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8s, 7s and 4.

The Missionary's Farewell.

1 YES, my native land! I love thee;
All thy scenes I love them well ;—
Friends, connexions, happy country!
Can I bid you all farewell?
Can I leave you.

Far in heathen lands to dwell?

2 Home!-thy joys are passing lovely,—
Joys no stranger-heart can tell;
Happy home!'t is sure I love thee!
Can I-can I say-Farewell?
Can I leave thee,

Far in heathen lands to dwell?

3 Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure,
Holy days and Sabbath-bell,
Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure!
Can I say a last farewell?
Can I leave you,

Far in heathen lands to dwell!
4 Yes! I hasten from you gladly,
From the scenes I love so well;
Far away, ye billows! bear me;
Lovely native land!-farewell!
Pleased I leave thee,

Far in heathen lands to dwell. 5 In the deserts let me labor,

On the mountains let me tell,
How he died-the blessed Saviour-
To redeem a world from hell!
Let me hasten,

Far in heathen lands to dwell.

6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean!
Let the winds my canvass swell:
Heaves my heart with warm emotion,
While I go far hence to dwell:
Glad I bid thee,

Native land!-Farewell!-Farewell!

L. M.

540. Missionaries remembered.

1 MARKED as the purpose of the skies, This promise nieets our anxious eyes,→

That heathen lands the Lord shall know, And warm with faith each bosom glow. 2 E'en now the hallowed scenes appear; E'en now unfolds the promised year: Lo! distant shores thy heralds trace, And bear the tidings of thy grace. 3 Mid burning climes and frozen plains, Where pagan darkness brooding reigns, Lord! mark their steps, their fears subdue, And nerve their arm, and clear their view. 4 When, worn by toil, their spirits fail, Bid them the glorious future hail; Bid them the crown of life survey, And onward urge their conquering way.

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SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL.

L. M.

Prayer for the Millennium. 1 JESUS! we bow before thy throne, We lift our eyes to seek thy face; To bleeding hearts thy love make known, On contrite souls bestow thy grace.

2 See, spread beneath thy gracious eye, A world o'erwhelmed in guilt and tears, Where deathless souls in ruin lie,

And no kind voice dispels their fears!
3 Lord! arm thy truth with power divine,
Its conquests spread from shore to shore,
Till suns and stars forget to shine,

And earth and skies shall be no more.
4 Oh! rise, ye ransomed captives! rise,
Peal the loud anthem here below;
Let earth reflect it to the skies,

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And heaven with new-born rapture glow.

C. M.

Returning to Zion.

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.

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S. M.

The Gospel-Trumpet.

1 YE trembling captives! hear;
The gospel-trumpet sounds;
No music more can charm the ear,
Or heal your heart-felt wounds.

2 "T is not the trump of war,
Nor Sinai's awful roar;
Salvation's news it spreads afar,
And vengeance is no more.
3 Forgiveness, love, and peace,
Glad heaven aloud proclaims;
And earth, the jubilee's release,
With eager rapture claims.
4 Far, far to distant lands

The saving news shall spread;
And Jesus all his willing bands,
In glorious triumph, lead.

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S. M.

Prayer for Success.

1 O LORD, our God! arise,

The cause of truth maintain;

And wide o'er all the peopled world
Extend her blessed reign.

2 Thou Prince of life! arise,

Nor let thy glory cease;

Far spread the conquests of thy grace,
And bless the earth with peace.

3 Thou Holy Ghost! arise,

Expand thy quickening wing,
And o'er a dark and ruined world
Let light and order spring.

4 All on the earth! arise,

To God, the Saviour, sing,

From shore to shore, from earth to heaven,
Let echoing anthems ring.

545.

I. M.

The Time to favor Zion.

1 SOVEREIGN of worlds! display thy power,
Be this thy Zion's favored hour;
Bid the bright morning-star arise,
And point the nations to the skies.
2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns,
On Afric s shore, on India's plains;
Far let the gospel's sound be known,
And claim the nations for thy own.

3 Speak-and the world shall hear thy voice;
Speak, and the desert shall rejoice;
Scatter the gloom of heathen night;
Bid every nation hail the light.

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C. M.
Millennial Days,

1 LORD! send thy word, and let it fly,
Armed with thy Spirit's power;
Ten thousands shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.

2 Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wastes shall rise,

With sudden green and fruits arrayed―
A blooming paradise.

3 Peace, with her olive-crown shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shore;

The nations of the earth shall hear

The sound of war no more.

4 Lord! for those days we wait;—those days Are in thy word foretold:

Fly swifter, sun and stars! and bring
This promised age of gold.

5 Amen!-with joy divine, let earth's.
Unnumbered inyriads cry :

Amen!-with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply.

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S. M.

Prayer for all Lands.

1 O GOD of sovereign grace!
We bow before thy throne;
And plead, for all the human race,
The merits of thy Son.

2 Spread through the earth, O Lord!
The knowledge of thy ways;
And let all lands, with joy, record
The great Redeemer's praise.

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Jesus shall reign.

1 HARK!-the song of jubilce,
Loud as mighty thunders roar,—
Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore,—
Hallelujah! for the Lord

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God Omnipotent, shall reign!"
Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2 "Hallelujah!"-hark!--the sound,
From the centre to the skies,
Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies:

See Jehovah's banners furled,

Sheathed his sword! he speaks-'t is done,
And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole With illimitable sway: