HYMN 558. L. M.

Prayer for Christ's universal reign. 1. BRIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze, Vast as the blessings he conveys, Wide as his reign from pole to pole, And permanent as his control:

2. So, Jesus, let thy kingdom come;
Then sin and hell's terrific gloom
Shall at thy brightness flee away,
The dawn of an eternal day.

3. Then shall the heathen, filled with awe,
Learn the blest knowledge of thy law,
And Antichrist on every shore
Fall from his throne to rise no more.

4. Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet
In pure devotion at thy feet:
And earth shall yield thee, as thy due,
Her fulness and her glory too.

5. Oh that from Sion now might shine
This heavenly light, this truth divine;
Till the whole universe shall be
But one great temple, Lord, for thee!

1. GREAT God, we sing thy mighty hand,
By which supported still we stand:
The opening year thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it till it close.

2. By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsels led.

3. With grateful hearts, the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.

4. In scenes exalted or depressed
Be thou our joy and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

5. When death shall interrupt our songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our Helper, God, in whom we trust,
In better worlds our souls shall boast.

PSALM 150. L. M.
Second Part.

1. PRAISE ye the Lord; all nature join
In work and worship so divine;
Let heaven and earth unite, and raise
High hallelujahs to his praise.

2. While realms of joy, and worlds around,
Their hallelujahs high resound,
Let saints below and saints above
Exulting sing redeeming love.

3. As instruments well tuned and strung, We'll praise the Lord with heart and tongue;

While life remains we'll loud proclaim
High hallelujahs to his name.

4. Beyond the grave, in nobler strains,
When freed from sorrow, sin, and pains,
Eternally the church will raise
High hallelujahs to his praise.

Christ the Priest, King, and Judge.
1. NOW to the Lord that makes us know
The wonders of his dying love,
Be humble honours paid below,
And strains of nobler praise above.

2. 'Twas he that cleansed our foulest sins
And washed us in his richest blood;
'Tis he that makes us priests and kings,
And brings us rebels near to God.

3. To Jesus our atoning Priest,

To Jesus our exalted King,
Be everlasting power confessed,
And every tongue his glory sing.
4. Behold, on flying clouds he comes,

And every eye shall see him move;
Though with our sins we pierced him once,
Still he displays his pardoning love.

5. The unbelieving world shall wail,

While we rejoice to see the day;
Come, Lord, nor let thy promise fail,
Nor let thy chariots long delay.

3. How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives, led.

4. Raised by his Father to the throne, He sent his promised Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again.

HYMN 553. L. M.
Prayer for Sion's Increase.

1. ARM of the Lord, awake, awake,
Put on thy strength, the nations shake,
And let the world, adoring, see
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee.

2. Say to the heathen, from thy throne,
"I am Jehovah-God alone:"
Thy voice their idols shall confound,
And cast their altars to the ground.

3. No more let human blood be spilt,
Vain sacrifice for human guilt;
But to each conscience be applied
The blood that flowed from Jesus' side.

4. Almighty God, thy grace proclaim,
In every land declare thy name;
Let adverse powers before thee fall,
And crown the Saviour-LORD OF ALL.

HYMN 564. L. M.

Prayer for the Triumph of the Gospel.
1. SOVEREIGN of worlds, display thy power,
Be this thy Sion's favoured hour:
Bid the bright morning star arise,
And point the nations to the skies.

2. Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Western wilds, and heathen plains;
Far let the gospel's sound be known,
And be the universe thine own.

3. Speak and the world shall hear thy voice,
Speak and the nations shall rejoice;
Scatter the shades of moral night
With the blest beams of heavenly light.