Hymns for Christian Devotion Part 52

G.o.d's own hand hath crowned thy head.

3 To this blessed dispensation Millions yet unborn shall fly; See the rising splendor beaming Till it gilds the western sky.

Glorious Gospel!

Still thy triumphs multiply.

314. P. M. Pratt's Coll.

The Church exulting in the Government of Jehovah.

1 Ye subjects of the Lord! proclaim The royal honors of his name: "Jehovah reigns!" be all our song.

'T is He, thy G.o.d, O Zion, reigns!

Prepare thy most harmonious strains Glad hallelujahs to prolong.

2 Tremble, ye pageants of a day, Formed, like your slaves, of brittle clay!

Down to the dust your sceptres bend; To everlasting years He reigns, And undiminished state maintains, When kings, and suns, and time shall end.

3 So shall his favored Zion live: In vain confed'rate nations strive Her sacred turrets to destroy; Her Sov'reign sits enthroned above, And endless power and endless love Ensure her safety and her joy.

315. C. M. Montgomery.

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.

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!"

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.

316. C. M. Moore.

The Same.

1 O, who shall see the glorious day, When, throned on Zion's brow, The Lord shall rend the veil away That hides the nations now!

When earth no more beneath the fear Of his rebuke shall lie, When pain shall cease, and every tear Be wiped from every eye!

2 Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn Beneath the heathen's chain; Thy days of splendor shall return, And all be new again.

The fount of life shall then be quaffed In peace by all who come; And every wind that blows, shall waft Some long-lost wand'rer home.

317. L. M. 6l. Pratt's Coll.

Prayer for the Jews.

1 Father of faithful Abraham! hear Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed: Justly they claim the fervent prayer From us, adopted in their stead; Who mercy, through their fall, obtain, And Christ, by their rejection, gain.

2 But hast thou finally forsook, Forever cast thine own away?

Wilt thou not bid the murderers look On Him they pierced, and weep and pray?

Yes! gracious Lord, thy word is past-- "All Israel shall be saved at last."

3 Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come!

The veil from Jacob's heart remove: Receive thine ancient people home, That, quickened by thy dying love, In their recovery we may find Life from the dead for all mankind.

318. 7s. & 5s. S. F. Smith.

The Missionary Angel.

1 Onward speed thy conquering flight; Angel, onward speed; Cast abroad thy radiant light, Bid the shades recede; Tread the idols in the dust, Heathen fanes destroy, Spread the gospel's holy trust, Spread the gospel's joy.

2 Onward speed thy conquering flight; Angel, onward haste; Quickly on each mountain's height Be thy standard placed; Let thy blissful tidings float Far o'er vale and hill, Till the sweetly-echoing note Every bosom thrill.

3 Onward speed thy conquering flight; Angel, onward fly: Long has been the reign of night; Bring the morning nigh: 'Tis to thee the heathen lift Their imploring wail; Bear them Heaven's holy gift, Ere their courage fail.

4 Onward speed thy conquering flight Angel, onward speed; Morning bursts upon our sight-- 'Tis the time decreed: Jesus now his kingdom takes, Thrones and empires fall, And the joyous song awakes, "G.o.d is all in all."

319. H. M. Doddridge.

The Glory of the Church in the Latter Day. Is. 60:1.

1 O Zion, tune thy voice, And raise thy hands on high; Tell all the earth thy joys, And boast salvation nigh.

Cheerful in G.o.d, Arise and s.h.i.+ne, 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 l.u.s.tre new Divinely crowned.