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IT. II.] HYMNS.
At his presence
Gloom and darkness fly away.
itVhile the foe becomes more daring;
While he enters like a flood;
i God, the Saviour, is preparing
Means to spread his truth abroad:
Ev’ry language
Soon shall tell the love of God.
b ! ’tis pleasant, ’tis reviving.
To our hearts to hear each day,
Joyful news from far arriving.
How the Gospel wins its way:
Those enlight’ning.
Who in death and darkness lay.
pod of Jacob, high and glorious.
Let thy people see thy hand;
jLet the Gospel be victorious,
’ Through the world in ev’ry land:
f And the idols
Perish, Lord, at thy command.
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HYMNS FOR ORDINATIONS, &c. &C.
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■The Institution of a Gospel Ministry from Chnst.
Eph. iv. 8, 11, 12.
IT''HE Saviour, when to heav’n he rose
In splendid triumph o’er his foes,
^Scatter’d his gifts on men below.
And wide his royal bounties flow.
,Hence sprung th’ apostles’ honour’d name
YVhose writings speak their sacred fame ;
In lowlier forms to bless our eyes,
| Pastors from hence, and teachers rise.