3 With power he vindicates the just,
And treads the oppressor in the dust;
His worship and his fear shall last,
Till hours, and years, and time be past.
4 As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down;
His grace on fainting souls distils,
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
5 The heathen lands, that lie beneath,
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
6 The saints shall flourish in his days,
Drest in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace like a river from his throne,
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.
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 Behold the islands with their kings,
And Europe her best tribute brings;
From north to south the princes meet,
To pay their homage at his feet.
3 There Persia, glorious to behold,
There India shines in eastern gold;
And barbarous nations at his word
Submit, and bow, and own their Lord.
4 To him shall endless prayer be made,
And princes throng to crown his head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise,
With every morning sacrifice.
5 People and realms of every tongue,
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim,
Their early blessings on his name.
6 Blessings abound where'er he reigns,
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,
find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
7 Where he displays his healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more;
In him the tribes of Adam boast,
More blessings than their father lost.
8 Let every creature rise, and bring,
Peculiar honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.
171. The God of the Gentiles. (P. M.)
LET all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise,
To sing and bless Jehovah's name:
His glory let the heathens know,
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim.
2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord,
The wond'ring nations read thy word;
In Britain is Jehovah known:
Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made;
Our Maker is our God alone.
3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns complete in glory there :
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties how divinely bright!
His temple how divinely fair!
4 Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of man confess,
The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
172. Christ's First and Second Coming. (C. M.)
ING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of every tongue;
His new-discover'd grace demands,
A new and nobler song.
2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son;
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.
3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
4 Let an unusual joy surprise,
The islands of the sea:
Ye mountains, sink, ye valleys, rise,
Prepare the Lord his way.
5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless,
The nations as their God;
To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.
6 But when his voice shall raise the dead,
And bid the world draw near,
How will the guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear!
173. Christ Exalted, and Multitudes Converted.
1 THUS the eternal Father spake
To Christ the 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 power is great,
"When saints shall flock with willing minds,
"And sinners crowd thy temple gate,
"Where holiness in beauty shines."
4 O blessed power! O glorious day!
What a large victory shall ensue !
And converts, who thy grace obey,
Exceed the drops of morning dew.
174. The Coronation of Christ. (L. M.)
AUGHTERS of Zion, come, behold, The crown of honour and of gold, Which the glad church, with joys unknown, Plac'd on the head of Solomon.
2 Jesus, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring;
Accept the well deserv'd renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.
3 Let every act of worship be,
Like our espousals, Lord, to thee;
Like the dear hour when from above
We first receiv'd thy pledge of love.
4 The gladness of that happy day,
Our hearts would wish it long to stay,
Nor let our faith forsake its hold,
Nor comfort sink, nor love grow cold.
5 Each following minute as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are rais'd to sing thy name,
At the great supper of the Lamb.
60 that the months would roll away,
And bring that coronation day!
The King of grace shall fill the throne
With all his Father's glories on.
175. The Effusion of the Spirit; or, Success of
REAT 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.
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