3

'Tis thus the righteous Lord
To every soldier saith;
Eternal life is the reward
Of all-victorious faith.

4 Who conquer in his might,
The victor's meed receive;

They claim a kingdom in his right,
Which God shall freely give.

96.

C.M.-Promises of Jehovah to the Messiah. Isa. xlii. 1-12.

1 BEHOLD my servant! see him rise
Exalted in my might!

Him have I chosen, and in him
I place supreme delight.

2 On him, in rich effusion pour'd,
My Spirit shall descend;

My truths and judgments he shall show
To earth's remotest end.

3 Gentle and still shall be his voice,
No threats from him proceed;

The smoking flax he shall not quench,
Nor break the bruised reed.

4 The feeble sparks to flames he'll raise,
The weak will not despise;

Judgment he shall bring forth to truth,
And make the fallen rise.

5 The progress of his zeal and power,
Shall never know decline,

Till foreign lands, and distant isles,
Receive the law divine.

6 He who erected heaven's bright arch,
And bade the planets roll,

Who peopled all the climes of earth,
And form'd the human soul.

7 Thus saith the Lord, thee have I rais'd, My prophet thee install;

In right I've rais'd thee, and in strength I'll succour whom I call.

8 I will establish with the lands
A covenant in thee,

To give the gentile nations light,
And set the prisoners free.

9 Asunder burst the gates of brass;
The iron fetters fall;

And gladsome light, and liberty,
Are straight restor❜d to all.
10 I am the Lord, and by the name
Of great Jehovah known;
No idol shall usurp my praise,
Nor mount into my throne.

11 Lo! former scenes, predicted once,
Conspicuous rise to view;

And future scenes, predicted now,
Shall be accomplish'd too.

12 Sing to the Lord in joyful strains;
Let earth his praise resound,
Ye who upon the ocean dwell,
And fill the isles around.

13 O city of the Lord! begin
The universal song,

And let the scatter'd villages
The cheerful notes prolong.

14 Let Kedar's wilderness afar
up its lonely voice,

Lift

And let the tenants of the rock

With accents rude rejoice;

15 Till, 'midst the streams of distant lands, The islands sound his praise:

And all combin'd with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.

97.

C.M.-The Messiah's kingdom. Micah iv. 1-3.

1 BEHOLD! the mountain of the Lord In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops, above the hills, And draw the wondering eyes. 2 To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues shall flow; Up to the hill of God, they'll say, And to his house we'll go.

3 The beam that shines from Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers,
Shall all the world command.

4 Among the nations he shall judge;
His judgments truth shall guide;
His sceptre shall protect the just,
And quell the sinner's pride.

5 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,
Or mar the peaceful years;

To plough-shares men shall beat their swords, To pruning-hooks their spears.

6 No longer hosts encountering hosts,
Shall crowds of slain deplore;

They hang the useless helm on high,
And study war no more.

7 Come then, O house of Jacob, come!
To worship at his shrine,
And walking in the light of God,
With holy beauties shine.

98.

L.M.-Increase of Christ's Kingdom.

1 SHOUT, for the blessed Jesus reigns, Through distant lands his triumphs spread;

And sinners freed from endless pains,

Own him their Saviour and their Head.

2 His sons and daughters from afar,
Daily at Zion's gate arrive;
Those who were dead in sin before,
By sovereign grace are made alive.
3 Gentiles and Jews shall him obey,

Nations remote their offerings bring,
And unconstrain'd their homage pay
To their exalted Lord and King.
4 O may his conquests still increase.
And every foe his power subdue,
While angels celebrate his praise,
And saints his growing glories shew.
5 Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb

From all below and all above;
In lofty songs exalt his name,
In songs as lasting as his love.

99.

L.M.-Remonstrance with the Jews. Ps. cxxxvii. 1-6.

1 WHY, on the bending willows hung,
Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?
Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion's song denies to sing?
2 Awake! thy sweetest raptures raise;
Let harp and voice unite their strains:
Thy promis'd King his sceptre sways;
Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns!
3 No taunting foes the song require:
No strangers mock thy captive chain;
But friends provoke the silent lyre,
And brethren ask the holy strain.
4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,
If other lands thy triumphs share,
A heavenly city claims thy song;
A brighter Salem rises there.

5 By foreign streams no longer roam,
Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood:
every clime behold a home,

In

In every temple see thy God.

100.

P.M.—" And he shall reign for ever and ever." Rev. xi. 15.
1 LOOK, ye saints, the sight is glorious,
See The man of sorrows" now:
From the fight return'd victorious;
Every knee to him shall bow;
Crown him, crown him,

Crowns become the Victor's brow.
2 Crown the Saviour, angels crown him;
Rich the trophies Jesus brings;
In the seat of power enthrone him,
While the vault of heaven rings:
Crown him, crown him;

Crown the Saviour "

King of kings."

3 Sinners in derision crown'd him,
Mocking thus the Saviour's claim;
Saints and angels crowd around him,
Own his title, praise his name;
Crown him, crown him;
Spread abroad the Victor's fame.
4 Hark, those bursts of acclamation!
Hark, those loud triumphant chords!
Jesus takes the highest station;
O what joy the sight affords!

Crown him, crown him,

King of kings, and Lord of lords."

101.

P.M.-The triumph of Christ in the cause of truth, meekness, and righteousness. Ps. xlv. 3, 4.

[1 LOUD to the Prince of heaven

Your cheerful voices raise;

To him your vows be given,
And fill his courts with praise.