Triumph of Christianity

284. L. M. Watts.

Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.

1Jesus 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.
2For him shall endless prayer be made,
And endless praises crown his head;
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
3People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
4Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
The joyful prisoner bursts his chains;
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
5Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King;
Angels descend with songs again
And earth repeat the loud Amen.

285. C. M. Milton.

The Kingdom of God on Earth.

1The Lord will come, and not be slow;

His footsteps cannot err;

Before him righteousness shall go,

His royal harbinger.

2The nations all whom thou hast made

Shall come, and all shall frame

To bow them low before thee, Lord,

And glorify thy name.

3Truth from the earth, like to a flower,

Shall bud and blossom then,

And Justice, from her heavenly bower,

Look down on mortal men.

4Thee will I praise, O Lord, my God,

Thee honor and adore

With my whole heart, and blaze abroad

Thy name for evermore.

5For great thou art, and wonders great

By thy strong hand are done:

Thou, in thy everlasting seat,

Remainest God alone.

286. C. M. H. Ballou.

The Same.

1Jesus his empire shall extend;

Beneath his gentle sway

Kings of the earth shall humbly bend,

And his commands obey.

2From sea to sea, from shore to shore,

All nations shall be blest;

We hear the noise of war no more,--

He gives his people rest.

3As clouds descend in gentle showers,

When spring renews her reign;

And call to life the fragrant flowers

O'er forest, hill and plain;--

4So Jesus, by his heavenly grace,

Descends on man below,

And o'er the millions of our race

His gentle blessings flow.

5All that the reign of sin destroyed,

The Saviour shall restore;

And, from the treasures of the Lord,

Shall give us blessings more.

287. H. M. E. Turner.

The Universal King.

1Come, sing a Saviour's power,

And praise his mighty name;

His wondrous love adore,

And chant his growing fame.

Wide o'er the world a king shall reign,
And righteousness and peace maintain.
2The sceptre of his grace

He shall forever wield;

His foes, before his face,

To strength divine shall yield:

The conquest of his truth shall show
What an almighty arm can do.
3His alienated sons,

By sin beguiled, betrayed,

Shall then be born at once,

And willing subjects made:

Such numbers shall his courts adorn
As dew-drops of the vernal morn.
4His realm shall ever stand,

By liberal things upheld:

And from his bounteous hand

All hearts with joy be filled.

A universe with praise shall own
The countless honors of his throne.

288. 7 & 6s. M. Montgomery.

Blessings of Christ's Kingdom.

1Hail 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.

2He shall descend like showers

Upon the fruitful earth,

And love and joy, like flowers,

Spring in his path to birth;

Before him, on the mountains,

Shall peace, the herald, go;

And righteousness, in fountains,

From hill to valley flow.

3For him shall prayer unceasing

And daily vows ascend,

His kingdom still increasing,--

A kingdom without end:

The tide of time shall never

His covenant remove:

His name shall stand forever;--

That name to us is love.

289. L. M. H. Ballou.

Blessings of Christ's Universal Reign.

1When God descends with men to dwell,

And all creation makes anew,

What tongue can half the wonders tell?

What eye the dazzling glories view?

2Zion, the desolate, again

Shall see her lands with roses bloom;

And Carmel's mount, and Sharon's plain,

Shall yield their spices and perfume.

3Celestial streams shall gently flow;

The wilderness shall joyful be;

Lilies on parchéd ground shall grow;

And gladness spring on every tree;

4The weak be strong, the fearful bold,

The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing,

The lame shall walk, the blind behold;

And joy through all the earth shall ring.

5Monarchs and slaves shall meet in love;

Old pride shall die, and meekness reign,--

When God descends from worlds above,

To dwell with men on earth again.

290. C. M. Anonymous.

The Gospel Feast.

1On Zion, his most holy mount,

God will a feast prepare;

And Israel's sons, and Gentile lands,

Shall in the banquet share.

2See to the vilest of the vile

A free acceptance given!

See rebels, by adopting grace,

Sit with the heirs of heaven!

3The pained, the sick, the dying, now

To ease and health restored,

With eager appetites partake

The plenties of the board.

4But, O, what draughts of bliss unknown,

What dainties shall be given,

When, with the myriads round the throne,

We join the feast of heaven!

5There joys immeasurably high

Shall overflow the soul,

And springs of life, that never dry,

In thousand channels roll.

291. 7s. M. Anonymous.

The Fulness of the Gentiles.

1"Give us room, that we may dwell,"

Zion's children cry aloud:

See their numbers how they swell!

How they gather like a cloud!

2O, how bright the morning seems!

Brighter from so dark a night:

Zion is like one that dreams,

Filled with wonder and delight.

3Lo! thy sun goes down no more:

God himself will be thy light:

All that caused thee grief before

Buried lies in endless night.

4Zion, now arise and shine;

Lo! thy light from heaven is come

These that crowd from far are thine;

Give thy sons and daughters room.

292. L. M. Anonymous.

Influence of the Gospel like Rain.

1As showers on meadows newly mown,
Jesus shall shed his blessings down;
Crowned with whose life-infusing drops,
Earth shall renew her blissful crops.
2The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,
Are not so copious as that grace
Which sanctifies and saves our race.
3As, in soft silence, vernal showers
Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers,
So, in the secrecy of love,
Falls the sweet influence from above.
4That heavenly influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,
While every grace maintains its bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.
5Nor let these blessings be confined
To me, but poured on all mankind,
Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,
And a young Eden bless our eyes.

293. H. M. Doddridge.

Efficacy of the Gospel.

1Mark the soft-falling snow,

And the descending rain!

To heaven, from whence it fell,

It turns not back again;

But waters earth through every pore,
And calls forth all her secret store.

2Arrayed in beauteous green

The hills and valleys shine,

And man and beast are fed

By providence divine:

The harvest bows its golden ears,
The copious seed of future years.

3"So," saith the God of grace,

"My Gospel shall descend,

Almighty to effect

The purpose I intend;

Millions of souls shall feel its power,
And bear it down to millions more."

294. S. M. H. Ballou.

Universal Redemption.

1In God's eternity

There shall a day arise,

When all the race of man shall be

With Jesus in the skies.

2As night before the rays

Of morning flees away,

Sin shall retire before the blaze

Of God's eternal day.

3As music fills the grove

When stormy clouds are past,

Sweet anthems of redeeming love

Shall all employ at last.

4Redeemed from death and sin,

Shall Adam's numerous race

A ceaseless song of praise begin,

And shout redeeming grace.

295. L. M. 6l. Watts.

"The Gentiles shall see thy Righteousness."

1Let all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of praise;
To sing and bless Jehovah's name:

His glory let the heathen know,

His wonders to the nations show,

And all his saving works proclaim.
2The heathen know thy glory, Lord:
The wondering nations read thy word:
Among us is Jehovah known;

Our worship shall no more be paid

To gods which mortal hands have made;

Our Maker is our God alone.
3Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;

Then shall the race of man confess

The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

296. L. M. Bowring.

Progress of Gospel Truth.

1Upon the Gospel's sacred page

The gathered beams of ages shine;

And, as it hastens, every age

But makes its brightness more divine.

2Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought,

Pours inexhaustible supplies,

Whence sagest teachers may be taught,

And Wisdom's self become more wise.

3More glorious still as centuries roll,

New regions blest, new powers unfurled,

Expanding with the expanding soul,

Its waters shall o'erflow the world;

4Flow to restore, but not destroy;

As when the cloudless lamp of day

Pours out its floods of light and joy,

And sweeps each lingering mist away.

297. L. M. Watts.

Universal Reign of Christ.

1Great God, whose universal sway
The known and unknown worlds obey;
Now give the kingdom to thy Son;
Extend his power, exalt his throne.
2The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
3The saints shall flourish in his days,
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

298. 10s. M. Pope.

Predicted Glory of the Messiah's Kingdom.

1Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise!
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes!
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display,
And break upon thee in a flood of day!
2See a long race thy spacious courts adorn,
See future sons and daughters yet unborn,
In crowding ranks on every side arise,
Demanding life, impatient for the skies!
3See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,
Walk in thy light, and in thy temples bend!
See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate kings,
While every land its joyous tribute brings.
4The seas shall waste, the skies to smoke decay,
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away
But fixed his word, his saving power remains,
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

299. 8s., 7s. & 4s. M. Kelly.

Encouraging Prospects.

1Yes, we trust the day is breaking;

Joyful times are near at hand;

God, the mighty God, is speaking,

By his word, in every land:

When he chooses,

Darkness flies at his command.

2While the foe becomes more daring,

While he enters like a flood,

God, the Saviour, is preparing

Means to spread his truth abroad:

Every language

Soon shall tell the love of God.

3God of Jacob, high and glorious,

Let thy people see thy hand;

Let the gospel be victorious,

Through the world, in every land;

Then shall idols

Perish, Lord, at thy command.

300. 7s. & 6s. M. Anonymous.

Universal Hallelujah.

1When 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?

2Then from the craggy 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,

The hallelujah swelling

In one eternal sound.

301. C. M. Watts.

Prospect of Universal Blessedness.

1Lo! what a glorious sight appears

To our believing eyes!

The earth and seas are passed away,

And the old rolling skies.

2From the third heaven, where God resides

That holy, happy place,

The new Jerusalem comes down,

Adorned with shining grace.

3"The God of glory down to men

Removes his blessed abode;

Men, the dear objects of his grace,

And he, the loving God.

4"His own soft hand shall wipe the tears

From every weeping eye;

And pains and groans, and griefs and fears,

And death itself shall die."

5How long, dear Saviour, O how long

Shall this bright hour delay?

Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,

And bring the welcome day.

302. L. M. Richards.

The Cloud and Pillar of Fire.

1Long as the darkening cloud abode,

So long did ancient Israel rest;

Nor moved they, till the guiding Lord

In brighter garments stood confest.

2Father of spirits, Light of light,

Lift up the cloud, and rend the veil;

Shine forth in fire, amid that night,

Whose blackness makes the heart to fail.

3'T is done! to Christ the power is given;

His death has rent the veil away,

Our great Forerunner entered heaven,

And oped the gate of endless day.

4Nor shall those mists that brood o'er time,

Forever blind the mental eye;

They backward roll, and light sublime

Beams glory from our God on high.

5Adoring nations hail the dawn,

All kingdoms bless the noontide beam,

And light, unfolding life's full morn,

Is vast creation's deathless theme.

303. S. M Johns.

The Kingdom of God.

1Come, kingdom of our God,

Sweet reign of light and love!

Shed peace, and hope, and joy abroad,

And wisdom from above.

2Over our spirits first

Extend thy healing reign;

There raise and quench the sacred thirst,

That never pains again.

3Come, kingdom of our God!

And make the broad earth thine,

Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod

That flowers with grace divine.

4Soon may all tribes be blest

With fruit from life's glad tree;

And in its shade like brothers rest

Sons of one family.

5Come, kingdom of our God!

And raise thy glorious throne

In worlds by the undying trod,

Where God shall bless his own.

304. 10s. M. Ashworth.

The Kingdom of Christ.

1Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man!

Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:

Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span,

And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.

2On, piercing Gospel, on! of every heart,

In every latitude, thou own'st the key:

From their dull slumbers savage souls shall start,

With all their treasures first unlocked by thee!

3Tread, kingly Gospel, through the nations tread!

With all the civil virtues in thy train:

Be all to thy blest freedom captive led;

And Christ, the true emancipator, reign!

4Spread, giant Gospel, spread thy growing wings!

Gather thy scattered ones from every land:

Call home the wanderers to the King of kings;

Proclaim them all thine own;--'t is Christ's command!

305. 7s. M. Montgomery.

Christ's Triumph.

1Hark! the song of jubilee,

Loud as mighty thunders roar,

Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore;--

Hallelujah to the Lord!

God omnipotent shall reign;

Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2Hallelujah!--hark! the sound,

Heard through earth, and through the skies,

Wakes above, beneath, around,

All creation's harmonies:

See Jehovah's banner furled,

Sheathed his sword; he speaks,--'t is done!

And the kingdoms of this world

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

306. 7s. M. C. Wesley.

The Progress of the Gospel.

1See how great a flame aspires,

Kindled by a spark of grace!

Jesus' love the nations fires,

Sets the kingdoms on a blaze.

To bring fire on earth he came:

Kindled in some hearts it is:

O that all might catch the flame,

All partake the glorious bliss!

2When he first the work begun,

Small and feeble was his day:

Now the word doth swiftly run,

Now it wins its widening way:

More and more it spreads and grows,

Ever mighty to prevail;

Sin's strong-holds it now o'erthrows,

Shakes the trembling gates of hell.

3Saw ye not the cloud arise,

Little as a human hand?

Now it spreads along the skies,

Hangs o'er all the thirsty land!

Lo! the promise of a shower

Drops already from above!

Haste, O Lord, and quickly pour

All the spirit of thy love.

307. 7s. & 5s. M. A. C. Thomas.

The Reconciliation.

1Thou, whose wide extended sway
Suns and systems e'er obey!
Thou, our Guardian and our Stay,

Evermore adored:

In prospective, Lord, we see
Jew and Gentile, bond and free,
Reconciled in Christ to thee,

Holy, holy Lord.

2Thou by all shalt be confessed,
Ever blessing, ever blest,
When to thy eternal rest,

In the courts above,

Thou shall bring the sore oppressed;
Fill each joy-desiring breast;
Make of each a welcome guest,

At the feast of love.

3When destroying death shall die,
Hushed be every rising sigh,
Tears be wiped from every eye,

Never more to fall;

Then shall praises fill the sky,
And angelic hosts shall cry,
Holy, Holy Lord, Most High,

Thou art all in all!

308. 7s. M. 6l. Spirit of the Psalms.

Glory of the Church.

1On thy church, O Power Divine,
Cause thy glorious face to shine;
Till the nations from afar
Hail her as their guiding star;
Till her sons, from zone to zone,
Make thy great salvation known.
2Then shall God, with lavish hand,
Scatter blessings o'er the land;
Earth shall yield her rich increase,
Every breeze shall whisper peace,
And the world's remotest bound
With the voice of praise resound.

309. 11s. & 10s. [Peculiar.] J. G. Adams.

Christian's Song of Triumph.

1Sound the full chorus! let praises ascend
To God the Creator, our Father and Friend.
Sing, for the light of his truth is before us,

And we will give thanks, and rejoice in his name;

His banner of love in its glory waves o'er us;

That love will continue forever the same.

Sound the full chorus, &c.

2Praise to Jehovah! Give praise--let it rise
From earth, in its fulness--and swell to the skies!
Give glory and praise! For a ransomed creation

The gospel of peace in its triumph shall see;

Our God hath redeemed us--and Christ our salvation

Appears, from transgression and death to make free!

Praise to Jehovah, &c.

310. L. M. Anonymous.

Gospel Freedom Universal.

1We long to see that happy time,

That long-expected, blissful day,

When men of every name and clime

The glorious gospel shall obey.

2The word of God shall firm abide,

Though earth and hell should dare oppose;

The stone cut from the mountain's side,

To universal empire grows.

3Afric's emancipated sons

Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song,

Europe, with her unnumbered tongues,

And western climes the strain prolong.

4From east to west, from north to south,

Immanuel's kingdom shall extend,

And every man, in every face,

Shall meet a brother and a friend.

311. C. P. M. M. Rayner.

Reign of Christ. Isa. 35.

1The radiant dawn of gospel light,
The prophet saw in vision bright,

And hailed th' auspicious day,

When Christ should all his grace disclose
And cure the world of all its woes,

By truth's triumphant sway.

2The blind their eyes shall open wide;
To drink the light's o'erflowing tide,

The deaf sweet music hear;

The lame like bounding hart shall leap;
The dumb no longer silence keep,

But shout redemption near.

3And there shall be a holy way,
In which the simple shall not stray--

The path so plain and bright.

Wayfaring men therein shall walk,
And of their home and kindred talk,

With rapture and delight.

4No ravenous beast in quest of prey,
No lion lurking in the way,

Shall ever there be seen.

The place where dragons lay concealed,
Large crops of waving grass shall yield,

With reeds and rushes green.

5And when to Zion's peaceful home
The ransomed of the Lord shall come,

(O haste the blissful day!)

Glad strains shall every tongue employ
In songs of everlasting joy,

And sighing flee away.

312. H. M. Doddridge.

The Wilderness Transformed. Is. 41:18, 19.

1Amazing, beauteous change!

A world created new!

My thoughts with transport range,

The lovely scene to view:

In all I trace,

The work is thine;

Saviour divine,

Be thine the praise!

2See crystal fountains play

Amidst the burning sands;

The river's winding way

Shines through the thirsty lands;

New grass is seen,

Its carpet spreads

And o'er the meads

Of living green.

3Where pointed brambles grew,

Entwined with horrid thorn,

Gay flowers, forever new,

The painted fields adorn;

The blushing rose,

In union fair,

And lily there,

Their sweets disclose.

4The tyrants of the plain

Their savage chase give o'er;

No more they rend the slain.

And thirst for blood no more;

But infant hands

And lions yoke

Fierce tigers stroke,

In flowery bands.

5O, when, Almighty Lord,

Shall these glad scenes arise,

To verify thy word,

And bless our wondering eyes?

That earth may raise,

United songs

With all its tongues,

Of ardent praise.

313. 8s., 7s. & 4s. M. J. Taylor.

The Gospel Triumphant.

1Still in shades of midnight darkness

Abject sits the Pagan world;

There the banner of salvation

Ne'er hath been by time unfurled;

Nor their idols

From their blood-stained altars hurled.
2Yet the promise stands securely,

And Messiah's reign shall spread;

Not in vain his glorious conquest;

Not in vain the Saviour bled.

Chief immortal!

God's own hand hath crowned thy head.
3To 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.

1Ye subjects of the Lord! proclaim
The royal honors of his name:

"Jehovah reigns!" be all our song.

'T is He, thy God, O Zion, reigns!
Prepare thy most harmonious strains

Glad hallelujahs to prolong.

2Tremble, 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.

3So 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.

1Daughter of Zion, from the dust

Exalt thy fallen head;

Again in thy Redeemer trust:

He calls thee from the dead.

2Awake, awake; put on thy strength,

Thy beautiful array;

The day of freedom dawns at length,

The Lord's appointed day.

3Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge,

And send thy heralds forth;

Say to the south, "Give up thy charge,

And keep not back, O north!"

4They 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.

1O, 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!

2Then, 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.

1Father 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.
2But 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."
3Come, 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.

1Onward 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.

2Onward 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.

3Onward 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.

4Onward 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,

"God is all in all."

319. H. M. Doddridge.

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

1O Zion, tune thy voice,

And raise thy hands on high;

Tell all the earth thy joys,

And boast salvation nigh.

Cheerful in God,

Arise and shine,

While rays divine

Stream all abroad.

2He 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 lustre new

Divinely crowned.

3In honor to his name,

Reflect that sacred light,

And loud that grace proclaim,

Which makes thy darkness bright;

Pursue his praise,

Till sovereign love

In worlds above

The glory raise.

320. 8s. & 7s. M. Urwick's Coll.

Desiring Christ's Triumph.

1O thou Sun of glorious splendor,

Shine with healing in thy wing;

Chase away these shades of darkness;

Holy light and comfort bring.

2Let the heralds of salvation

Round the world with joy proclaim,

"Death and hell are spoiled and vanquished

Through the great Immanuel's name."

3Take thy power, almighty Saviour;

Claim the nations for thine own;

Reign, thou Lord of life and glory,

Till each heart becomes thy throne.

4Then the earth, o'erspread with glory,

Decked with heavenly splendor bright

Shall be made Jehovah's dwelling--

As at first, the Lord's delight.

321. H. M. Brown.

Millennium Hymn.

1Isles of the south, awake!

The song of triumph sing;

Let mount, and hill, and vale,

With hallelujahs ring:

Shout, for the idol's overthrown,
And Israel's God is God alone.

2Wild wastes of Afric, shout!

Your shackled sons are free;

No mother wails her child

'Neath the banana-tree:

No slave-ship dashes on thy shore;
The clank of chains is heard no more.

3Shout, vales of India, shout!

No funeral fires blaze high;

No idol song rings loud,

As rolls the death-car by:

The banner of the cross now waves
Where Christian heralds made their graves.

4Shout, hills of Palestine!

Have you forgot the groan,

The spear, the thorn, the cross,

The wine-press trod alone,

The dying prayer that rose from thee,
Thou garden of Gethsemane?

5Hail, glad, millennial day!

O, shout, ye heavens above!

To-day ye nations sing

The song, redeeming love:

Redeeming love the song shall be:
Hail, blessed year of jubilee!

322. L. P. M. H. Ballou.

Kingdom of Christ.

1To Christ, the Son, the Father spake:
Lo, ask of me, and I will make

The heathen to thy sceptre bend;

The utmost parts of all the earth
Are thine inheritance by birth,

And wide thine empire shall extend.

2Now Jesus waves his sceptre high,
Unfurls his banners in the sky,

While loud the gospel trumpets sound:

His enemies with sore dismay,
Retire in haste and yield the day,

While trophies to the Lord abound.

3Before him kings and tyrants fall,
Detest their crowns, and on him call,

And he a pardon free doth give:

The world in sin was dead before;
To life the world he will restore,

And in him all the world shall live.

4O Lord, thy government shall be
Extended wide from sea to sea,

And long thy sceptre thou shalt hold;

As long as sun or moon shall shine,
Thou King of earth shalt reign divine,

The mysteries of thy grace unfold.