Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepar'd above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun,
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul, that's born of God,
Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return,
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be given,

All our sorrows left below,

And earth exchang'd for heaven.

SING

Christ's First and Second Coming.

ING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Ye tribes of ev'ry tongue :

His new discover'd grace demands
A new and noble

song.

2 Say to the nations, Jesus came
A guilty world to save;
From vice and error to reclaim,
And rescue from the grave.

3 Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day!
Joy through the earth be seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,

And fields in cheerful

green.

4 With pleasure lift your wond'ring eyes,
Ye islands of the sea:

Ye mountains sink, ye vallies rise,
Prepare the Saviour's way.

5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless

The nations as their God;

To show the world his righteousness,
And send his truth abroad.

PR

HYMN 174. C. M.
Universal Praise.

RAISE to thee, thou great Creator,
Praise be thine from ev'ry tongue,

Join, my soul, with ev'ry creature,
Join the universal song.

2 For ten thousand blessings giv❜o,

For the hope of future joy,

Sound his praise through earth and heav'n,

Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

WATTS.

FAWCET.

HYMN 175. Tens and Elevens Metre.

Jehovah reigns.

JEHOVAH reigns! let ev'ry nation hear,

And at his footstool bow, with holy fear:
Let heaven's high arches echo with his name;
And the whole peopled earth his praise proclaim;
Wide, and more wide, the homage still extending
Through boundless space, and ages never ending,
2 He rules, with wide and absolute command,
O'er the wild ocean and the steadfast land
Jehovah reigns, unbounded and alone,
And all creation hangs beneath his throne:
He reigns alone, let no inferior nature,
Usurp the honours of the sole Creator.

3 He bade the struggling beams of infant light
Shoot through the massy gloom of ancient night,
His spirit hush'd the elemental strife,

And fed the kindling flame of nature's life,
Seasons and months began their long procession,
And measur'd o'er the year in bright succession.

4 The sun receives the splendour of his ray, Assumes his station and creates the day; And the pale moon reflects her borrow'd light Superior o'er the shadows of the night : Ten thousand glitt'ring lamps the skies adorning, Num'rous as dew drops in a vernal morning. 5 From chaos rising, earth confess'd his pow'r: Adorn'd with ev'ry plant and ev'ry flow'r ; And issuing from the hollow of his hand The waters compass and divide the land; Seas, rivers, all their destin'd channels knowing, And in new forms eternal goodness showing. 6 The new-born earth complete in rich array, At length prepares to take her annual way, And with untarnish'd lustre as she stood; Her Maker bless'd his work, and call'd it good: The morning stars with joyful acclamation Exulting sung, and hail'd the new creation.

HE

HYMN 176. C. M.

Christ's Second Advent.

E comes! Jehovah comes to bless
The nations as their God;

To shew his truth in righteousness,
And spread his power abroad.

2 The christian world in darkness lies,
By falsehood over-run ;

The moon and stars no longer rise,
And clouds have veil'd the sun.

3 But lo! the mighty God

appears,

On clouds behold him rise;
He comes to dry his Zion's tears,

And cheer his mourning bride.

4 Now sacred love with mildest rays

In Zion's land shall rise

;

The heavenly sun divinely blaze,
And brighten all the skies.

5 Now truth shall chace the clouds away,
And falsehood reign no more;
But one unclouded, heavenly day
Shall shine from shore to shore.

HYMN 177.

PROUD.

L. M.

Jesus, the Sun of Heaven.

JESUS, thou Sun of love divine,

Thy rays through boundless nature shine :

In thee with bright effulgence meet
Wisdom and love, and light and heat.
2 Through heaven thy glory is display'd
In one bright day without a shade ;
Angels from thee supremely prove
The nameless, endless joys of love.
3 With thee they dwell in fervid light,
Nor feel nor fear the shades of night;
Thy heavenly beams will never fail,
But one eternal day prevail.

4 Be darkness known on earth no more,
But truth display'd from shore to shore ;
Till men of every land shall see
Thy glory, Lord, and worship thee.

5 "Tis done the Sun of love appears,
The shades withdraw, the morning clears ;
Now love and truth prevail again,
And one eternal day shall reign,

HYMN 178. L. M.

The happy state of the Christian.

As we advance in wisdom's ways,

Thy love demands new songs of praise ;

Our pleasures, joys, and hopes increase,
And all within is settled peace.

2 Our foes with weaker pow'r assail;
With strength increasing we prevail;
Above our ev'ry tempter rise,

And press

with zeal towards the skies.

PROUD.

Look we at death? 'tis with delight;
A gentle sleep, and short the night;
Angels support the feeble head,
Our souls have nothing here to dread.
4 Think we of judgment ! happy day!
Joyful the summons we obey;
It is to meet the God we love,
And take our glorious crowns above.
5 Transporting thought! celestial state!
For this we live, for this we wait;
And while we take the happy road,
Our songs of praise ascend to God.

HYMN 179. Eight, Eight and Six Metre. Lord's Day Morning.

"AIL, happy day, the type of rest,

When all the faithful shall be bless'd,

And cease from toil and pain;
So we to-day the emblem prove,
Cease from all work, but praise and love,
And solid pleasure gain.

2 To-day our mighty Conqueror rose,
In triumph o'er his numerous foes,
And death a captive bound;

So we from ev'ry evil rise,

Mount up in thought towards the skies,
And walk on Zion's ground!

3 Begone, ye ev'ry worldly care;
My soul to study, praise, and prayer,
To-day be wholly given ;

I'll humbly wait at Jesus' feet,
The saints in solemn worship meet,
And learn the way to heav'n.

4 Jesus will kindly condescend
To teach my soul, my heart amend,
And fill me with his love!