Cease thy mourning:

Zion still is well belov'd!

3 GOD, thy God will now restore thee!
He himself appears thy friend!
All thy foes shall flee before thee:
Here their boasts and triumphs end.
Great deliv'rance,

Zion's King vouchsafes to send.

4 Enemies no more shall trouble:
All thy conflicts now are past:

For thy shame thou shalt have double;
Days of
peace are come at last :

All thy warfare

Ends in everlasting rest.

231. The Extension of the Church.
8-7.

The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy GOD, O Zion, unto all generations.-PSALM cxlvi. 10.

ZION'S King shall reign victorious:
All the earth shall own his sway:
He will make his kingdom glorious :
He will reign through endless day.
What tho' none on earth assist him?

God requires not help from man :
What tho' all the world resist him?
GOD will execute his plan.

2 Nations now from GoD estranged, Then shall see a glorious light: Night to day shall then be changed: Heav'n shall triumph in the sight: See the ancient idols falling, Worshipp'd once, but now abhorr'd: Men on Zion's King are calling: Zion's King by all ador'd.

3 [Then shall Isra'l long dispersed, Mourning seek the Lord their God; Look on him whom once they pierced, Own and kiss the chast'ning rod: Then all Isra'l shall be saved,

War and tumult then shall cease: While the greater son of David, Rules a conquer'd world in peace.] 4 Mighty King, thine arm revealing, Now thy glorious cause maintain; Bring the nations help and healing, Make them subject to thy reign: Angels in their lofty station, Praise thy name, thou only wise! O let earth with emulation, Join the triumph of the skies.

232. For the Extension of the Church. 8-7-4.

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan, unto God; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.-ACTS xxvi. 18.

O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness,
Look, my soul, be still and gaze;
All the promises do travail
With a glorious day of grace;
Blessed Jub'lee;—

Let thy glorious morning dawn.
2 Let the Indian, let the Negro,
Let the rude Barbarian see
That divine and glorious conquest,
Once obtain'd on Calvary;
Let the Gospel-

Loud resound from pole to pole.

3 Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness!Grant them, LORD, the glorious light; And from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night, Chase the darkness

From their long benighted eyes. 4 Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel, Win and conquer, never cease; So IMMANUEL's fair dominions Shall extend, and still increase; Till the kingdoms

Of the world are all his own.

233. The Glory of the Church. 8-7.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. PSALM CXXXII. 13.

ZION is JEHOVAH's dwelling:
There "the King of Kings" appears:
Her's is glory far excelling

All the worldling sees or hears.
Zion's walls are everlasting:

Form'd thro' endless years to shine:
Strength and beauty never wasting,
Show their origin divine.

2 [Zion claims peculiar honour :
High distinction marks her lot:
Light eternal shines upon her;
Her's a sun that faileth not,
Zion's city hath foundations;

GOD himself hath rais'd her walls;
She survives the wreck of nations;
Zion stands whatever falls.]

3 Happy they who now discerning
Zion's glory, thither move!
Earth with all its honours spurning;
Zion is the place they love.
There the Lord his face disclosing,
Fills his people's hearts with joy:
While, from all their toils reposing,
Bliss is theirs without alloy.

4 Brethren, let the prospect cheer us:
Fair the lot that's cast for us:

When we call, our God will hear us;
Happy who are favour'd thus:
Let the timid fear no longer:

What tho' earth and hell oppose! He who pleads our cause is stronger, Stronger far than all our foes.

234. The Glory of the Church. 8—7.

1

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob; Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.-PSALM lxxxvii. 1 to 3.

GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God!

He, whose word cannot be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode:
On the rock of ages founded,

What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
2 [See! the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove:
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows thy thirst t' assuage
Grace which, like the LORD, the giver,
Never fails from age to age.