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The joy that human thought transcends,
Into our souls bring in.

5 The kingdom of establish'd peace,
Which shall no more remove:
The perfect power of Godliness,
The omnipotence of love.

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285.

[L. B. 406.] 8 lines 7 & 6.

GOD, who didst so dearly buy
These wretched souls of ours,
Help us thee to glorify

With all our ransom'd powers:
Ours they are not, Lord, but thine;
O let the vessels of thy grace,
Body, soul, and spirit, join
In our Redeemer's praise!

True and faithful witness-thee,
O Jesus, we receive;
Fulness of the Deity,
In all thy people live!
First-begotten from the dead,
Call forth thy living witnesses:
King of saints, thy empire spread
O'er all the ransom'd race.

Let thy Spirit before the throne,
Mysterious One and Seven,
In his various gifts sent down,
Be to the churches given:
Let the pure, seraphic joy,

From Jesus Christ, the Just, descend:

Holiness without alloy,

And bliss that ne'er shall end.

286.

[L. B. 429.]

6 lines 8.

LET God who comforts the distrest,
Let Israel's consolation hear:
Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request,
And show thyself the Comforter;

And swell the unutterable groan,

And breathe our wishes to the throne.

2 We weep for those who weep below;
And burden'd, for the afflicted, sigh:
The various forms of human woe,
Excite our softest sympathy;
Fill every heart with mournful care,
And draw out all our souls in prayer.

3 We wrestle for the ruin'd race,
By sin eternally undone,

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Unless thou magnify thy grace,
And make thy richest mercy known,
And make thy vanquish'd rebels find
Pardon in Christ for all mankind.

4 Father of everlasting love,

To every soul thy Son reveal,
Our guilt and sufferings to remove,
Our deep, original wound to heal;
And bid the fallen race arise,
And turn our earth to paradise.

287.

[L. B. 431.]

6 lines 8.

SUN of unclouded righteousness,
With healing in thy wings arise,
A sad benighted world to bless,
Which now in sin and error lies;
Wrapt in Egyptian night profound,
With chains of hellish darkness bound.

2 The smoke of the infernal cave,

Which half the Christian world o'erspread,
Disperse, thou heavenly Light, and save
The souls by the Impostor led:
Subdue them, Lord, by love divine,
And let them in thy image shine.

3 O might the blood of sprinkling cry,
For those who spurn the sprinkled blood;

Assert thy glorious Deity;

Stretch out thy arm, thou triune God;
Destroy the antichristian sway,

And hasten the millennial day.

4 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Thou Three in One, and One in Three; Resume thy own for ages lost,

Finish the dire apostacy;

Thy universal claim maintain,
And Lord of the creation reign.

288.

[L. B. 432.]

6 lines 8.

LORD over all, if thou hast made,
Hast ransom'd every soul of man,
Why is thy grace so long delay'd?
Why unfulfill'd the saving plan?
The bliss for Adam's race design'd,
When will it reach to all mankind?

2 Art thou the God of Jews alone,
And not the God of Gentiles too?
To Gentiles make thy goodness known;
Thy judgments to the nations show:
Awake them by thy gospel call:
Light of the world, illumine all!

3 As lightning launch'd from east to west,
The coming of thy kingdom be:
To thee, by angel hosts confest,
Bow every soul and every knee:
Thy glory let all flesh behold,
And then fill up thy heavenly fold.

289.

[L. B. 433.]

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O COME, thou radiant Morning Star,

Again in human darkness shine!

Arise, resplendent from afar:

Assert thy royalty divine:

Thy sway o'er all the earth maintain,
And now begin thy glorious reign.

2 Thy kingdom, Lord, we long to see:
Thy sceptre o'er the nations shake;
To erect thy final monarchy,
Edom for thy possession take:

Take, thou who didst their ransom find,
The purchased souls of all mankind.

3 Now let thy chosen ones appear,
And valiantly the truth maintain:
Dispread thy gracious kingdom here:
Fly on the rebel sons of men:
Seize them with faith divinely bold,
And force the world into thy fold.

290.

[L. B. 434.]

C. M.

JESUS, the word of mercy give,

And let it swiftly run;

And let the priests themselves believe,
And put salvation on.

2 Clothed with the Spirit of holiness,
May all thy people prove
The plenitude of gospel grace,
The joy of perfect love.

3 Jesus, let all who love thee shine
Illustrious as the sun:

And, bright with borrow'd rays divine,
Their glorious circuit run:

4 Beyond the reach of mortals spread
Their light where'er they go;

And heavenly influences shed
On all the world below.

5 As giants, may they run their race;
Exulting in thy might;

As burning luminaries chase
The gloom of hellish night;

6 As the bright Sun of Righteousness
Their healing wings display;

And let their lustre still increase
Unto the perfect day.

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ON all the earth thy Spirit shower,
The earth in righteousness renew:

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Thy kingdom come, and hell's o'erpower, And to thy sceptre all subdue.

2 Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce, Let it opposers all o'errun;

And every law of sin reverse,

That faith and love may make all one.

3 Yea, let thy Spirit, in every place,
Its richer energy declare;

With lovely tempers, fruits of grace,
The kingdom of thy Christ prepare.

4 Grant this, O holy God, and true;
The ancient Seers, thou didst inspire:
To us perform the promise due;
Descend, and crown us now with fire.

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Makes his unbounded goodness known: "Tis here the richest mercy shines,

And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

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