see,

By which we free entrance gain, Or ask our authority,

We reply, "The Lamb was slain:" This is everywhere our boast; He that higher soars is lost: For that powerful word we raise, Christ, to thee eternal praise.

2 Everywhere with shoutings loud, Shouts that shake the gates of hell, Thy anointed witness-cloud

Of thy great redemption tell:
Are our door-posts, Lamb of God,
Sprinkled with atoning blood,
By its virtue we shall be
From the dread destroyer free.
T. 136.

915.*

GOD'S boundless grace

Preserves each faithful servant:

every moment,

Ye ministers of Christ confess'd, Go forth and proclaim ye the word of atonement, [press'd Both far and near; and when opBy hardships and trials, be bold in God, [and blood:

And gladly for him spend your life
'Midst tempests & billows, and thro'
deserts go,
The seed of the gospel 'mongst hea-
[then to sow.
917.* T. 205.

GROUNDED on the eternal Rock,
Jesus Christ, his church's stay,
Strong and firm 'midst every shock,
Humble, but without dismay;
Such the pilgrim who in faith
Safely walks the narrow path:
He proceeds from grace to grace,
Till with joy he ends his race.

2 More and more our joys increase,
As we humbly travel on;
Jesus gives abundant grace,

While we lean on him alone:
Thro' the virtue of his blood,
Source of peace and every good,
We preserve a cheerful mind,
His blest will to do inclin'd.

3 Then we suit ourselves to those
Who with us yoke-fellows are,
Glad to soften all their woes,
Glad their every joy to share:
If to Christ, the Vine, we cleave,

most fervent,

'Midst ice and rocks,

Or on the stormy seas,

[tion;

Body and soul are under his direcThe shadow of his wings affords com

plete protection:

The Lord will be about our ways,
O boundless grace.

2 Our life, our death, Be to thy joy and honour, Who art of life and each good gift

We say, Amen; [the donor: Thou Author of our faith, Thy name be glorified in our behaviour:

Whether our pilgrimage be rough or smooth, dear Saviour,

Be thou our strengthwhile we have
Our life in death. [breath,

Thro' his power we shall produce Goodly fruit, matur'd for use.

AMBASSADORS of Christ,
Know ye the way you go?

It is a path not strew'd with flowers,
But yielding thorns and woe:
All who Christ crucified
Their only Saviour own,

Meet often with such treatment base,
As to their Lord was shown.

2 Only against offence With circumspection guard; By craft or force in every place The foe is striving hard God's work to overthrow, That in the trying hour The servants of the Lord may fall, Bereft of faith and power.

How sure is their defence: Eternal Wisdom is their guide, Their shield Omnipotence.

2 In foreign realms & lands remote, Supported by thy care,

Through burning climes they pass unhurt,

And breathe in tainted air.

3 Thy mercy sweetens every soil, Makes every region please, Where on the mountains they proclaim

Thy reign, O Prince of peace.

4 The love of Christ constraining them,

They plant sweet Sharon's rose
Successfully on icy plains,
And in eternal snows.

5 In midst of dangers, fears, & deaths
Thy goodness they adore;
And praise thee for thy mercies past,
And humbly hope for more.

Justice and mercy meet,
The work is well begun;
Through every clime, their feet,
Who bring salvation, run;

In earth as heaven, thy will be done.

2 Before thee every idol fall,

lies;

The fulness of the Gentiles call;
Be Israel sav'd, let Jacob rise;
Thy kingdom come indeed,
Thy church with union bless,
All Scripture be her creed,
And every tongue confess
One Lord, -the Lord our righteous-

ness.

3 Now, for the travail of his soul,
Messiah's peaceful reign advance;
From sun to sun, from pole to pole,
He claims his pledg'd inheritance:
O thou Most Mighty, gird
Thy sword upon thy thigh,
That two-edg'd sword, thy
Word,

By which thy foes shall die,-Then spring, new-born, beneath thine eye.

4 So perish all thine enemies!

Their enmity alone be slain; Them, in the arms of mercy seize, Breathe, and their souls shall come again:

So may thy friends at length, Oft smitten, oft laid low, Forth, like the sun in strength, Conquering, to conquer go,Till to thy throne all nations flow. T. 22.

932. JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Doth his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, [more. Till moons shall wax and wane no 2 For him shall endless prayer be made, [head; And praises throng to crown his His name like sweet perfume shall With every morning sacrifice. [rise

3 People and realms of every tongue Dwell on his love with sweetest song, And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on his name.

933.

And earth repeat the loud Amen.
T. 151.
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 shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth; And joy and hope, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth: Before him, on the mountains,

Shall peace, the herald, go; And righteousness, in fountains, From hill tó valley flow.

3 Arabia's desert-ranger

To him shall bow the knee;
The Ethiopian stranger

His glory come to see:
With offerings of devotion
Ships from the isles shall meet,
To pour the wealth of ocean

In tribute at his feet.

4 Kings shall fall down before him, And gold and incense bring; All nations shall adore him,

His praise all people sing: For he shall have dominion O'er river, sea, and shore, Far as the eagle's pinion,

Or dove's light wing can soar. 5 For him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend; His kingdom still increasing,— A kingdom without end: The mountain-dews shall nourish A seed in weakness sown, Whose seed shall spread & flourish, And shake like Lebanon.

The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove: His name shall stand for ever, That name to us is-Love.

T. 151.

934. FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Shall we to men benighted,
The lamp of light deny?
Salvation, O, salvation,

The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation

Has learn'd Messiah's name.

3 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story,
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole;
Till o'er our ransom'd nature

The Lamb for sinners slain, 'Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.

939.

XXXVI. T. 58. WHEN we baptize a sinner in Christ's death, [bath: Then is the blood and water his true Not with water only came the Lord Jesus; [to bless us: He came with water and with blood Praise be to God.

2 Seen is the water by our mortal eyes;

On Jesus' blood not seen our faith relies:

We are well persuaded this fountain cleanses

Polluted sinners, and true grace dispenses

To live to him.