418 (4th P.) I.. M. Wells 102. Devotion 271, Invitation to propagate the Gospel throughout the Earth.

1 GO, favour'd Britons, and proclaim

The kind REDEEMER you have found; Publish his ever-precious name

To all the wondering nations round.
2 Go, tell th' unletter'd wretched slave,
Who groans beneath a tyrant's rod,
You bring a freedom bought with blood,
The blood of an incarnate GOD.

3 And tell the panting sable chief,
On Ethiopia's scorching sand,

You come with a refreshing stream
To cheer and bless his thirsty land.
4 Go, tell on India's golden shores,
The Ganges, Tibet, and Boutan,*
That to enrich their deathless MIND
You come-the friends of GOD and Man.

5 Tell all the distant Isles afar,

That lie in darkness and the grave,
You come- -a glorious light to show,
You come-their SOULS to seek and save.

6 Say, the religion you profess

Is all benevolence and love,

And, crown'd with energy divine,
Its heavenly origin will prove.

418 (5th P.) L. M.` Derby 169. Gloucester 12.

Neglect in spreading the Gospel, reproved and deplored.

1 GO, said the voice of heavenly love,
My Gospel preach to every land;

Lo! I am with you to the end!
Observe and follow my command.

2 With joy the first disciples heard,
And told the ever gracious news,

*Tibit and Boutan-parts of Asia, little known to Europeans, but lately mentioned by the Baptist Missionaries.

As they from him receiv'd in charge,
First to the unbelieving Jews;
3 Then to the Gentiles, far and near,
Publish'd salvation in his name,
And the glad tidings of his grace
To this distinguish'd island came.
4 But, ah! to spread their sacred theme,
How few have our attempts been found!
What heathen lands from us have heard
The glorious heart-reviving sound?
5 To us their duty they bequeath'd;
And left the promise on record;
And had our ardour equall'd theirs,
The same had been our blest reward.
6 [We too had multitudes beheld

Forsake the gods their hands had made,
And the bright beam of heavenly day
Their yet benighted realms pervade.]
7 Saviour divine, our guilt forgive!
Inspire our souls with warmer zeal !
Pour out thy Spirit from on high;
And let us all his influence feel!

418(6th P.) 7.6.7.6. Culmstock 6. Gr. Road 281. Come over and help us. Acts xvi. 9.

1 FROM Greenland's icy mountains,

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From India's coral strand,

Where Afric's sunny fountains

Roll down their golden sand;

From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,
They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2 What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;
Though every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile.

In vain with lavish kindness.
The gifts of God are strewn ;
The heathen, in his blindness,

Bows down to wood and stone.
3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high-
Shall we, to men benighted,
The lamp of life deny?
Salvation, O salvation!

The joyful sound proclaim;
Till each remotest nation

Has learnt MESSIAH'S name.
4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story!-
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till, like a sea of glory,

It spreads from pole to pole;
Till o'er our ransom'd nature,
The Lamb, for sinners slain,
Redeemer, King, Creator,
In bliss returns to reign.

BP. HEBER.

419 (1st P.) L.M. Chard 175. Gloucester 12. Prospect of Success; or, Encouragement to use Means,

1 BEHOLD th' expected time draw near, The shades disperse, the dawn appear;

Behold the wilderness assume

The beauteous tints of Eden's bloom.
2 Events, with prophecies, conspire
To raise our faith, our zeal to fire :
The rip'ning fields already white,
Present an harvest to our sight.

3 The untaught heathen wait to know,
The joy the gospel will bestow,
The exil'd slave waits to receive
The freedom JESUS has to give.
4 Come, let us, with a grateful heart,
In the blest labour share a part,
Our prayers and off'rings gladly bring
To aid the triumphs of our King.

5 Let us improve the heavenly gale,
Spread to each breeze our hoisted sail,
Till north and south, and east and west,
Shall be, as favour'd Britain, blest.
6 Invite the globe to come and prove
A Saviour's condescending love,
And humbly fall before his feet,
Assur'd they shall acceptance meet.
7 [Our hearts exult in songs of praise,
That we have seen these latter days,
When our Redeemer shall be known
Where Satan long has held his throne.]
8- Where'er his hand hath spread the skies,
Sweet incense to his name shall rise;

And Tyre, and Egypt, Greek, and Jew,' By sovereign grace be form'd anew.

419 (2d P.) C. M. Cambridge New 74.
Evans's 190. Trish 171. Missionary 257.
The Increase of the Church promised and pleaded.
1 FATHER, is not thy promise pledg’d
To thine exalted Son,

That through the nations of the earth
Thy word of life shall run?

2 Ask, and I'll give the Heathen lunds
For thine inheritance,

And to the world's remotest shores
Thine empire shall aḍvance.

3 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own;

While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne ?

4 When shall th' untutor'd Indian tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our IMMANUEL's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?

5 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues, Under th' expanse of heaven,

To the dominion of thy Son

Without exemption given?

6 From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd!
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosannas to thy LORD!

7 Asia and Africa, resound

From shore to shore his fame; And thou, America, in songs Redeeming love proclaim!

420 (1st P.) C. M. Otford 106. Michael's 119. Prayer for Missionaries.

1 GREAT GOD, the nations of the earth
Are by creation thine;
And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.

2 But, LORD, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,

2

Unveiling what rich stores of grace

Are treasur'd in thy mind.

3 LORD, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe and every soul
Shall hear the joyful sound?

4 O when shall Afric's sable sons
Enjoy the heavenly word,
And vassals, long enslav'd, become
The freed-men of the Lord?

5 When shall th' untutor'd Heathen tribes,
A dark, bewilder'd race,

Sit down at our IMMANUEL's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?

6 Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;

Soften the tiger to a lamb,
The vulture to a dove!