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2 Give Thou the word: that healing sound Shall quell the deadly strife,

And earth again, like Eden crowned,
Produce the tree of life.

3 If sang the morning stars for joy

When nature rose to view,

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

4 And if the sons of God rejoice

To hear a Saviour's name,

How shall the ransomed raise their voice,
To whom that Saviour came!

5 So every kindred, tongue, and tribe,
Assembling round the throne,
Thy new creation shall ascribe
To sovereign love alone.

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Till every tribe, and every soul,
Shall hear the joyful sound?

Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt

To spread the gospel's rays,

And build on sin's demolished throne
The temples of Thy praise.

Rev. Thomas Gibbons. (1720-1785.) 1769. ab. and alt

1077 Watching for the Morning

1 LIGHT of the lonely pilgrim's heart, Star of the coming day,

Arise, and, with Thy morning beams,
Chase all our griefs away.

2 Come, blesséd Lord, bid every shore
And answering island sing
The praises of Thy royal name,

And own Thee their King.

3 Bid the whole earth. responsive now
To the bright world above,
Break forth in rapturous strains of joy
In memory of Thy love.

4 Lord, Lord, Thy fair creation groans,
The air, the earth, the sea,

In unison with all our hearts,

And calls aloud for Thee.

5 Thine was the cross, with all its fruits Of grace and peace divine:

Be Thine the crown of glory now,

The palm of victory Thine.

Sir Edward Denny. (1796-) 1839. ab.

3 God of Jacob, high and glorious, Let Thy people see Thy hand; Let the gospel be victorious, Through the world in every land; Let the idols

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Perish, Lord, at Thy command.

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Rev. Thomas Kelly. (1769-1855.) 1809. ab.

"A Light to lighten the Gentiles."
Luke ii. 33.

O'er the realms of pagan darkness
Let the eye of pity gaze;

See the thronging, wandering nations,
Lost in sin's bewildering maze:
Darkness brooding

On the face of all the earth.

Light of them that sit in darkness,
Rise and shine, Thy blessings bring:
Light to lighten all the Gentiles,
Rise with healing in Thy wing;

To Thy brightness
Let all kings and nations come
3 May the millions now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and worshipping before Him,
Serve the living God alone:

Let Thy glory

Fill the earth, as floods the sea.

4 Thou to whom all power is given,
Speak the word; at Thy command
Let the heralds of Thy mercy
Spread Thy name from land to land;
Lord, be with them,
Always, to the end of time.

Rev. Thomas Cotterill. (1779-1823.) 1819. alt.

ITALIAN HYMN. 6, 4.

Felice Giardini. (1716—1796.) 1760.

1. SOUND, Sound the truth

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Call to missionary Work.
Is. Iviii. 1.

2 Far over sea and land,

'Tis our Lord's own command,

Bear ye His name;

Bear it to every shore,
Regions unknown explore,
Enter at every door;

Silence is shame.

3 Speed on the wings of love,
Jesus, who reigns above,
Bids us to fly;

They who His message bear
Should neither doubt nor fear,
He will their Friend appear,

He will be nigh.

4 When on the mighty deep,
He will their spirits keep,
Stayed on His word;
When in a foreign land,
No other friend at hand,
Jesus will by them stand,
Jesus, their Lord.

5 Ye who, forsaking all
At your loved Master's call,
Comforts resign;

Soon will your work be done;
Soon will the prize be won;
Brighter than yonder sun
Then shall ye shine.

Rev. Thomas Kelly. (1769-1855.) 1820.

Of Thee, in sa- cred