4 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel;
Win and conquer -never cease:
May thy lasting, wide dominions
Multiply, and still increase:
Sway thy sceptre,

Saviour, all the world around.

892.

7s & 5s.

S. F. SMITH.

The missionary Angel.

1 ONWARD speed thy conquering flight; Angel, onward speed;

Cast abroad thy radiant light,

Bid the shades recede;
Tread the idols in the dust,

Heathen fanes destroy,
Spread the gospel's holy trust,
Spread the gospel's joy.

2 Onward speed thy conquering flight;
Angel, onward haste;
Quickly on each mountain's height
Be thy standard placed;

Let thy blissful tidings float

Far o'er vale and hill,

Till the sweetly-echoing note
Every bosom thrill.

3 Onward speed thy conquering flight;
Angel, onward fly;

Long has been the reign of night;
Bring the morning nigh:

"Tis to thee the heathen lift

Their imploring wail;

Bear them Heaven's holy gift,

Ere their courage fail.

4 Onward speed thy conquering flight;
Angel, onward speed;

Morning bursts upon our sight—
"Tis the time decreed:
Jesus now his kingdom takes,
Thrones and empires fall,
And the joyous song awakes,
"God is all in all."

893.

78.

Report of the Watchman.

BowRING.

1 WATCHMAN! tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are.
Traveller! o'er yon mountain's height,
See that glory-beaming star.

2 Watchman! does its beauteous ray
Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Traveller! yes; it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.

3 Watchman! tell us of the night;
Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveller! blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends.
4 Watchman! will its beams alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Traveller! ages are its own;
See, it bursts o'er all the earth.

5 Watchman! tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn.
Traveller! darkness takes its flight;
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.

6 Watchman! let thy wanderings cease;
Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveller! lo! the Prince of Peace,
Lo! the Son of God, is come.

894.

C. M.

Returning to Zion.

MONTGOMERY

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.

895.

C. M.

Zion's Prospects.

WATTS.

1 LET Zion and her sons rejoice;

Behold the promised hour;

Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And comes t' exalt his power.

2 Her dust and ruins, that remain,
Are precious in his eyes;
These ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.

3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And stand in glory there;
All nations bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.

4 He sits, a Sovereign, on his throne,
With pity in his eyes;

He hears the dying prisoners' groan,
And sees their sighs arise.

5 He frees the soul condemned to death;
Nor, when his saints complain,

Shall it be said that praying breath
Was ever spent in vain.

6 This shall be known when we are dead,
And left on long record,

That ages yet unborn may read,
And praise and trust the Lord.

896.

L. M.

PRATT'S COL.

Zion encouraged.

1 ZION, awake; thy strength renew;
Put on thy robes of beauteous hue;
Church of our God, arise and shine,
Bright with the beams of truth divine.

2 Soon shall thy radiance stream afar,
Wide as the heathen nations are ;
Gentiles and kings thy light shall view;
All shall admire and love thee too.

897.

H. M.

DODDRIDGE.

Zion's Prosperity.

1 O ZION, tune thy voice,

And raise thy hands on high;
Tell all the earth thy joys,
And boast salvation nigh;

Cheerful in God,

Arise and shine,

While rays divine
Stream for abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face
With beams that cannot fade;
His all-resplendent grace

He pours around thy head,

The nations round

With lustre new

Thy form shall view, Divinely crowned.

3 In honor to his name,

Reflect that sacred light,
And loud that grace proclaim

Which makes thy darkness bright;

Pursue his praise, In worlds above
Till sovereign love The glory raise.

4 There, on his holy hill,

A brighter Sun shall rise,
And with his radiance fill
Those fairer, purer skies;

While, round his throne, | In nobler spheres

Ten thousand stars

His influence own.

898.

C. M.

WATTS.

Prayer for the Enlargement of the Church.

1 SHINE, mighty God, on Zion shine,
With beams of heavenly grace;
Reveal thy power through every land,
And show thy smiling face.

2 When shall thy name, from shore to shore,
Sound through the earth abroad,
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God?

3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands.;
Sing loud, with joyful voice;
Let every tongue exalt his praise,
And every heart rejoice.

899.

C. M.'

LOGAN.

The Glory of the latter Day.

1 BEHOLD, the mountain of the Lord,
In latter days, shall rise

Above the mountains and the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,
All tribes and tongues, shall flow:
"Up to the hill of God," they say,
"And to his house, we'll go."

3 The beam that shines on Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land:

The King who reigns in Zion's towers
Shall all the world command.

4 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,
Or mar the peaceful years;

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.

5 Come, then, O, come from every land,
To worship at his shrine;

And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauty shine.