2 He framed the globe; he built the sky; 3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, And in his courts his grace proclaim. 275 H. M. DODDRIDGE. The Glory of the Church in the latter Day. Is. lx. 1. 1 O ZION, tune thy voice, And raise thy hands on high; Tell all the earth thy joys, And boast salvation nigh. Arise and shine, While rays divine 2 He gilds thy mourning face. His all-resplendent grace The nations round Thy form shall view, Divinely crowned. 3. In honor to his name, Reflect that sacred light, And loud that grace proclaim, Which makes thy darkness bright: Till sovereign love The Triumph of Christ. 1 LOUD to the Prince of heaven Your cheerful voices raise; DODDRINGE To him your vows be given, All clad in arms, All bright in charms, He sallies forth. 2 Fair truth, and smiling love, And injured righteousness, In thy retinue move, And seek from thee redress: 3 Before thine awful face Millions of foes shall fall, The captives of thy grace,- 277 The world shall know, C. M. WATTS. A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ among Men. 1 LO, what a glorious sight appears The earth and seas are passed away, 2 From the third heaven, where God resides, 3 Attending angels shout for joy, 4 "The God of glory down to men Men the dear objects of his grace, 5 "His own soft hand shall wipe the tears And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears, And death itself, shall die." 6 How long, dear Savior! O, how long Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, 278 H. M. DODDRIDGE. Emblems of the salutary Effects of the Gospel. Is. Iv. 10, 11, 12. 1 MARK the soft-falling snow, To heaven, from whence it fell, Through every pore, And calls forth all Its secret store. 2 Arrayed in beauteous green, Its golden ears, The copious seed Of future years. 3 "So," saith the God of grace, The purpose I intend; Millions of souls Shall feel its power, And bear it down To millions more." 224 279 8s & 7s M. COWPER. The future Peace and Glory of the Church. 1 HEAR what God, the Lord, hath spoken: "O my people, faint and few, Comfortless, afflicted, broken, Fair abodes I build for you. Thorns of heart-felt tribulation Shall no more perplex your ways; 2 "There, like streams that feed the garden, Peace and righteousness shall reign; 3 "Ye no more your suns descending, God shall rise, and, shining o'er ye, 225 |