Life, and health, and joy bestowing,
Making all around look gay:
O ye nations!
Hail the long-expected day.
3 Gladden'd by the flowing treasure,
All enriching as it goes;
Lo, the desert smiles with pleasure,
Buds and blossoms as the rose:
Every object
Sings for joy where'er it flows.
4 Trees of life, the banks adorning,
Yield their fruit to all around;
Those who eat are saved from mourning,
Pleasure comes, and hopes abound;
Fair their portion-
Endless life, with glory crown'd.
200.—S. M. Spread of the Gospel. [New Ar 578
LORD, our God, arise,
The cause of truth maintain ;
And wide o'er all the peopled world
Extend her blessed reign.
2 Thou Prince of Life, arise,
Nor let thy glory cease;
Far spread the conquests of thy grace,
And bless the earth with peace.
3 Thou Holy Ghost, arise,
Extend thy healing wing,
And o'er a dark and ruin'd world
Let light and order spring.
4 Let all on earth arise,
To God the Saviour sing,
From shore to shore-from earth to heaven,
Let echoing anthems ring!
"AIL, to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain ; Hush'd be the accents of sorrow and mourning, Zion, in triumph, begins her mild reign.
2 Hail, to the brightness of Zion's glad morning,
Long by the prophets of Israel foretold;
Hail to the millions from bondage returning,
Gentiles and Jews, the blest vision behold.
3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing,
Streams ever copious are gliding along;
-Loud from the mountain-top echoes are ringing,
Wastes rise in verdure and mingle in song.
4 See from all lands--from the isles of the ocean,
Praise to Jehovah, ascending on high;
Fallen are the engines of war and commotion,
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky.
202.-78 6s. The Gospel Banner. [New Ar. 580.
be the gospel banner
In every land unfurl'd;
And be the shout, Hcsanna,
Re-echoed through the world:
Till every isle and nation,
Till every tribe and tongue,
Receive the great salvation,
And join the happy throng.
2 What though th' embattled legions
Of earth and hell combine?
His arm throughout their regions,
Shall soon resplendent shine;
Ride on, O Lord, victorious,
Emanuel, Prince of Peace,
Thy triumph shall be glorious;
Thy empire still increase.
3 Yes, thou shalt reign for ever,
O Jesus, King of kings,
Thy light, thy love, thy favour,
Each ransom'd captive sings:
The isles for thee are waiting,
The deserts learn thy praise,
The hills and valleys greeting,
The song responsive raise.
Send the Gospel. [New Ar. 581.
END, send the gospel message,
In every language send;
Give it a speedy passage,
To gain its glorious end;
God, from on high, commands us,
We may not now delay;
The heathen, too, implore us-
They perish day by day.
2 Freely have come our blessings;
How freely still bestow'd;
"T is love, the soul impressing,
Would send these gifts abroad:
We all were outcast aliens,
Exposed to death and wo;
Our distant fathers, pagans,
Bound to their idols too.
3 How can we, to the heathen,
Say, Perish in your sins?
Nor labour now to free them,
And guide to joyful scenes;
How can our hearts so harden,
When we deserve to die,
As not to tell of pardon-
And help, to Jesus fly?
4 Proclaim aloud the Saviour;
Far, far let him be known;
Let each implore his favour,
Let prayer besiege the throne:
In labours, all, assistant,
Conspire to spread his grace,
Till lands to us most distant,
Shall learn to seek his face.
Tell us of the Night. [New Ar. 582.
"ATCHMAN, tell us of the night,
What its signs of promise are?
Trav❜ller, o'er you mountain's height
See the glory-beaming star.
Watchman, does its beauteous ray,
Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Trav❜ller, yes, it brings the day-
Promised day of Israel.
2 Watchman, tell us of the night:
Higher yet that star ascends.
Trav'ller, blessedness and light,
Peace and truth its course portends.
Watchman, will its beams, alone
Gild the spot that gave them birth?
Trav'ller, ages are its own;
See it bursts o'er all the earth.
3 Watchman, tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn:
Trav❜ller, darkness takes its flight;
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman, let thy wand'ring cease,
Hie thee to thy quiet home:
Trav❜ller, lo! the Prince of Peace,
Lo! the Son of God is come.
205.-78 6s. Christ on Earth. [New Ar. 583
1. WHEN shall the voice of singing
Flow joyfully along :
When hill and valley ringing
With one triumphant song,
Proclaim the contest ended,
And him who once was slain,
Again to earth descended,
In righteousness to reign?
2 Then from the lofty mountains
The sacred shout shall fly;
And shady vales and fountains
Shall echo the reply:
High tower and lowly dwelling
Shall send the chorus round,
All, hallelujah' swelling
In one eternal round.
206.-L. M. Prayer for Labourers. [New Ar. 584. 1 LORD of the harvest, bend thine ear,
For Zion's heritage appear;
O send forth labourers fill'd with zeal,
Swift to obey their Master's will.
2 Hast thou not bid us fervent pray
For help in such a trying day?
Wilt thou not listen, when we cry,
And send the blessing from on high?
3 Our lifted eyes, O Lord, behold
The rip'ning harvest tinged with gold,
Wide fields are op'ning to our view,
The work is great, the lab'rers few.
4 Under the guidance of thy hand
Let Zion's sons in many a band
Arise, to bless the dying race,
As heralds of redeeming grace,
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