234.

'ER the realms of Pagan darkness,

See the kindreds of the people

Lost in sin's bewild'ring maze !
Darkness brooding

On the face of all the earth!

Light of them that sit in darkness,
Rise and shine! Thy blessing bring!
Rise to lighten all the Gentiles,
Rise with healing in Thy wing!
To Thy brightness

Let all kings and nations come.

May the heathen, now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and worshipping before Thee,
Serve the living God alone.
Let Thy glory

Fill the earth, as floods the sea.

Thou to whom all pow'r is giv'n,

Speak the word! At Thy command

Let the company of preachers

Spread Thy Name from land to land.

Lord be with them

Alway to the end of time!

8, 7, 4.

H

235.

ARK! the song of jubilee,

7's, (Eight).

Loud as mighty thunders' roar,

Or the fulness of the sea,

When it breaks upon the shore! Hallelujah! for the Lord

God omnipotent shall reign; Hallelujah! let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

Hallelujah! hark! the sound,
From the centre to the skies,
Wakes above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies !
See Jehovah's banners furl'd!

Sheath'd His sword!-He speaks: 'tis done,

And the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of His Son.

He shall reign from pole to pole
With illimitable sway;

He shall reign when, like a scroll,
Yonder heav'ns have pass'd away.
Then the end,-beneath His rod
Man's last enemy shall fall.
Hallelujah! Christ in God,
God in Christ is all in all.

236.

LORD our God, arise,

The cause of truth maintain;

And wide o'er all the peopled world
Extend her blessed reign.

Thou Prince of Peace, arise,
Nor let Thy triumphs cease;
Far spread the glory of Thy Name,
And bless the earth with peace.

Thou Holy Ghost, arise,

Expand Thy quick'ning wing, And o'er a dark and ruin'd world

Let light and order spring.

All on the earth arise,

To God the Saviour sing;

S. M.

From shore to shore, from earth to heav'n,

Let the loud anthem ring!

To Thee, O Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit, be

All honour, glory, virtue, praise,

Through all eternity.

Also Hymns 56, 62, 200.

Confirmation.

BEFORE THE LAYING ON OF HANDS.

237.

YOME, Holy Spirit, from above,
Thou source of life and holy love;
O cheer us with Thy sacred beams,
Refresh us with Thy plenteous streams.

O may our lips confess Thy Name,
Our holy lives Thy pow'r proclaim ;
With love divine our hearts inspire,
And fill us with Thy sacred fire.

O Holy Father, Holy Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Thy grace devoutly we implore,-
Thy Name be prais'd for evermore.

L.M.

238.

HOLY Ghost, into our minds

Send down Thy heav'nly light; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal,

To serve God day and night.

Our weakness strengthen and confirm,―
For, Lord, Thou know'st us frail,—
That neither devil, world, nor flesh,
Against us may prevail.

Drive far our enemies away,

And help us to obtain

Peace in our hearts with God and man,

The best, the truest gain.

And grant that, Thou being, O Lord,
Our Leader and our Guide,

We may escape the snares of sin,

And never from Thee slide.

Such measures of Thy powerful grace,
Grant, Lord, to us we pray,
That Thou mayst be our Comforter
At the last dreadful day.

To God the Father laud and praise,

And to His blessed Son,

And to the Holy Spirit of grace,
Co-equal Three in One.

C. M.