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2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!
Zion, behold thy Saviour King ;
He reigns and triumphs here.

3 How happy are our ears,
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found.

4 How highly blest our eyes,

That see this heavenly light;
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad:
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour, and their God.

HYMN 244. C. M. [#]
Gospel Feast.

1 ON Zion, his most holy mount,
God will a feast prepare,

And Israel's sons, and Gentile lands,
Shall in the banquet share.

2 Marrow and fatness are the food
His bounteous hand bestows;

Wine on the lees, and well refined,
In rich abundance flows.

3 See, to the vilest of the vile
A free acceptance given;
See rebels, by renewing grace,
Become the heirs of heaven.

4 The pained, the sick, the dying, now
To ease and health restored,
With eager appetites partake
The plenties of the board.

5 But, O, what draughts of bliss unknown, What dainties, shall be given,

When, with the millions round the throne,
We join the feast of heaven!

6 There joys, immeasurably high,
Shall overflow the soul,

And springs of life, that never dry,
In thousand channels roll.

HYMN 245. L. M. [#]

Provisions of Grace.

1 How rich are thy provisions, Lord!
Thy table furnished from above!
The fruits of life o'erspread the board,
The cup o'erflows with heavenly love.

2 Thine ancient family, the Jews,
Were first invited to the feast:
We humbly take what they refuse,
And Gentiles thy salvation taste.

3 We are the poor, the blind, the lame,
And help was far, and death was nigh;

But, at the gospel call, we came,
And every want received supply.

4 Our everlasting love is due

To him that ransomed sinners lost,
And pitied rebels, when he knew
The vast expense his love would cost.

HYMN 246. L. M. [#]
Gospel Provisions.

1 LORD, we adore thy bounteous hand,
Which spread for us this solemn feast:
The riches of thy gospel stand

Open to every willing guest.

2 The cup is filled with living wine
Pressed from celestial fruits above,
And flows, to man, in every clime
In streams of everlasting love.

3 Then, O my soul, adore and praise
Your God, who doth these blessings bring;
Attune your harps to heavenly lays,
And shout hosannas to your King.

HYMN 247. 8. 7. M. [#]

Sinners entreated.

1 SINNERS, will you scorn the message
Sent in mercy from above?
Every sentence O how tender!
Every line is full of love :

Listen to it;

Every line is full of love.

2 Hear the heralds of the gospel

News from Zion's King proclaim,

To each rebel sinner pardon,
Free forgiveness in his name:
How important!

Free forgiveness in his name.

3 Tempted souls, they bring you succour ; Fearful hearts, they quell your fears, And, with news of consolation,

Chase away the falling tears :
Tender heralds

Chase away the falling tears.

HYMN 248. C. M. [#]

Blessings of the Gospel.

1 WHAT glorious tidings do I hear From my Redeemer's tongue!

I can no longer silence bear;

I'll burst into a song:

2 The blind receive their sight with joy;
The lame can walk abroad;
The dumb their loosened tongues employ;
The deaf can hear the word.

3 The dead are raised to life anew
By renovating grace;

The glorious gospel's preached to you,
The poor of Adam's race.

4 O wondrous type of things divine,
When Christ displays his love,

To raise from wo the sinking mind,
To reign in realms above!

HYMN 249. C. M. [#]
Spread of the Gospel.

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 thy compassion, Lord, has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,
Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasured in thy mind.

3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe and every soul
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4 Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;

Soften the tiger to a lamb,

The vulture to a dove.

5 Smile, Lord, on each sincere attempt
To spread the gospel's rays;
And build in every heathen land
A temple to thy praise.

HYMN 250.

C. M. [#]

Sinai and Zion.

1 NOT to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke,-
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke,-

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