3 Proclaim salvation from the Lord
To sinful, dying men;
His hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortal pen.
4 Engraved as in eternal brass
The gracious promise shines;
Nor can the powers of darkness raze
Those everlasting lines.
5 His very word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.
All Nations promised to Christ.
1 FATHER, is not thy promise pledged
To thine exalted Son,
That through the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run?
2Ask, and I give the heathen lands
For thine inheritance,
And to the world's remotest shores
Thine empire shall advance.'
3 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own;
While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne?
4 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues, Beneath th' expanse of heaven,
To the dominion of thy Son,
Without exception, given?
5 From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name adored!
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannas to thy Lord!
6 Asia and Africa, resound
From shore to shore his fame; And thou, America, in songs,
Redeeming love proclaim!
Universal Spread of the Gospel.
1 LORD, send thy word, and let it run,
Armed with thy Spirit's power;
Ten thousand shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.
2 Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wastes shall rise,
With sudden greens and fruits arrayed,
A blooming paradise.
3 True holiness shall strike its root
In each regenerate heart,
Shall in a growth divine arise,
And heavenly fruits impart.
4 Peace, with her olives crowned, shall stretch Her wings from shore to shore;
No trump shall rouse the rage
Nor murderous cannon roar.
5 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!
6 Amen, with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumbered myriads cry;
Amen,-with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply!
Prayer for the Spread of the Gospel.
1 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness
Look, my soul, be still and gaze;
All the promises do travail
With a glorious day of grace.
2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness-
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light;
And from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night.
3 May the glorious day approaching
On their grossest darkness flame,
And the everlasting gospel
Spread abroad thy holy name.
4 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel ;
Win and conquer, never cease;
May thy lasting wide dominions
Multiply and still increase.
Universal Blessings of Christ's Reign. Ps. 72.
1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys 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 Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
5 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.
6 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to their king;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.
1 HAIL 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;
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
2 He comes, with succor speedy,
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy,
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in his sight.
[3 By such shall he be feared
While sun and moon endure,-
Beloved, obeyed, revered,
For he shall judge the poor,
Through changing generations,
With justice, mercy, truth,
While stars maintain their stations,
Or moons renew their youth.]
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