MONTHLY CONCERT. HYMN 451. L. M. Luton. Leeds. Chatham. Prayer for the spread of the Gospel. 1 THY people, Lord, who trust thy word, And wait the smilings of thy face, Assemble round thy mercy seat, And plead the promise of thy grace. 2 We consecrate these hours to thee, Thy sov'reign mercy to entreat;` And feel some animating hope, We shall divine acceptance meet. 3 Hast thou not promis'd to thy Son, That his dominion shall extend, Till ev'ry tongue shall call him Lord, And ev'ry knee before him bend? 4 Now let the happy time appear, The time to favor Zion come; Send forth thy heralds far and near, To call thy banish'd people home. HYMN 452. L. M. Luther's Hymn. Portugal. 1 ETERNAL God! Almighty cause 2 Spread thy great name through heathen lands; Their idol deities dethrone; Reduce the world to thy commands; St. Ann's. Colchester. Bray. 1 O THOU great Monarch, in thy might 2 Oh, let thy diadem supreme, 3 Then shall the desolations cease, HYMN 454. H. M. Eagle Street. Bethesda. 1 SOV'REIGN of worlds above, Thy faithfulness and love, Thy Spirit give; Let heathens live And praise the Lord. 2 On lands that lie beneath Foul superstition's sway, 3 Father, who to thy Son Thy steadfast word hast giv'r, Thy grace diffuse; The world reclaim. Thy pow'r employ, And heav'n with praise. HYMN 455. S. M. St. Thomas. Shirland. 1 O GOD of sov'reign grace, We bow before thy throne; 2 Spread through the earth, O Lord, The knowledge of thy ways; And let all lands with joy record HYMN 456. C. M. Mear. Dundee. Gibbons. 1 GREAT God, the nations of the earth Are by creation thine; And in thy works, by all beheld, Thy radiant glories shine. 2 But, Lord, thy richer love has sent Unveiling what rich stores of grace 3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread 4 Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt And build, on sin's demolish'd throne, HYMN 457. C. M. Rochester. Barby. Part II. 1 OH, when shall Afric's sable sons 2 When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes, A dark, bewilder'd race, Sit down at our Immanuel's feet, 3 Haste, sov'reign Mercy, and transform HYMN 458. 8,7, 4. Littleton. Helmsley. Isa. lx. 2, 3. 1 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness; To the earth's remotest bound. Freely purchas'd, win the day. Saviour, all the world around. St. Catharine's. Nantwich. Kent. Voke. 1 EXERT thy pow'r, thy rights maintain, Insulted, everlasting King! The influence of thy crown increase, |