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II.] HYMNS.
ingdoras wide that sit in darkness,
'Grant them. Lard, the glorious light;
rad from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night,
nd redemption
ireely purchas’d win the day.
.y the beams of gospel mercy.
Let the path of life be shown;
o the idol-serving nations
Let thy holy name be known.
nor possession
the heathen to thy Son.
thread, thou mighty gospel! >
in and conquer, never cease ;
May thy lasting wide dominions
’> Multiply and still increase :
iway thy sceptre,
Saviour, all the world around.
588.
The Increase of the. Church,
CHOUT, for the great Redeemer reigns,
^ Thro’ distant lands his triumphs spread;
And sinners, freed from Satan’s chains,
Own him their Saviour and their Head.
God’s sons and daughters from afar,
'.Daily at Sion’s gates arrive;
Those who were dead in sin before,
■By sov’reign grace are made alive.
O may his conquests still increase,
: And evTry foe his pow’r subdue!
While angels celebrate his praise,
, And saints his growing glories show.
J Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb,
f From all below and all above;
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