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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
Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown;
All things are subject to thy laws,
All things depend on thee alone.

2 Spread thy great name through heathen

lands;

Their idol deities dethrone;

Reduce the world to thy commands;
And reign as thou art, God alone.

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St. Ann's. Colchester. Bray.

1 O THOU great Monarch, in thy might
Fulfil the long desire;
A thousand ages in thy sight,
Like yesterday retire.

2 Oh, let thy diadem supreme,
Its brightness now display,
And o'er the dying nations beam
With life's immortal day.

3 Then shall the desolations cease,
And earth in sweetest strain,
Through the long Jubilee of peace,
Sing thy unbounded reign.

HYMN 454. H. M.

Eagle Street. Bethesda.

1 SOV'REIGN of worlds above,
And Lord of all below,

Thy faithfulness and love,
Thy pow'r and mercy show:
Fulfil thy word;

Thy Spirit give;

Let heathens live

And praise the Lord.

2 On lands that lie beneath

Foul superstition's sway,
Whose horrid shades of death
Admit no heav'nly ray,
Blest Spirit! shine,
Their hearts illume;
Dispel the gloom
With light divine.

3 Father, who to thy Son

Thy steadfast word hast giv'r,
That through the earth shall run
The news of peace with heav'n,
Extend his fame;

Thy grace diffuse;
And let the news

The world reclaim.
4 Few be the years that roll,
Ere all shall worship thee;
The travail of his soul,
Soon let the Saviour see;
O God of grace!

Thy pow'r employ,
Fill earth with joy,

And heav'n with praise.

HYMN 455.

S. M.

St. Thomas. Shirland.

1 O GOD of sov'reign grace,

We bow before thy throne;
And plead, for all the human race,
The merits of thy Son.

2 Spread through the earth, O Lord, The knowledge of thy ways;

And let all lands with joy record
The great Redeemer's praise!

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
Thy gospel to mankind,

Unveiling what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.

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3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till ev'ry tribe and ev'ry soul
Shall hear the joyful sound.

4 Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel rays;

And build, on sin's demolish'd throne,
The temples of thy praise.

HYMN 457. C. M.

Rochester. Barby.

Part II.

1 OH, when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heav'nly word;
And vassals, long enslav'd, become
The freemen of the Lord?

2 When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes, A dark, bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and sing his grace?

3 Haste, sov'reign Mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love:
Soften the tiger to a lamb,
The vulture to a dove.

HYMN 458. 8,7, 4.

Littleton. Helmsley.

Isa. lx. 2, 3.

1 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness;
Cheer'd by no celestial ray,
Sun of Righteousness, arising,
Bring the bright, the glorious day;
Send the gospel

To the earth's remotest bound.
2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness!
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light;
And from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night;
And redemption,

Freely purchas'd, win the day.
3 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel-
Win and conquer, never cease;
May thy lasting, wide dominions
Multiply and still increase;
Sway thy sceptre,

Saviour, all the world around.
HYMN 459. L. M.

St. Catharine's. Nantwich. Kent.

Voke.

1 EXERT thy pow'r, thy rights maintain, Insulted, everlasting King!

The influence of thy crown increase,
And strangers to thy footstool bring.

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