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HYMN 379. P. M. Haddam.
Prayer for the Coming of the Kingdom of God.

RISE, Sun of Glory, rise!

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And chase those shades of night

Which now obscure the skies,
And hide the sacred light:

Oh chase those dismal shades away,
And bring the bright millennial day.
-2 Send now thy Spirit down
On all the nations, Lord!

With great success to crown
The preaching of thy word:

That heathen lands may own thy sway,
And cast their idol-gods away.

-3 Then shall thy kingdom come
Among our fallen race,

And the whole earth become
The temple of thy grace;

Whence pure devotion shall ascend,

And songs of praise, till time shall end.

Pratt's Col

HYMN 380. H. M. Darwell's. [*]
Prayer for the Conversion of the World.
COVEREIGN of worlds above,
And Lord of all below,

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SOVE

Thy faithfulness and love,

Thy power and mercy show:

Fulfill thy word,

Thy Spirit give;

Let heathens live,

And praise the Lord.

2 Few be the years that roll,
Ere all shall worship thee;
The travail of his soul

Soon let the Saviour see:

s O God of grace! Fill earth with joy, Thy power employ; | And heaven with praise.

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Luton.

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HYMN 381. L. M.
For the Influence of the Spirit on the Word.
SPIRIT of the living God!
In all the fulness of thy grace,
Where'er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our apostate race.

2 Give tongues of fire and hearts of love
To preach the reconciling word:
Give power and unction from above,
Whene'er the joyful sound is heard.
-3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light,
Confusion, order, in thy path;

o Souls without strength, inspire with might;
Bid mercy triumph over wrath!
-4 Baptize the nations! far and nigh,
The triumphs of the cross record;
The name of Jesus glorify,

Till every kindred call him Lord.
5 God from eternity hath willed-
"All flesh shall my salvation see:"
So be the Father's love fulfilled,
The Saviour's sufferings crowned by thee!
Montgomery.
HYMN 382. C. M. Broomsgrove. [*]
To the Holy Spirit.

-1 SPIRIT of power and might, behold^ A world by sin destroyed:

Creator Spirit, as of old,

Move on the formless void.

g 2 Give thou the word: that healing sound
Shall quell the deadly strife,
And earth again, like Eden crowned,
Bring forth the Tree of Life.

s 3 If sang the morning stars for joy,
When nature rose to view,

What strains will angel-harps employ,
When thou shalt all renew!

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HYMN 383. 8, 7, & 4. Tamworth. [*]
HO, but thou, almighty Spirit,

Can the heathen world reclaim?
Men may preach, but till thou favour,
Pagans will be still the same.
Mighty Spirit!

Witness to the Saviour's name.
2 Thou hast promised, by the prophets,
Glorious light in latter days:

Come and bless bewildered nations,
Change our prayers and tears to praise.
Promised Spirit!

Round the world diffuse thy rays.

3 All our hopes, and prayers, and labours,
Must be vain without thine aid;
But thou wilt not disappoint us-
All is true that thou hast said:
Faithful Spirit!

O'er the world thine influence shed.

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HYMN 384. 7s. Wilmot. [*]
The Gospel advancing.

Sinded spark of grace!

EE how great a flame aspires,

Jesus' love the nations fires,
Sets the kingdoms in a blaze!

o 2 Sons of God, your Saviour praise!
He the door hath opened wide;
He hath given the word of grace,
Jesus' word is glorified.

3 Jesus, mighty to redeem,
He alone the work hath wrought;
Worthy is the work of him,

Him who spake a world from nought.
4 Saw ye not the cloud arise,
Little as a human hand?

Now it spreads along the skies,
Hangs o'er all the thirsty land:
s 5 Lo! the promise of a shower
Drops already from above;
u But the Lord will shortly pour
All the Spirit of his love.

HYMN 385. 8, 7, & 4.

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C. Wesley.

Tamworth. [*]

Restoration and Glory of the Church.

g 1 N the mountain's top appearing,
Lo! the sacred herald stands;

Welcome news to Zion bearing,
Zion long in hostile lands.

Drooping captive !—

God himself will loose thy bands.
-2 God, thy God, will now restore thee:
He himself appears thy friend :
All thy foes shall flee before thee;
Here their boasts and triumphs end:
Great deliverance-

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

3 Enemies no more shall trouble,

All thy wrongs shall be redressed:
"For thy shame thou shalt have double,"
In thy Maker's favour blessed :
All thy conflicts-

End in one eternal rest.

HYMN 386. C. M.

Kelly.

Christmas. [*]

Restoration of Israel.

$ 1 DAUGHTER of Zion! from the dust

Exalt thy fallen head;

Again in thy Redeemer trust;
He calls thee from the dead.

8 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."

s 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.

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Montgomery.

8, 7, & 4. Tamworth. [*]

HYMN 387. 8, 7, & 4.

YES

Spread of the Gospel.

7ES! we trust the day is breaking;
Joyful times are near at hand;

God-the mighty God is speaking
By his Word, in every land;
When he chooses,

Darkness flies at his command.

2 While the foe becomes more daring,
While he enters like a flood,
God, the Saviour, is preparing
Means to spread his truth abroad:
Every language

Soon shall tell the love of God.

3 God of Jacob, high and glorious, Let thy people see thy hand:

Let the gospel be victorious,

Through the world-in every land;
Then shall idols

Perish, Lord-at thy command.

Kelly.

HYMN 388. H. M. Darwell's. [*]
ZION, tune thy voice,

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And raise thy hands on high;

Tell all the earth thy joys,
And boast salvation nigh.

Cheerful in God,
Arise and shine,
While rays divine

Stream all abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face
With beams that cannot fade;
His all-resplendent grace
He pours around thy head.
The nations round
Thy form shall view,
With lustre new

Divinely crowned.

u 3 In honour to his name,
Reflect that sacred light;
And loud that grace proclaim,
Which makes thy darkness bright:
Pursue his praise,

Till sovereign love
In worlds above
The glory raise.

4 There on his holy hill
A brighter sun shall rise,
And with his radiance fill
Those fairer, purer skies;
While round his throne,
Ten thousand stars,
In nobler spheres,
His influence own.

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HYMN 389. 7 & 6.

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Doddridge.

Romaine. [*]

AIL to the Lord's anointed!
Great David's greater son ;

Hail in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!

He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,