5 Men die in darkness at your side,
Without a hope to cheer the tomb; Take up the torch and wave it wide,
rne torch that lights time's thickest gloom. 6 Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray; Be wise the erring soul to win; Go forth into the world's highway, Compel the wanderer to come in.
7 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;
For toil comes rest, for exile home; Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight cry, Behold I come."
110 Look on the fields, for they are white already [D. 8s. 7s. to harvest.-John iv. 35.
1 LORD, her watch thy Church is keeping;
When shall earth thy rule obey?
When shall end the night of weeping,
When shall break the promised day?
See the whitening harvest languish,
Waiting still the labourers' toil;
Was it vain-thy Son's deep anguish?
Shall the strong retain the spoil?
2 Tidings, sent to every creature,
Millions yet have never heard;
Can they hear without a preacher?
Lord Almighty, give the word.
Give the word; in every nation
Let the Gospel trumpet sound,
Witnessing a world's salvation,
To the earth's remotest bound.
3 Then the end: thy Church completed,
All thy chosen gather'd in,
With their King in glory seated,
Satan bound, and banish'd sin :
Gone for over, parting, weeping,
Hunger, sorrow, death, and pain;-
Lo! her watch thy Church is Loeping,
Come, Lord Jesu, come to reign."
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end [8s. 7s. 4. of the world.-Matt. xxviii. 20.
1 SPEED thy servants, Saviour, speed them:
Thou art Lord of winds and waves;
They were bound, but thou hast freed them;
Now they go to free the slaves;
Be thou with them,
'Tis thine arm alone that saves.
2 Friends and home and all forsaking,
Lord, they go at thy command;
As their stay thy promise taking,
While they traverse sea and land:
O be with them:
Lead them safely by the hand.
3 Where no fruit appears to cheer them,
And they seem to toil in vain,
Then in mercy, Lord, draw near them,
Then their sinking hopes sustain :
Thus supported,
Let their zeal revive again.
4 In the midst of opposition
Let them trust, O Lord, in thee:
When success attends their mission,
Let thy servants humble be:
Never leave them,
Till thy face in heaven they see;
5 There to reap, in joy for ever,
Fruit that grows from seed here sown;
There to be with him, who never
Ceases to preserve his own,
And with triumph
Sing a Saviour's grace alone..
Come over and help us.-Acts xvi. 9.
1 FROM Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their land from error's chain.
2 What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile:
In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strown,
The heathen in his blindness
Bows down to wood and stone.
3 Can we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Can we to men benighted
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation, O salvation !
The joyful sound proclaim,
Till each remotest nation
Has learnt Messiah's name.
4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story,
And you, ye waters, roll;
Till, like a sea of glory,
It spreads from pole to pole;
Till, o'er our ransom'd nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign.s
Daily shall he be praised.-Ps. lxxii. 15.
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 shall come down like showers
Upon the fruitful earth;
And love, joy, hope, 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.
3 Arabia's desert-ranger
To him shall bow the knee :
The Ethiopian stranger
His glory come to see.
With offerings of devotion,
Ships from the isles shall meet
Το pour the wealth of ocean
In tribute at his feet.
4 To him shall prayer unceasing,
And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
A kingdom without end:
The mountain dews shall nourish
A seed in weakness sown,
Whose fruit shall spread, and flourish,
And shake like Lebanon.
5 O'er every foe victorious,
He on his throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,
All-blessing and all-bless'd.
The tide of time shall never
His covenant remove;
His name shall stand for ever,
His changeless name of love."
114 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the Jubilee [78. Gs. to sound.-Lev. xxv. 9.
10 BROTHERS, lift your voices,
Triumphant songs to raise;
Till heaven on high rejoices,
And earth is fill'd with praise.
Ten thousand hearts are bounding
With holy hopes and free;
The Gospel trump is sounding,
The trump of Jubilee.
2 O Christian brothers, glorious
Shall be the conflict's close:
The cross hath been victorious,
And shall be o'er its foes.
Faith is our battle-token:
Our Leader all controls;
Our trophies, fetters broken;
Our captives, ransom'd souls.
3 Not unto us-Lord Jesus,
To thee all praise be due;
Whose blood-bought mercy frees us,
Has freed our brethren too.
Not unto us-in glory
The angels catch the strain,
And cast their crowns before thee
Exultingly again.
4 Captain of our salvation,
Thy presence we adore:
Praise, glory, adoration
Be thine for evermore.
Still on in conflict pressing
On thee thy people call,
Thee King of kings confessing,
Thee crowning Lord of all."
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