44.

L. M.

Rejoicing in Christ's Triumphs.

1. REJOICE, for Christ the Saviour reigns;
He spreads his triumphs all abroad;
And sinners, freed from endless pains,
Own him their Saviour and their God.
2. His sons and daughters from afar,
Daily at Zion's gate arrive;
Those who were dead in sin before,
By sovereign grace are made alive.
3. O, may his conquests still increase,
And every foe his power subdue;
While angels celebrate his praise,
And saints his glowing glories show.
4. Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb!
From all below, from all above;
In lofty songs exalt his name,-
In songs as lofty as his love.

Watts.

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.

Pratt's Coll.

1. ARISE, in all thy splendor, Lord!
Let power attend thy gracious word;
Unvail the beauties of thy face,
And show the glories of thy grace.
2. Diffuse thy light and truth abroad,
And be thou known th' almighty God;
Make bare thine arm; thy power display;
While truth and grace thy sceptre sway.
3. Send forth thy messengers of peace;
Make Satan's reign and empire cease;
Let thy salvation, Lord, be known,
That all the world thy power may own.

1. YE Christian heralds, go, proclaim
Salvation in Immanuel's name;
To distant climes the tidings bear,
And plant the Rose of Sharon there.
2. He'll shield you with a wall of fire-
With holy zeal your hearts inspire;
Bid raging winds their fury cease,
And calm the savage breast to peace.

3. And when our labors all are o'er,

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Then shall we meet to part no more;
Meet-with the blood-bought throng to fall,
And crown our Jesus-Lord of all. Pratt's Coll.

MONMOUTH. L. M.

MARTIN LUTHER.

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Great God, whose uni- ver- sal sway The known and unknown

1. GREAT God! whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son;
Extend his power, exalt his throne.
2. As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down;
His grace on fainting souls distills
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
3. The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
4. The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

49.

L. M.

Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.
1. JESUS shall reign, where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2. For him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

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!

Watts.

Watts.

50, God unchangeable amid Changes of Creation.

1. THROUGH endless years thou art the same,
O thou eternal God!

Ages to come shall know thy name,
And tell thy works abroad.

2. The strong foundations of the earth,
Of old by thee were laid;

By thee, the beauteous arch of heaven,
With matchless skill was made.

3. Soon shall this goodly frame of things,
Formed by thy powerful hand,

Be, like a vesture, laid aside,
And changed at thy command.
4. But thy perfections all divine,
Eternal as thy days,

Through everlasting ages shine
With undiminished rays.

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