5. So when their work is finished here,
May they in hope their charge resign,
Before Thy throne with joy appear,
And there with crowns of glory shine.

1. Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough, Break up your fallow ground;

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The Sower goeth forth to sow,

And scatter blessings round.

2. The seed that finds a stony soil Shoots forth a hasty blade; But ill repays the sower's toil,

Soon withered, scorched, and dead.

3. The thorny ground is sure to balk
All hopes of harvest there;
We find a tall and sickly stalk,
But not the fruitful ear.

4. The beaten path, and highway side,
Receive the trust in vain ;

The watchful birds the spoil divide,
And pick up all the grain.

5. But when the Lord of grace and power
Has blessed the happy field,
How plenteous is the golden store
The deep-wrought furrows yield!
6. Father of mercies, we have need
Of Thy preparing grace:

Let the same Hand that gives the seed
Provide a fruitful place. Amen.

Missions.

WILLIAM Cowper.

252.

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.

D.7.6.

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 learned 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 ransomed nature
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,

In bliss returns to reign.

253.

1. Hark! the song of jubilee,

Amen.

BISHOP HEber.

Eight 7's.

Loud as mighty thunder's roar,

Or the fulness of the sea

When it breaks upon the shore :
Hallelujah! for the Lord

God Omnipotent shall reign;

Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

2. Hallelujah! hark, the sound
From the centre to the skies
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All Creation's harmonies!
See Jehovah's banners furled,

Sheathed His sword: He speaks, 'tis

done;

And the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of His Son.
3. He shall reign from pole to pole,
With illimitable sway;

He shall reign, when like a scroll
Yonder heavens have passed away.
Then the end :-beneath His rod
Man's last enemy shall fall:
Hallelujah! Christ in God,

God in Christ, is All in all. Amen.

254.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

1. O Spirit of the living God,

In all Thy plenitude of grace,

Where'er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our apostate race.

L.M.

2. Give tongues of fire and hearts of love
To preach the reconciling Word;
Give power and unction from above,
Whene'er the joyful sound is heard.

3. Be darkness, at Thy coming, light;
Confusion, order in Thy path;
Souls without strength inspire with might,
Bid mercy triumph over wrath.

4. O Spirit of the Lord, prepare

All the round earth her God to meet; Breathe Thou abroad like morning air, Till hearts of stone begin to beat. 5. Baptize the nations far and nigh; The triumphs of Thy Cross record; The Name of Jesus glorify,

Till every kindred call Him Lord.

1. Saviour, sprinkle many nations;
Fruitful let Thy sorrows be;
By Thy pains and consolations
Draw the Gentiles unto Thee!
Of Thy Cross the wondrous story,
Be it to the nations told;
Let them see Thee in Thy glory
And Thy mercy manifold.

D.8.7.

2. Far and wide, though all unknowing,
Pants for Thee each mortal breast,
Human tears for Thee are flowing,
Human hearts in Thee would rest.