3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song,
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

5 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King,
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen!

L. M.

297.

WESLEY'S COL.

Glorying in Christ.

1 LET not the wise their wisdom boast;
The mighty glory in his might;
The rich in flattering riches trust,
Which take their everlasting flight.

2 The rush of numerous years bears down
The most gigantic strength of man;
And where is all his wisdom gone,
When dust he turns to dust again?

3 The Lord, my righteousness, I praise,
I triumph in the love divine,

The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace In Christ through endless ages mine.

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;

2 But we are come to Zion's hill,
The city of our God,

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the innumerable host
Of angels, clothed in light!
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight!

4 Behold the blest assembly there,

Whose names are writ in heaven;
And God, the Judge of all, declares
Their sins to be forgiven.

5 The saints on earth, and all the dead,
But one communion make;
All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

6 In such society as this

My weary soul would rest:

The man that dwells where Jesus is

Must be for ever blest.

C. M.

299.

MONTGOMERY.

Singing the Song of the Redeemed.

ISING We the song of those who stand
Around the eternal throne,

Of every kindred, clime, and land,
A multitude unknown.

2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here;
To-day, the young, the old,
Our Saviour and his flock, appear
One Shepherd and one fold.

3 Toil, trial, suffering, still await
On earth the pilgrim's throng;
Yet learn we, in our low estate,
The Church Triumphant's song.

4" Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain,"
Cry the redeemed above,
"Blessing and honor to obtain,
And everlasting love."

5 "Worthy the Lamb," on earth we sing, "Who died our souls to save;

Henceforth, O Death, where is thy sting?
Thy victory, O Grave?"

6 Then hallelujah! power and praise
To God in Christ be given :
May all who now this anthem raise
Renew the song in heaven!

C. M.

300.

C. WESLEY.

The Communion of Saints.

1 THE saints on earth and those above
But one communion make;
Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,
All of his grace partake.

2 One family, we dwell in him:

One Church above, beneath;

Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

3 One army of the living God,
To his command we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 O God, be thou our constant guide!
Then, when the word is given,

Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

8 & 7s. M.

301.

Cowper.

Future Peace and Glory of the Church.

1 HEAR What God, the Lord, hath spoken: "O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you; Scenes of heartfelt tribulation

Shall no more perplex your ways;
You shall name your walls salvation,
And your gates shall all be praise.

2 "There, like streams that feed the garden,
Pleasures without end shall flow;
For the Lord, your faith rewarding,
All his bounty shall bestow:
Still in undisturbed possession

Peace and righteousness shall reign; Never shall you feel oppression,

Hear the voice of war again.

3" Ye, no more your suns descending,
Waning moons no more shall see;
But, your griefs for ever ending,
Find eternal noon in me:

God shall rise, and, shining o'er you,
Change to day the gloom of night;

He, the Lord, shall be your glory,
God your everlasting light."

8 & 7s. M.

302.

J. NEWTON.

Zion, the City of God.

1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

He whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for his own abode.
2 On the Rock of Ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou mayst smile at all thy foes.
3 See! the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.

4

Who can faint while such a river

Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age.

Predicted Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom.

1 RISE, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes!
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display,
And break upon thee in a flood of day!

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,
See future sons and daughters yet unborn,
In crowding ranks on every side arise,
Demanding life, impatient for the skies!