And wav'd around Your golden wings,
And struck your strings Of sweetest sound.
7 The warbling notes pursue,
And louder anthems raise;
While mortals sing with you

Their own Redeemer's praise.

And thou, my heart! With equal flame,

And joy the same,

Perform thy part.

HYMN CLXXXIV.

C. M.

'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.'

1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne;

Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.

2 Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, 'To be exalted thus ;'

Worthy the Lamb, our lips reply,
For he was slain for us.

3 Jesus is worthy to receive

Honour and power divine;

And blessings more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine,

4 Let all who dwell above the sky,
In air, on earth, in seas,
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine endless praise.

5 The whole creation join in one,
To bless the sacred name

Of him, who sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb!

HYMN CLXXXV.

H. M.

Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory.'

1 Thanks be to God the Lord,
The victory is ours;

And hell is overcome

By Christ's triumphant powers!

The monster sin

In chains is bound,

And death has felt

His mortal wound.

2 Oppress'd with guilt and woe,
In darkness long we lay,
Till Christ on earth appear'd,
Then all was boundless day;

With terror struck,

Fled in despair,

The host of night

To shun the light.

3 Now o'er the vanquish'd tomb
Behold his trophy blaze,—
The banner of the cross,

That pours its streaming rays,

To mark the path

And upward guide

Where Jesus trod,

Our steps to God.

4 Give thanks to God the Lord,

The victory is ours;

For hell is overcome

By Christ's triumphant powers!

The hymn of joy

And shout aloud

Exulting raise,

The Saviour's praise.

HYMN CLXXXVI. L. M.

The kingdom of Christ,

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 Thro' him shall endless prayers be made,
And praises throng to crown his head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise,
With every daily sacrifice.

3 From north to south shall princes meet
To pay their homage at his feet;
And barb'rous nations, at his word,
Submit and bow, and own their Lord.

4 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with grateful song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

5 Blessings abound where'er he reigns, The pris'ner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest,

And all the sons of want are blest.

6 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King!
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.

HYMN CLXXXVII. C. M.

Universal extent of Christ's kingdom.

1 O'er mountain tops, the mount of God,
In latter days, shall rise
Above the summits of the hills,
And draw the wond'ring eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues shall flow;
Up to the mount of God, they say,
And to his house we'll go.

3 The beams that shine from Sion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers,
Shall the whole world command.

4 Among the nations he shall judge,
His judgments truth shall guide;
His sceptre shall protect the just,
And crush the sinner's pride.

5 No war shall rage, nor hostile strife
Disturb those happy years;

To plough-shares men shall beat their swords,

To pruning-hooks their spears.

6 No longer hosts, encount'ring hosts,
Shall crowds of slain deplore ;
They'll lay the martial trumpet by,
And study war no more.

HYMN CLXXXVIII. 7 & 6s M.

'He shall have dominion from sea to sea,'
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 succour 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, condemn'd and dying,
Were precious in his sight.

3 By such shall he be fear'd,
While sun and moon endure,
Belov'd, obey'd, rever'd ;

For he shall judge the poor,
Through changing generations,
With justice, mercy, truth,
While stars maintain their stations,
Or moons renew their youth.

4 He shall come down, like showers Upon the fruitful earth,