1 ALL hail, redeeming Lord!
The wondrous things foretold
Of thee, in sacred writ,
With joy our eyes behold:
Still does thy arm new trophies wear,
And monuments of glory rear.
2 To thee the hoary head
Its silver honours pays;
To thee the blooming youth
Devotes his brightest days;
All ages grateful tributes bring,
And bow to thee, all-conquering King.
3 O haste, triumphant Prince,
That happy, glorious day,
When souls, like drops of dew,
Shall own thy gentle sway;
O, may it bless our longing eyes,
And bear our shouts beyond the skies!
4 All hail, ascended Lord!
Eternal be thy reign;
Behold the nations sue
To wear thy gentle chain :
When earth and time are known no more, Thy throne shall stand forever sure.
HYMN 205. L. M. [#]
Kingdom of Christ.
1 GREAT God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Extend the kingdom of thy Son,
Display his power, exalt his throne.
2 As rain on meadows newly mown
Shall Jesus send his blessings down:
His grace on fainting souls distils
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
3 The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive amid his 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.
HYMN 206. H. M. [#]
Empire of Righteousness.
1 COME, sing a Saviour's power,
And praise his mighty name;
His wondrous love adore,
And chant his growing fame :
Wide o'er the world a King shall reign,
And righteousness and peace maintain.
2 The sceptre of his grace
He shall forever wield;
His foes, before his face,
To strength divine shall yield: The conquest of his truth shall show What an almighty arm can do.
3 His alienated sons,
By sin beguiled, betrayed,
Shall then be born at once,
And willing subjects made :
Such numbers shall his courts adorn,
As dew-drops of the vernal morn.
4 His realm shall ever stand,
By liberal things upheld,
And, from his bounteous hand,
All hearts with joy be filled;
A universe with praise shall own
The countless honours of his throne.
HYMN 207. C. M. [#]
Reign of Christ.
1 JESUS his empire shall extend;
Beneath his gentle sway
Kings of the earth shall humbly bend,
And his commands obey.
2 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, All nations shall be blest:
We hear the noise of war no more;
He gives his people rest.
3 As rain descends in gentle showers
In each returning spring,
Awakes to life the fragrant flowers,
And makes creation sing,-
4 So Jesus, by his heavenly grace,
Descends on man below;
His blessings on the human race
In gentle currents flow.
5 Long as the sun shall rule the day,
Or moon shall cheer the night,
The Saviour shall his sceptre sway,
By love's resistless might.
6 All that the reign of sin destroyed
Shall Zion's King restore,
And, from the treasures of the Lord,
Give boundless blessings more.
HYMN 208. L. M. [#]
Dominion of Christ.
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 power divine! O glorious day!
What a large victory shall ensue !
And converts, who thy grace obey,
Exceed the drops of morning dew!
HYMN 209. L. P. M. [#]
Kingdom of Christ.
1 To Christ, the Son, the Father spake : Lo, ask of me, and I will make
The heathen to thy sceptre bend;
The utmost parts of all the earth
Are thine inheritance by birth,
And wide thine empire shall extend. 2 Now Jesus waves his sceptre high, Unfurls his banners in the sky,
While loud the gospel trumpets sound:
His enemies, with sore dismay,
Retire in haste, and yield the day,
While trophies to the Lord abound.
3 Before him kings and tyrants fall,
Detest their crowns, and on him call,
And he a pardon freely gives:
The world, in sin, was dead before;
To life the world he will restore,
And in him all the world shall live. 4 O Lord, thy government shall be Extended wide, from sea to sea,
And long thy sceptre thou shalt hold; As long as sun or moon shall shine, Thou King of all the earth shalt reign, The mysteries of thy grace unfold.
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