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KINGDOM AND CHURCH OF CHRIST.

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HYMN 175. L. M.

Effusion of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. GREAT was the day, the joy was great, When the divine disciples met;

While on their heads the spirit came, And sat like tongues of cloven flame. 2. What gifts, what miracles he gave! And pow'r to kill, and pow'r to save! Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words, Instead of shields, and spears, and swords. 3. Nations, the learned and the rude, Were by these heav'nly arms subdu’d. The heathens saw thy glory, Lord! And, wond'ring, bless'd thy gracious word. 4. Come the great day, the glorious hour, When all shall feel thy saving pow'r, And the whole race of man confess The beauty of thy holiness!

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HYMN 176 s. M.

MAKER, and sov'reign Lord

Of heav'n, and earth, and seas!
Thy providence confirms thy word,
And answers thy decrees.

2. Why did the Gentiles rage,

And Jews, with one accord,
Bend all their counsels to destroy
Th' anointed of the Lord?

3. Rulers and kings agree

To form a vain design;

Against the Lord their pow'rs unite,
Against his Christ they join.

4. The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his throne.

He, that hath rais'd him from the dead,
Hath own'd him for his Son.

5. He asks, and God bestows
A large inheritance.

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Far as the earth's remotest end,
His kingdom shall advance.

·HYMN 177. L. M.

JESUS shall reign, where'er the sun
Does his successive journies run;

His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
"Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2. People and realms of ev'ry tongue Dwell on his love with grateful song; And with united hearts proclaim, That grace and truth by Jesus came. 3. Blessings abound where'er he reigns; The pris'ner leaps to lose his chains; The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest,

4. Where he displays his healing pow'r,
The sting of death is known no more.
In him the sons of Adam boast
More blessings, than their father lost.

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HYMN 178. L. M.

1.THUS God, th' eternal Father, spake To Christ his Son: "Ascend and sit "At my right hand, 'till I shall make "Thy foes submissive at thy feet. 2. "From Zion shall thy word proceed; Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand, "Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed, "And bow their wills to thy command. 3. "That day shall show thy pow'r is great, "When saints shall flock with willing minds, "And sinners crowd thy temple gate, "Where holiness in beauty shines."

4. O blessed pow'r! O glorious day! What a large vict❜ry shall ensue !

And converts, who thy grace obey,
Exceed the drops of morning dew.

HYMN 179. L. M.

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REAT God! whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey;
Extend the kingdom of thy Son,
'Till ev'ry land his laws shall own.

2. They form to righteousness the mind,
To all that's candid, gentle, kind;
Inspire with love the human breast,
And stormy passions sooth to rest.
3. As gentle rain on parching ground,
His gospel sheds its influence round;
Its grace on fainting souls distils,
Like heav'nly dew on thirsty hills.
4. The heathen lands that lie beneath
The shades of darkness and of death,
Revive at its first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
5. The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dress'd in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne,
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

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HYMN 180. c. M.

GREAT God! the nations of the earth

Are by creation thine;

And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.

2. But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,

Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.

3. Lord! when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry soul
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4. O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heav'nly word,

And vassals long-enslav'd become
The freemen of the Lord?

5. When shall th' untutor'd heathen tribes, A dark bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?

6. Haste, sov'reign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;

Soften the tiger to a lamb,

The vulture to a dove.

7. Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel's rays;

And build on sin's demolish'd throne,
The temples of thy praise.

HYMN 181. s. M.

1. GREAT God! arise and shine,

With beams of heav'nly light; From this dark world of sin dispel The long and doleful night.

2. No more may idols share

The honours due to thee:
May ev'ry nation know thy name,
And thy salvation see.

3. No more may malice dare
To lift her iron rod;

No longer shed the blood of saints,
And plead a zeal for God.

4.. With its own native light,

Lord, may thy gospel shine:
May error fly like noxious mists
Before this light divine.

5. Whilst truth her charms reveals,
May love each breast inspire;
Nor one base passion ever mix,
To quench this sacred fire.

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HYMN 182. P. M.

ISAIAH Ix. 1.

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 all abroad.

2. He gilds thy mourning face
With beams that cannot fade;
His all-resplendent grace
He sheds upon thy head.
The nations round
Thy form shall view,
With lustre new
Divinely crown'd.

3. In honour to his name,
Reflect that sacred light;
And loud that grace proclaim,
Which makes thy darkness bright.
Pursue his praise,

'Till sov'reign love

In worlds above

The glory raise.

4. There on his holy hill,

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A brighter sun shall rise,
And with his radiance fill
Those fairer, purer skies;
While round his throne
Ten thousand stars
In nobler spheres

His influence own.

HYMN 183. P. M.

ISAIAH xli. 18, 19.

AMAZING, beauteous change!

created new !

Our thoughts with transport range,
The lovely scene to view.

In all we trace,

Father divine,

The work is thine;
Be thine the praise!

2. See crystal fountains play
Amidst the burning sands!
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