweet, as when Aaron's incense rose
In fragrant clouds to heaven.

HYMN 242. L. M. [#]
Gospel Mission.

1 THUS spake the Saviour, when he sent
His ministers to preach his word :
They through the world obedient went,
And spread the gospel of their Lord:
2 Go forth, ye heralds, in my name;
Bid all the world my grace receive;
The gospel jubilee proclaim,

And call them to repent and live.

3 The joyful news to all impart,

And teach them where salvation lies;
Bind up the broken, bleeding heart,
And wipe the tear from weeping eyes.
4 Be wise as serpents where you go,
But harmless as the peaceful dove,
And let your heaven-taught conduct show
That you're commissioned from above.

5 All power is vested in my hands;
I will protect you and defend;
Whilst thus you follow my commands,
I'm with you till the world shall end.

HYMN 243. S. M. [#]
Gospel Preachers.

1 How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion's hill,

Who bring salvation on their tongues,

And words of

peace reveal

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