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3 We call in our solemn assemblies, in
spirit, [abroad,
To spread forth the kingdom of heaven
That we through our faith may begin to
inherit [of God.
The visions, and blessings, and glories
We'll sing and we'll shout, &c.

4 We'll wash and be wash'd, and with
oil be anointed, [feet:
Withal not omitting the washing of
For he that receiveth his PENNY appointed
Must surely be clean at the harvest of
We'll sing and we'll shout, &c. [wheat.

5 Old Israel that fled from the world for
his freedom, [lar, amain.
Must come with the cloud and the pil-
A Moses, and Aaron, and Joshua lead
him, [again.
And feed him on manna from heaven
We'll sing and we'll shout, &c.

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6 How blessed the day when the lamb
and the lion

Shall lie down together without any ire;
And Ephraim be crown'd with his ble-
sing in Zion,
[of fire!

As Jesus descends with his chariots
We'll sing and we'll shout with HIS ar-
mies of heaven:
[Lamb!

Hosanna, hosanna to God and the
Let glory to them in the highest be given,
Henceforth and forever: amen and amen.

IX

PREACHING.

L. M.

1 How fleet the precious moments roll,
How soon the harvest will be o'er;
The watchmen seek their final rest,
And lift a warning voice no more.

2 Another year has roll'd away,
And took its thousands to the tomb;
Its sorrows and its joys are fled,
To hasten on the gen'ral doom.

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3 The fulness of the gospel shines,
With glorious and resplendent rays;
The earth and heav'ns show forth their
signs
As tokens of the latter days.

4 Ye chosen twelve, to you are given,
The keys of this last ministry—
To every nation under heaven,
From land to land, from sea to sea.

5 First to the Gentiles, sound the news
Throughout Columbia's happy land,
And then before it reach the Jews,
Prepare on Europe's shores to stand.

6 Let Europe's towns and cities hear
The gospel tidings angels bring;
The Gentile nations far and near,
Prepare their hearts His praise to sing.

7 India's and Afric's sultry plains
Must hear the tidings as they roll—

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Where darkness, death and sorrow reign,
And tyranny has long controlled.

8 Listen, ye islands of the sea—
For every isle shall hear the sound:
Nations and tongues before unknown,
Though long since lost, shall soon be
found.

9 And then again shall Asia hear,
Where angels first the news proclaim'd;
Eternity shall record bear,
And earth repeat the loud amen.

10 The nations catch the pleasing sound,
And Jew and Gentile swell the strain,
Hosanna o'er the earth rescound,
Messiah then will come to reign.

X

REVELATION.

11's.

1 YE slumbering nations who have slept
a long night,
Without revelation or heavenly light,

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The latter day glory's beginning to dawn
Awake from your dreaming and welcome
the morn.

2 Things unseen in darkness, begin to
unfold,
[old,
As view'd by the ancients in visions of
That stone from the mountain cut out
without hands,
Becoming a kingdom to fill all the lands.

3 To every nation, and people, and tongue,
A late revelation from heaven hath come,
To all it is given, and all may behold
The purpose of heaven concerning the
world.

4 A last dispensation, let all the world
hear,
In every nation, that saints may prepare
For that revolution it shall undergo,
The great restitution from evil and wo,

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5 The call is from heaven, and hear it
we must,                      [first;"

"The first will be last, and the last will be
Go forth to the nations, and then to the
Jews,                         [refuse.

Who soon will obey it when Gentiles

6 The Jews will go forth, and the ten
tribes shall come            [home,

From a land in the north, to inherit their
And Kings shall protect them, and

Queens shall sustain,       [reign.

Their national rights till Messiah's blest

7 While Ephraim's lov'd children, who
roam in the west,              [be blest,

Shall gather round Zion, and with her
When truth shall be given then peace

will abound,                 [will be found.

And the kingdom of heaven on earth

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XI

WORSHIP.

C. M.

1. How did my heart rejoice to hear
   My friends devoutly say,
   "In Zion let us all appear,
   And keep the solemn day!"

2. I love her gates, I love the road;
   The church, adorned with grace,
   Stands like a palace built for God,
   To show his milder face.

3. Peace be within this sacred place,
   And joy a constant guest!
   With holy gifts and heavenly grace,
   Be her attendants blest.

4. My soul shall pray for Zion still,
   While life or breath remains:
   Here my best friends, my kindred dwell,
   Here God, my Savior, reigns.

XII

PRAYER.

C. M.

1. COME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
   Let us thine influence prove;

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Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of life and love.

2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee,
The prophets wrote and spoke;
Unlock the truth, thyself the key,
Unseal the sacred book.

3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o'er our nature's night;
On our disordered spirits move,
And let there now be light.

4 God, through himself, we then shall know,
If thou within us shine;
And sound, with all thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.

XIII

LOVE.

C. M.

1. LET Pharisees, of high esteem,
Their faith and zeal declare:.

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All their religion is a dream,
If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye,
Nor is provoked in haste,
She lets the present injury die,
And long forgets the past.

3 Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill,
Though she endures the wrong.

4 She lays her own advantage by,
To seek her neighbor's good :
So God's own Son came down to die,
And bought our lives with blood.

5 Love is the grace that keeps her power
In all the realms above;
There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints forever love.

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XIV

FAITH.

C. M.

1 FAITH is the brightest evidence
Of things beyond our sight, [sense,
Breaks through the clouds of flesh and
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets time past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home,
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith we know the worlds were
made
By God's Almighty word;
Abrah'm to unknown countries led,
By faith obeyed the Lord.

4 He sought a city, fair and high,
Built by the Eternal hands;
And faith assures us, though we die,
That heavenly building stands.

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FAITH.

C. M.

1 SING, ye redeemed of the Lord,
Your great Deliv'rer sing;
Pilgrims for Zion's city bound,
Be joyful in your King.

2 No ravening lion shall destroy,
Nor lurking serpent wound;
Pleasures and safety, peace and praise,
Through all the path are found.

3 A hand divine shall lead you on,
Through all the blissful road,
Till to the sacred mount you rise,
And see your smiling God.

4 There garlands of immortal joy
Shall bloom on every head;
While sorrow, sighing, and distress
Like shadows all are fled.

XVI

BAPTISM.

P. M.

1 SALEM's bright King, Jesus by name,
In ancient times to Jordan came
All righteousness to fill;
'Twas there the ancient prophet stood,
Whose name was John, a man of God,
To do his Master's will.

2 The holy Jesus did demand
His right to be baptized then,
The prophet gave consent;
On Jordan's banks they did appear,
And lo, John and his Master dear,
Then down the bank they went.

3 Down in old Jordan's rolling stream,
The prophet led the holy Lamb,
And there did him baptize:
Jehovah saw his darling Son,
And was well pleas'd in what he'd done,
And own'd him from the skies.

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4 The op'ning heav'n now complies,
The Holy Ghost like lightning flies,
Down from the courts above:
And on the holy heav'nly Lamb,
The Spirit lights and does remain,
In shape like a fair dove.

5 This is my Son, Jehovah cries,
The echoing voice from glory flies,
O, children, hear ye him;
Hark! 'tis his voice, behold he cries,
Repent, believe, and be baptiz'd,
And wash away your sin.

6 Come, children, come, his voice obey,
Salem's bright King has mark'd the way,
And has a crown prepar'd;
O then arise and give consent,
Walk in the way that Jesus went,
And have the great reward.

7 Believing children gather round,
And let your cheerful songs abound,

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With joy receive the message sent
In this the latter day.

3 Thou wilt accept our humble pray'r,
And all our sins forgive;
For Jesus is the sinner's friend,
He died that we might live.

4 We lay our sinful bodies now
Beneath the opening wave,
Then rise to life divinely new,
As from the bursting grave.

5 So when the trump of God shall blow,
The saints shall burst the tomb,
Immortal beauty crown their brow
With an immortal bloom.

## XIX

## BAPTISM.

L. M.

1 'TWAS the commission of our Lord,
Go, teach the nations, and baptize:
The nations have received the word,
Since he ascended to the akies.

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2 He sits upon the eternal hills,
With grace and pardon in his hands;
And sends his cov'nant, with the seals,
To bless the distant Pagan lands.

3 “Repent and be baptized,” he saith,
“For the remission of your sins;”
And thus our sense assists our faith,
And shows us what his gospel means.

4 Our souls he washes in his blood,
And water makes the body clean;
And the good Spirit from our God
Descends, like purifying rain.

5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee,
And seal our cov'nant with the Lord;
O may the great Eternal Three
In heaven our solemn vows record!

XX

LAST DISPENSATION.

P. M.

1 AN angel came down from the mansions
of glory,
[rah,
And told that a record was hid in Cumo

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Containing the fulness of Jesus' gospel;
And also the cov'nant to gather his people.

O Israel! O Israel!

In all your abidings,
Prepare for your Lord

When you hear these glad tidings.

2 A heavenly treasure: a book full of merit: [the Spirit; It speaks from the dust by the pow'r of A voice from the Savior that saints can rely on, [again Zion. To watch for the day when he brings O Israel! O Israel! &c.]

3 Listen O isles, and give ear ev'ry na-
tion, [eration:
For great things await you in this gen-
The kingdom of Jesus, in Zion shall flour-
ish; [must perish.
The righteous will gather; the wicked
O Israel! O Israel! &c.]

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XXII

SALVATION.

P. M.

1 Now let us rejoice in the day of salva-
tion, [we roam;

No longer as strangers on earth need
Good tidings are sounding to us and each
nation, [come :

And shortly the hour of redemption will

2 When all that was promis'd the saints
will be given, [until even,

And none will molest them from morn
And earth will appear as the garden of
Eden, [home !

And Jesus will say to all Israel: Come

3 We'll love one another and never dis-
semble,

But cease to do evil and ever be one;
And while the ungodly are fearing and
tremble, [ior shall come :

We'll watch for the day when the Sav-

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4 When all that was promis,d the saints
will be given, [until even,
And none will molest them from morn
And earth will appear as the garden of
Eden, [home!

And Jesus will say to all Israel: Come
5 In faith we'll rely on the arm of Je-
hovah, [trouble and gloom;
To guide through these last days of
And after the scourges and harvest are
over, [ior doth come :

We'll rise with the just, when the Sav-
6 Then all that was promis'd the saints
will be given, [of heaven:
And they will be crown'd as the angels
And earth will appear as the garden of
Eden, [be one.

Aud Christ and his people will ever

XXIII

REVELATION.

S. M.

I SPIRIT of Faith come down,
Reveal the things of God

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And saves whoe'er on Jesus call,
And perfects them in love.

XXIV

UNION.

S. M.

1. LET party names no more
The Christian world o'erspread;
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ, their head.

2. Among the saints on earth
Let mutual love be found;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crowned.

3. Let envy, child of hell,
Be banished far away;
Those should in strictest friendship
dwell,
Who the same Lord obey.

4. Thus will the church below
Resemble that above,
Where streams of pleasure ever flow,
And every heart is love.

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XXV

ADVENT OF CHRIST.

L. M.

1 ERE long the veil will rend in twain,
The king dsscend with all his train;
The earth shall shake with awful fright,
And all creation feel his might.

2 The trump of God, it long shall sound,
And raise the nations under ground,
Throughout the vast domains of heav'n
The voice echoes, the sound is given.

3 Lift up your heads ye saints in peace,
The Savior comes for your release;
The day of the redeem'd has come,
The saints shall all be welcom'd home.

4 Behold the church, it soars on high,
To meet the saints amid the sky,
To hail the King in clouds of fire,
And tune and strike th' immortal lyre.

5 Hosanna now the trump shall sound,
Proclaim the joys of heav'n around,

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When all the saints together join,
In songs of love, and all divine.

6 With Enoch here we all shall meet,
And worship at Messiah's feet,
Unite our hands and hearts in love,
And reign on thrones with Christ above.

7 The city that was seen of old,
Whose walls were jasper, streets of gold,
We'll now inherit thron'd in might;
The Father and the Son's delight.

8 Celestial crowns we shall receive,
And glories great our God shall give,
While loud hosannas we'll proclaim,
And sound aloud our Savior's name.

9 Our hearts and tongues all join'd in one,
A loud hosanna to proclaim,
While all the heav'ns shall shout again,
And all creation say, Amen.

10 Prepare my heart, prepare my tongue,
To join this glorious, heav'nly throng;

To hail the Bridegroom from above,
And join the band in songs of love.

XXVI

THE KINGDOM.

L. M.

1 THE time is near, that happy time,
That great, expected, blessed day,
When countless thousands of our race
Shall dwell with Christ, and him obey.

2 The prophecies must be fulfilled,
Tho' earth and hell should dare oppose;
The stone out of the mountain cut,
Though unobserved, a kingdom grows.

3 Soon shall the blended image fall,
Brass, silver, iron, gold and clay;
And superstition's dreadful reign,
To light and liberty give way.

4 In one sweet symphony of praise,
The Jews and Gentiles will unite;
And infidelity, o'ercome,
Return again to endless night.

5 From east to west, from north to south,
The Savior's kingdom shall extend,
And every man in every place,
Shall meet a brother and a friend.

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### GOSPEL RESTORED.

L. M.

1 The happy day has rolled on,
The glorious period now has come;
The angel sure has come again
To introduce Messiah's reign.

2 The gospel trump again is heard,
The truth from darkness has appear'd;
The lands which long in darkness lay,
Have now beheld a glorious day.

3 The day by prophets long foretold;
The day which Abram did behold;
The day that saints desired long, [form.
When God his strange work would per-

4 The day when saints again should hear
The voice of Jesus in their ear,

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5 Round each habitation hov'ring,
See the cloud and fire appear!

For a glory and a cov'ring,
Showing that the Lord is near:

6 Bless'd inhabitants of Zion,
Purchas'd with the Savior's blood!

Jesus whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests to God.

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### UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE.

L. M.

1 At every moment of our breath,
Life trembles on the brink of death,
A taper's flame that upward turns,
While downward to the dust it burns.

A moment ushered us to birth,
Leirs of the commonwealth of earth;
A moment by moment, years are past,
And one, ere long, will be our last.

Time past and time to come are not,
Time present is our only lot;

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O God, henceforth our hearts incline
To seek no other love than thine.

XXX

FUTURE GLORY.

P. M.

1. BRIGHT scenes of glory strike my sense,
   And all my passions capture,
   Ecstatic beauties round me shine,
   Inducing highest rapture.

I live in pleasures deep and full,
In swelling waves of glory;
And feel my Savior in my soul,
And glad to tell my story.

2. I feast on honey, milk, and wine,
   I drink perpetual sweetness;
   Mount Zion's beauties round me shine,
   While Christ unfolds his glory!

No mortal tongue can show my joys,
Nor can an angel tell them;
Ten thousand times surpassing all
Terrestrial worlds or emblems.

3. My resurrected body flies
   Through shining worlds of beauty,

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Dissolv'd in blushes, loud I cry,
In praises loud and mighty;
And here I'll sing and swell the strain
Of harmony delighted;
And with the risen learn the notes
Of saints in Christ united.

XXXI

DISMISSION.

8s, 7s & 4s.

1 LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing;
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us, each thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
Oh refresh us,
Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound!
May thy presence
With us evermore be found!

3 Then whene'er the signal's given,
Us from earth to call away—

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Borne on angel's wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey—
May we ever
Reign with Christ in endless day!

XXXII

FRATERNITY.

S. M.

1 BLEST be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

Before our Father's throne,
We pour our ardent pray'rs;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

2 We share our mutual woes;
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be join'd in heart,
And hope to meet again.

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3 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign,
Through all eternity.

XXXIII ADVENT OF CHRIST. 8s, 7s & 4s.

1 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favor'd sinners slain!
Thousands, thousand saints, attending,
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah!
Jesus comes—and comes to reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him,
Rob'd in dreadful majesty!
Those who set at nought and sold him,
Pierc'd and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see!

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3 When the solemn trump has sounded,
Heav'n and earth shall flee away;
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the summons of that day—
“ Come to judgment!—
Come to judgment!—come away.”

4 Yea, amen!—let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne!
Savior, take the pow'r and glory;
Make thy righteous sentence known;
Oh come quickly—
Claim the kingdom for thine own!

XXXIV

PILGRIMAGE.

P. M.

1 COME all ye weary travelers,
Come let us join and sing
The everlasting praises
Of Jesus Christ our King;
We've had a tedious journey,
And tiresome, 'tis true,
But see how many dangers
The Lord has brought us through.

2 Now, ye needy, come and welcome,
God's free bounty glorify;
True belief and true repentance,
And baptism brings you nigh.
Turn to the Lord, accept salvation, &c.

3 Let not superstition hinder,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness he requireth,
Is to know your need of him.
Turn to the Lord, accept salvation, &c.

4 Come ye weary, heavy laden,
Bruis'd and mangled by the fall,
If you tarry till you're better
You will never come at all.
Turn to the Lord, accept salvation, &c.

5 Agonizing in the garden,
Up to Calvary lift your eyes,
On the bloody tree behold him!
Hear him cry before he dies.
Turn to the Lord, accept salvation, &c.

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6 Saints and angels join'd in concert
Sing the praises of the Lamb,
While the blissful seats of heav'n,
Sweetly echo with his name.
Turn to the Lord, accept salvation, &c.

XXXVI

EARTH RESTORED.

P. M.

1 THIS earth shall be a blessed place,
To saints celestial given,
Where Christ again shall show his face,
With the redeemed of Adam's race,
In clouds descend from heaven.

2 Yes, when he comes on earth again,
The wicked burn as stubble;
Thus all his enemies are slain,
And o'er the nations he shall reign,
And end the scenes of trouble.

3 The trump of war is heard no more,
But all their strife is ended,
While Jesus shall all things restore
To order, as they were before,
And peace o'er all extended.

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From dust again to speak;
It shall come forth to light again,
To usher in Messiah's reign.

3 It speaks of Joseph's seed,
And makes the remnant known—
Of nations long aince dead,
Who once had dwelt alone;
The fulness of the Gospel, too,
Its pages will reveal to view.

4 The time is now fulfilled—
The long expected day—
Let earth obedient yield,
And darkness flee away:
Open the seals, and wide unfurl
Its light and glory to the world.

5 Lo! Israel, fill'd with joy,
Shall now be gathered home;
Their wealth and main employ,
To build Jerusalem:
While Zion shall arise and shine,
And fill the earth with truth divine.

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XXXVIII

BOOK OF MORMON.

7s.

1 Now the truth once more appears,
Hark! the gospel trump is heard;
Honest souls, dry up your tears,
You with knowledge may be fed.

2 See the earth its treasures yield!
Treasures it has long enclos'd,
To the world they are reveal'd,
Through the earth the message goes.

3 On a mission so divine,
See the saints of the Most High,
To accomplish his design,
Over hill and dale they fly.

4 Through Columbia's happy land,
They the glorious standard raise;
Shout, the time is near at hand—
Wonders of the latter days.

5 Soon Britania hears the sound,
And a thousand voices cry,

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In the regions all around,
Glory be to God Most High.

XXXIX

GOSPEL.

7s.

1 SEE the mighty angel flying!
See he speeds his way to earth,
To proclaim the blessed gospel,
And restore the ancient faith.

2 Hear, O men! the proclamation,
Cease from vanity and strife;
Hasten to receive the gospel
And believe the words of life.

3 Soon the earth will hear the warning,
Then the judgments will descend;
Oh! before those days of sorrow,
Make the Lord of Hosts your friend.

4 Then when dangers are around you,
And the wicked are distress'd;
You, with all the saints in Ziz

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And earth, and air, and skies, and seas,
Conspire to sound aloud his praise.

XLI

GOSPEL.

C. M.

1 THE glorious gospel light has shone
In this the latter day,
With such intelligence that none
From truth ne'er turn away.

2 Lo now the priesthood has restored,
And e'en prepared the way;
Whereby the dead may hear his word,
And all its truths obey.

3 As Christ to spirits went to preach,
Who were in prison laid;
So many saints have gone to teach
The gospel to the dead.

4 And we for them can be baptized,
Yes, for our friends most dear;
That they may with the just be saved,
When Gabriel's trump they hear.

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5 Now, O ye saints, rejoice to-day,
That you can saviors be
For all your dead, who will obey
The gospel and be free.

XLII

ZION.

P. M.

1 The towers of Zion soon shall rise
Above the clouds, and reach the skies;
Attract the gaze and wond'ring eyes
Of all that worship, gloriously.

2 The saints shall see the city stand
Upon this consecrated land,
And Israel, numerous as the sand,
Inherit it eternally.

3 O, that the day would hasten on,
When wickedness shall all be gone,
And saints and angels join in one,
To praise the Man of Holiness.

4 Then shall the veil of heaven rend,
And the Son of Man will descend,

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A vast eternity to spend
In perfect peace and righeousness.

5 Exalt the name of Zion's God!
Praise ye his name in songs aloud;
Proclaim his majesty abroad,
Ye banner-bearing messengers:

6 Cry to the nations far and near,
To come and in the glories share,
That on mount Zion will appear,
When earth shall rest from wickedness.

XLIII

GOSPEL.

C. M.

1 BUT hark! and hear the joyful sound,
How grateful to the ear,
A ransom for the lost is found,
A Savior doth appear.

2 The power of death and hell he breaks,
His power and love to show,
The prison doors assunder breaks,
And lets the captives go.

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3 Then for this cause our body bends,
Beneath the liquid wave,
In favor of our kindred friends,
Who slumber in the grave.

4 That through the law the Prince doth
give,
All who obedient prove,
Together on the earth may live,
When all is peace and love.

5 Thus for the dead we do baptize,
That when Christ comes again,
All Zion from beneath may rise,
And in his kingdom reign.

6 Then saints below, and saints above,
And saints on earth agree,
To praise, in unison and love,
Our God, eternally.

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XLIV

ZION.

S. M.

1. YE fearful saints, march on,
   It is the Lord's command;
   Never let trifles stop your way,
   To Zion's promis'd land.

2. Though numerous foes arise,
   And hell your course withstand;
   Still force your passage thro' them all
   To Zion's promis'd land.

3. Keep on a forward pace,
   And never, never stand,
   Till you behold your Savior's face,
   In Zion's promis'd land.

4. Cast not a wishful eye,
   Towards your native strand,
   Like Lot's frail wife, but onward press
   To Zion's promis'd land.

5. Mind not th' alluring wiles,
   Prepar'd by Satan's band,

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To draw you from the narrow path,
Which leads to Zion's land.

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BOOK OF MORMON.

P·M.

1 O who that has search'd the records of
old,

And read the last scenes of distress;

Four and twenty were left, who with Mor-
mon beheld, [dust.

While their nation lay mould'ring to

2 The Nephites destroyed, the Laman-
ites dwelt,

For ages in sorrow unknown;

Generations have pass'd, till the the Gen-
tiles at last,

Have divided their lands as their own.

3 O, who that has seen o'er the wide
spreading plain

The Lamanites wander forlorn,

While the Gentiles in pride and oppres-
sion divide

The land they could once call their own:

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4 And who that believes does not long
for the hour

When sin and oppression shall cease,
And truth, like the rainbow, display thro'
the shower,
That bright written promise of peace?

5 O, thou afflicted and sorrowful race,

The days of thy sorrow shall end;

The Lord has pronounced you a remnant
of His,

Descended from Abram his friend.

6 Thy stones with fair colors most glori-
ous shall stand,

And sapphires all shining around;

Thy windows of agates in this glorious
land,

And thy gates with carbuncles abound.

7 With songs of rejoicing to Zion return,

And sorrow and sighing shall flee;

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The powers of heaven among you come
down,
And Christ in the centre will be.

8 And then all the watchmen shall see
eye to eye,
When the Lord shall bring Zion again;
The wolf and the kid down together shall
lie,
And the lion shall dwell with the lamb.

9 The earth shall be filled with the knowl-
edge of God,
And nothing shall hurt or destroy;
And these are the tidings we have to pro-
claim—
Glad tidings abounding with joy.

XLVI BEAUTY OF THE EARTH. P. M.

1 THIS earth was once a garden place,
With all her glories common;
And men did live a holy race,

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And worship Jesus face to face,
In Adam-ondi-Ahman.

2 We read that Enoch walk'd with God,
Above the pow'r of Mammon :
While Zion spread herself abroad,
And saints and angels sang aloud
In Adam-ondi-Ahman.

3 Her land was good and greatly bless'd,
Beyond old Israel's Canaan :
Her fame was known from east to west;
Her peace was great, and pure the rest
Of Adam-ondi-Ahman.

4 Hosanna to such days to come—
The Savior's second coming—
When all the earth in glorious bloom,
Affords the saints a holy home,
Like Adam-ondi-Ahman.

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REDEMPTION NIGH.

C. M.

1 Livr up your heads, ye scattered saints,
Redemption draweth nigh ;

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Our Savior hears the orphan's plaints;
The widow's mournful cry.

2 The blood of those who have been slain
For vengeance cries aloud;
Nor shall its cries ascend in vain,
For vengeance on the proud.

3 The signs in heaven and earth appear;
And blood, and smoke, and fire;
Mens' hearts are failing them for fear;
Redemption's drawing nigher.

4 Earthquakes are bellowing 'neath the
ground,
And tempests through the air;
The trumpet's blast with fearful sound,
Proclaims the alarm of war.

5 The saints are scattered to and fro,
Through all the earth abroad;
The gospel trump again to blow,
And then behold their God.

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6 Rejoice, ye servants of our God,
Who to the end endure;
Rejoice, for great is your reward,
And your defence is sure.

7 Although this body should be slain
By cruel, wicked hands;
I'll praise my God in higher strains,
And on Mount Zion stand.

8 Glory to God, ye saints rejoice,
And sigh and groan no more;
But listen to the spirit's voice;
Redemption's at the door.

XLVIII

ELDERS PARTING.

78.

1 WHEN shall we all meet again ?
When shall we our rest obtain ?
When our pilgrimage is o'er—
Parting sighs be known no more!
When Mount Zion we regain,
There may we all meet again.

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When in cold oblivion's shade,
Proud oppressors all are laid,
Long will Zion's mount remain;
There may we all meet again.

XLIX

NEW YEAR.

P. M.

1 THIS morning in silence I ponder and mourn, [to return, O'er the scenes that have passed no more How vast are the labors, the troubles and fears, [through the year. Of eight hundred millions who've toiled

2 How many ten thousands were slain by their foes, [o'er their woes, While widows and orphans have mourn'd While pestilence, famine and earthquakes appear, [past year. And signs in the heavens throughout the

3 How many been murder'd and plund- er'd and robb'd, How many oppressed and driven by mobs,

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How oft have the heaven's bedewed with
their tears,                     [past year.
The earth o'er the scenes they beheld the

4 But the day-star has dawn'd o'er the
land of the bless'd,          [of rest:
The first beams of morning, the morning
When cleans'd from pollution the earth
shall appear                 [the year.
As the garden of Eden, and peace crown

5 Then welcome the new year, I hail
with delight,                 [rapid flight;
The season approaching with time's
While each fleeting moment brings near
and more near,                 [sand years.
The day, long expected, the great thou-

6 I praise and adore the eternal I Am;
Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb,
Who orders the seasons that glide o'er the
spheres,                      [py new year.
And crown with such blessings, each hap-

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L

COMING OF CHRIST.

1Is.

1 THE time long appointed is now drawing near,
Jehovah's anointed will shortly appear;
When the great Messiah returning to
earth,
[death.
Will cleanse it by fire, from evil and
Oh then we'll rejoice, and exulting we'll
sing,
[King;
And join in the triumph of Jesus our
He'll reign universal all over the earth,
And cleanse it from evil, from sorrow and
death.

2 Messiah is coming! O hear the glad news,
And soon be returning ye scatter'd Jews,
From every nation when you hear his
word,
[Lord.
Accept of salvation and come to the
Oh then we'll rejoice, &c.

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3 Behold your Messiah! no longer a Lamb,

To bleed and expire for poor guilty man;

But now Judah's Lion majestic appears,

To reign in Mount Zion a thousand bless'd years.

Oh then we'll rejoice, &c.

4 Messiah is coming! let all the world hear, [pear;

The trumpet is sounding, he soon will ap-

Great Babylon falling no more to arise,

Shall give place to Zion, that comes from the skies.

Oh then we'll rejoice, &c.

5 Messiah is coming! the saints shall arise [from the skies;

From the tomb, and behold him descend

Their souls reunited, they then will appear,

All greatly delighted, and meet in the air.

Oh then we'll rejoice, &c.

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6 Messiah is coming! we hail the glad day, [we'll pray, To see him returning we'll watch and For that blessed morning when earth is restor'd, That general burning, the power of God- Oh then we'll rejoice, and exulting we'll sing, [King; And join in the triumph of Jesus our Who reigns universal all over the earth, Now cleansed from evil, from sorrow and death.

LI

SEEKING CHRIST.

P. M.

1. O THOU in whose presence My soul takes delight, On whom in affliction I call: My comfort by day, And my song in the night, My hope, my salvation, my all!

2 Where dost thou at noon-tide Resort with thy sheep,

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Fill'd with his voice,
Re-echoes the praise of her Lord.

LII PROPHECY FULFILLING. L. M.

1. WHAT wond'rous things we now be-hold,
   Which were declar'd from days of old,
   By prophets, who, in vision clear,
   Beheld those glories from afar.

2 The visions which Almighty God
Confirm'd by his unchanging word,
That to the ages then unborn,
His greatest work he would perform.

3 The second time he'd set his hand
To gather Israel to their land,
Fulfill the cov'nants he had made,
And pour his blessings on their head.

4 When Moab's remnant, long oppress'd,
Should gather'd be and greatly bless'd;
And Ammon's children, scatter'd wide,
Return with joy, in peace abide.

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5 While Elam's race, a feeble band,
Receive a share in the bless'd land;
And Gentiles, all their pow'r display
To hasten on the glorious day.

6 Then Ephraim's sons, a warlike race,
Shall haste in peace, and see their rest;
And earth's remotest parts abound,
With joys of everlasting sound.

7 Assyria's captives, long since lost,
In splendor come a num'rous host;
Egyptia's waters, fill'd with fear,
Their power feel and disappear.

8 Yes, Abram's children now shall be
Like sand in number by the sea;
While kindreds, tongues, and nations all
Combine to make the numbers full.

9 The dawning of that day has come,
See! Abram's sons are gath'ring home,
And daughters too with joyful lays,
Are hast'ning here to join in praise!

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10 O God, our Father, and our King,
Prepare our voices and our theme;
Let all our pow'rs in one combine,
To sing thy praise in songs divine.

LIII

THE CHURCH.

P. M.

1. LIKE a ship see the church through the ocean she rolls, [ned out with souls, She's freighted with grace, and well man-'Midst whirlwinds and tempests she sails through the world, [hurl'd. While storms of temptation against her are

2 She is bound from the world, through the tempest she flies, [the skies; She mounts o'er the billows, is bound for While Christ stands at helm no danger she'll fear, [to steer. Her captain and pilot know which way

3. She stops not to anchor in harbors be-low, [course doth go; But o'er life's rough billows her true

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The high lands of heaven she still keeps
in view,
[her crew.
Intends there to anchor, and there land

4 While hell and her legions around her
do roar,
[on the shore;
Like the waves of the ocean which break
She steers her course onward, nor heeds
the alarm,
[the storm.

With Christ in the vessel, she smiles at
5 The ebb tide of nature which feeds the
dead sea,

And the gulf of confusion together agree,
To hinder her progress, her march to op-
pose;
[sails her foes.

She spreads forth her canvas and out-
6 She's hated by wordlings, despised by
fools,
[wreck their souls;

Who sail the black sea till they ship-
She kindly invites them their course to
bewail,
[the more sail.

Yet tarries not for them, but spreads

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7 She's rapidly sailing with strong gales
of love, [coast above;
And soon will strike soundings on the fair
Make the high lands of heaven and enter
the road,
And anchor forever in the kingdom of God.

LIV

LATTER DAY WORK.

7s. & 6s.

1 Come all ye sons of Zion,
And let us praise the Lord:
His ransom'd are returning,
According to his word.
In sacred songs, and gladness,
They walk the narrow way,
And thank the Lord who bro't them
To see the latter day.

2 Come, ye dispers'd of Judah,
Join in the theme, and sing
With harmony unceasing,
The praises of your King:
Whose arm is now extended
(On which the world may gaze)

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If saints will ask in Jesus' name,
The blessings ask'd they may obtain.

2 By faith Jehovah fram'd the world,
And many wonders yet untold,
In ancient days, by faith were wrought,
By men who sought the law of God.

3 By faith an Enoch sought the Lord;
By faith obtain'd a just reward;
By faith beheld his maker's face,
And triumph'd o'er the powers of death.

4 By faith Elijah rais'd the dead;
And for three years the prophet said,
It should not rain in all the land;
'Twas done by Jesus' great command.

5 By faith a Joshua could say,
Stand still thou glorious king of day,
Thou splendid orb of night be still
Till I Jehovah's word fulfill.

6 By faith the walls of Jericho
Met with a dreadful overthrow;

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For Israel trusted in the Lord,
Believed he would fulfill his word.

7 But time would fail, the scripture saith,
To mention all who liv'd by faith :
Some quench'd the violence of fire,
And others waxed strong in war.

8 While some were mock'd, and scourg'd,
and ston'd,
Some for the gospel lost their homes ;
Others were in the prison shut;
They kept the faith, denied it not.

9 And many wander'd to and fro
As pilgrims on the earth below,
Knowing that they their Lord would see
On Zion's mount from bondage free.

10 By faith proud Jordan's wave was
stay'd;
In years to come the Lord hath said,
He will roll back the mighty flood,
Israel pass through the sea dry shod.

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11 Remember, saints, the scripture saith,
The Lord doth work only by faith
Among the sons of men below,
By faith he doth his wonders show.

12 O then ye saints of latter days,
Come, let us study wisdom's ways,
Shake off the pow'r of carnal sloth,
Obtain this glorious living faith.

13 Help us, O Lord, to fear thy name,
Help us this mighty faith to gain;
That we with ancient saints may stand,
When Christ shall reign on Zion's land.

14 Then let our faith and works agree,
Until from all our sins we're free;
O, may we practice peace and truth,
That we may dwell with Christ on earth.

LVI CREATION AND REDEMPTION. C. M.

1 OUR God his kingdom to prepare,
His works on earth began;

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The earth in order first he put—
Then form'd his creature man.

2 Before the world, his scheme was laid
In wisdom and in truth;
His firm decree in righteousness,
To us is now sent forth.

3 Jesus the Savior was prepared;
Before the world began;
Or ever had the power of God
Form'd Adam into man.

4 He viewed our race in depths of sin,
In ruin and in death,
Before creation form'd us men,
Or nature gave us breath.

5 That man might know his maker, God,
The scheme of heaven was laid;
That we through sin and death might be
Exalted to our head.

6 Through suffering, sorrow, pain and woe
Our course to glory run;

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Still Christ our head, made plain the road
And courage gave to man.

7 The blood of Christ atonement made,
And triumph o'er the grave;
That creature man, though doom'd to sin,
Might through this means be saved.

8 The gospel unto man was sent,
With pardon and with grace;
To sanctify our sin and wo,
And then their reign must cease.

9 That man might know what Jesus knew,
Came evil and came good;
The evil first, man's heart must feel,
And then the blessing could.

10 Under the law of sin and death,
In Adam all were bound;
But now in Christ our second head,
The law of life is found.

11 Deliv'rance now to all in Christ,
By him is freely given;

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And all that sin and hell can do,
Will fit us more for heaven.

12 Rejoice ye saints, rejoice in hope,
No fears have you to dread;
For Christ will conquer sin and death,
And raise you with your head.

## LVII

### FAITHFUL MINISTERS.

P. M.

1 YE who are call'd to labor and minister
for God, [call'd by his word,
Bless'd with the royal priesthood, and
To preach among the nations, the news of
gospel grace, [truth and grace.
And publish on the mountains, salvation,

2 O let not vain ambition or wordly glo-
ry stain [yourselves like men,
Your minds so pure and holy, but 'quit
While lifting up your voices, like trum-
pets long and loud,
Say to the slumb'ring nations, "prepare
to meet your God."

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3 Then cease from all light speeches,
light mindedness and pride,
Pray always without ceasing, and in the
truth abide,
The comforter will teach you, his richest
blessings send, [unto the end.
Your Savior will be with you always

4 And while you roam as pilgrims, and
strangers on this earth,
O do not be discouraged, with songs of
joy go forth;
Rejoice in tribulation, for your reward is
sure, [rows did endure.
Remember that your Savior like sor-

5 Rich blessings do await you, and God
will give you faith,
You shall be crown'd with glory, and tri-
umph over death;
And soon you'll come to Zion, bearing
your many sheaves, [crowns receive.
No more to taste of sorrow, but glorious

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The tokens already appear;
Fear not and be just,
For the kingdom is ours,
And the hour of redemption is near.

5 The secret of heaven,
The myst'ry below,
That many have sought for so long,
We know that we know,
For the spirit of Christ
Tells his servants they cannot be wrong.

LIX NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE. P. M.

1 COME, let us anew, our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year,
And never stand still till the Master ap-
pear :
His adorable will let us gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve, [love.
By the patience of hope and the labor of

2 Our life as a dream, our time as a stream,
Glides swiftly away;

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And the fugitive moment refuses to stay :
The arrow is flown, the moment is gone;
The millennial year
Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

3 O that each, in the day of his coming
may say,
"I have fought my way through;
I have finished the work thou didst give
me to do;" [the glad word,
O that each from his Lord may receive
"Well and faithfully done! [throne."
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my

LX

LIGHT OF ZION.

12s. & 11s.

1 ARISE thou and shine, for thy light is
appearing,
And glory and beauty thy temples adorn;
Lo darkness and gloom on the nations are
breaking, [ant morn.
While brightly to thee, breaks the radi-

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2 The beams of thy glory the saints are reflecting, [bright: And scattering wide the refulgence so While princes and sages the dawn are expecting, [in the light. When Gentiles and Jews shall rejoice

3 Lo! now in glad troops see them hast-
'ning to Zion, [love, and joy,
The sons and the daughters of faith,
Their trumpets are sounding, their ban-
ners are flying, [they en ploy.
In songs of redemption their tongues

4 Behold what are these like a cloud on
the ocean, [through the air;
Like doves to their windows thy fly
Ah, these are the ships from the isles for
devotion, [sons from afar.
They bring with their treasures, thy

5 The sons of thy captives shall come to
thee bending, [the low,
And all that despise thee shall bow to

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LXII

FREE WILL.

L. M.

1. Know then that every soul is free,
To choose his life and what he'll be;
For this eternal truth is given,
That God will force no man to heaven.

2. He'll call, persuade, direct him right,
Bless him with wisdom, love and light;
In nameless ways be good and kind,
But never force the human mind.

3. Freedom and reason make us men;
Take these away, what are we then?
Mere animals, and just as well,
The beast may think of heaven or hell.

4. May we no more our pow'rs abuse,
But ways of truth and goodness choose;
Our God is pleas'd when we improve
His grace, and seek his perfect love.

5. Those that despise, grow harder still;
Those that adhere, he turns their will :

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3 Jesus, our great High Priest,
Has full atonement made:
Ye weary spirits rest,
Ye mournful souls be glad:
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

4 The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of heav'nly grace:
And, sav'd from earth, appear
Before your Savior's face:
The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.

LXIV

GATHERING TO ZION.

7s.

1 "GIVE us room that we may dwell,"
Zion's children cry aloud:
See their numbers—how they swell!
How they gather like a cloud!

2 Oh how bright the morning seems!
Brighter, from so dark a night:

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Zion is like one that dreams,
Fill'd with wonder and delight.

3 Lo thy sun goes down no more,
God himself will be thy light :
All that caused thee grief before
Buried lies in endless night.

LXV

ELDERS LEAVING HOME. 11s.

1 To leave my dear friends, and from
neighbors to part, [poor heart—
And go from my home it afflicts my
With th' thought of absenting myself far
away, [chos'n to pray.
From the house of my God where I've

2 But Jesus doth call me a message to
bear, [afar;
To kingdoms, and countries, and islands
His presence will bless me and be with
me there, [pray'r.
His spirit inspir's me in answer to

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3 Then why should I linger with fondest desire [inspire? O'er home and the raptures its comforts For sweeter, O sweeter, the message I bear [pray'r. To comfort the mourner in answer to

4 Dear friends, I must leave you, and bid you adieu, [new; And pay my devotion in parts that are But still I'll remember in pilgrimage there, [pray'r. The joys that we tasted in answer to

5 How oft, when the day's busy bustle has clos'd, And nature lies sleeping in silent repose, To some lone retreat I will fondly repair, Remember my kindred, and pray for them there.

LXVI

TRIUMPH OF TRUTH.

C. M.

1 THE prophet says in latter days, The work of God again,

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It shall come forth, from south to north,
A wonder unto man.

2 The world that lays in darkest maze,
A stranger to its God;
On it shall shine a light divine,
And lamp the heav'nly road.

3 In darkness deep where mortals sleep,
The truth again appear,
To point the road that leads to God,
And hasten on the year.

4 When Jesus shall the world appall;
His holy arm make bare,
His truth sustain, his pow'r make known,
And fill the world with fear.

5 Exalt his name and send his fame,
To earth's remotest bound;
That nations all may learn his will,
And tremble at his word.

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6 As Zion's king his praise we sing,
In raptures of delight;
We hail the day when all shall say,
He has done all things right.

7 Thy children, Lord, trust in thy word,
And wait the glorious day;
When we are bless'd, our fathers rest,
For vast eternity.

LXVII

SAINTS REST.

C. P. M.

1 How happy is the little flock,
Who, safe beneath their guardian rock,
In all commotions rest!
When war's and tumult's waves run high,
Unmov'd above the storm they lie,
'They lodge in Jesus' breast.

2 Such happiness, O Lord, have we,
By mercy gather'd into thee,
Before the floods descend:
And while the bursting cloud comes down,

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We mark the vengeful day begun,
And calmly wait the end.

3 Appear with clouds on Zion's hill,
The word and myst'ry to fulfill,
Thy confessors approve,
Thy members on thy throne to place,
And stamp thy name on every face,
In glorious, heavenly love!

LXVIII

MILLENNIUM.

S. M.

1. WHENEVER God appoints,
To meet his church again,
The former and the latter saints,
In the millenial reign,

2. Creation every where,
Shall hear the joyful word:
And heaven and earth, and sea and air,
Unite to praise the Lord.

3. When Satan shall be bound,
Then sin on earth will cease;

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And saints possess the kingdom round
The world, in perfect peace.

4 The meek will then receive,
Their best inheritance;
In peace on earth they then can live,
For none will give offence.

LXIX

PRAISE.

C. M.

1 ALL ye that love the Lord, rejoice,
And let your song be new :
Amidst the church with cheerful voice
His later wonders shew.

2 The Jews, the people of his grace,
Shall their Redeemer sing;
And Gentile nations join the praise,
While Zion owns her king.

3 'The Lord takes pleasure in the just,
Whom sinners treat with scorn;
The meek, that lie despis'd in dust
Salvation shall adorn.

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4 Then his high praise shall fill their tongues,
Their hand shall wield their swords;
And vengeance shall attend their songs,
The vengeance of the Lord.

5 Saints should be joyful in their king,
E'en on a dying bed;
And like the souls in glory sing;
For God shall raise the dead.

6 When Christ the judgment seat ascends
And bids the world appear,
Thrones are prepar'd for all his friends,
Who humbly lov'd him here.

LXX

SUCCESS OF ZION.

L. M.

1 THE praise of Zion waits for thee,
My God, and praise become thy house;
There shall thy saints thy glory see,
And there perform their public vows.

2 O thou whose mercy bends the skies
To save thy humble saints who pray,

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All lands to thee shall lift their eyes,
And islands of the northern sea.

3. Bless'd is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee;
Give him a place within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.

4. Let Babel fear when Zion prays;
Babel, prepare for long distress,
When Zion's God himself arrays
In terror, and in righteousness.

5. With dreadful glory God fulfills
What his afflicted saints request;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His love, to give his churches rest.

6. Then shall the flocking nations run
'To Zion's hill, and own their Lord;
The rising and the setting sun
Shall see the Savior's name ador'd.

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LXXI

REIGN OF CHRIST.

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1 HARK!—the song of Jubilee,
Loud—as mighty thunders roar;
Or the fulness of the sea,
When it breaks upon the shore.

2 See Jehovah's banners furl'd!
Sheath'd his sword:—he speaks—'tis
done!
Now the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdoms of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole,
With supreme, unbounded sway:
He shall reign, when like a scroll,
Yonder heav'ns have pass'd away!

4 Hallelujah—for the Lord
God omnipotent shall reign:
Hallelujah!—let the word
Echo round the earth and main.

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LXXII

ASSURANCE.

lls.

1. How firm a foundation, ye saints of the
   Lord, [word;
   Is laid for your faith in his excellent
   What more can he say than to you he has
   said?

You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.

2. In every condition—in sickness in
health,
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth,
At home and abroad, on the land on the
sea, [be.

As thy days may demand, thy succor shall

3. “Fear not, I am with thee; O be not
dismay’d! [aid;

For I am thy God, and wi I still give thee
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
thee to stand, [hand.

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent

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4 " When through the deep waters I call
thee to go,
[flow;
The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o'er-
For I will be with thee thy troubles to
bless,
[tress.
And sanctify to thee thy deepest dis-

5 " When through fiery trials thy path-
way shall lie,
[ply;
My grace all-sufficient shall be thy sup-
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only de-
sign
[refine.
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to

6 " E'en down to old age all my people
shall prove
[love;
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable
And then, when gray hairs shall their
temples adorn,
[be borne.
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom
7 " The soul that on Jesus has lean'd for
repose,
I will not, I cannot desert to his foes;

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That soul, though all hell should endeav-
or to shake,
I'll never—no, never, no never forsake !"

LXXIII

BAPTISM.

C. M.

1 IN pleasures sweet here we do meet,
Down by the water side;
And here we stand, by Christ's command,
To wait upon his bride.

2 Here we bid the world farewell,
To practice his command;
It is the road that leads to God,
The way to Canaan's land.

3 Now we will sing to Christ our king,
Our souls shall give him thanks,
Who came to Jordan unto John,
And went down Jordan's banks.

4 Come sinners all, obey the call,
"Repent and be baptiz'd;"
Forsake your sins, and follow him,
Till you in glory rise.

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5 We've found the road that leads to God
The way of holiness :
We'll follow him where he has been,
For all his paths are peace.

LXXIV

FAITH.

C. M.

1 MISTAKEN souls that dream of heav'n
And make their empty boast
Of inward joys and sins forgiv'n,
While they are slaves to lust !

2 Vain are our fancy's airy flights,
If faith be cold and dead;
None but a living faith unites
To Christ the living head.

3 'Tis faith that changes all the heart;
'Tis faith that works by love;
That bids all sinful joys depart,
And lifts the thoughts above.

4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell
By a celestial pow'r:

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This is the grace that shall prevail
In the decisive hour.

5 Faith must obey her Father's will,
As well as trust his grace;
A pard'ning God is jealous still
For his own holiness.

6 When from the curse he sets us free,
He makes our natures clean;
Nor would he send his Son to be
The minister of sin.

7 His spirit purifies our frame,
And seals our peace with God;
Jesus and his salvation came
By water and by blood.

LXXV

HOPE IN CHRIST.

L. M.

1 How oft have sin and Satan strove
To rend my soul from thee, my God!
But everlasting is thy love,
And Jesus seals it with his blood.

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2 The oath and promise of the Lord
Join to confirm the wondrous grace;
Eternal power performs the word,
And fills all heav'n with endless praise.

3 Amidst temptations sharp and long,
My soul to this dear refuge flies :
Hope is my anchor firm and strong,
While tempests blow, and billows rise.

4 The gospel bears my spirit up;
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation of my hope
In oaths, and promises, and blood.

LXXVI

GLORY OF ZION.

C. M.

1. LET Zion in her beauty rise;
Her light begins to shine,
Ere long her king will rend the skies,
Majestic and divine.

2 The gospel's spreading through the land,
A people to prepare,

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To meet the Lord and Enoch's band,
Triumphant in the air.

3 Ye heralds sound the gospel trump,
To earth's remotest bound;
Go spread the news from pole to pole,
In all the nations round;

4 That Jesus in the clouds above,
With hosts of angels too,
Will soon appear his saints to save,
His enemies subdue.

5 But ere that great and solemn day,
The stars from heav'n will fall,
The moon be turned into blood,
The waters into gall;

6 The sun with darkness will be cloth'd,
All nature look affright!
While men, rebellious wicked men,
Gaze heedless on the sight.

7 The earth shall reel, the heavens shake,
The sea move to the north,

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The earth roll up like as a scroll,
When God's command goes forth;

8 The mountains sink, the valleys rise,
And all become a plain,
The islands and the continents
Will then unite again.

9 Alas! the day will then arrive,
When rebels to God's grace,
Will call for rocks to fall on them,
And hide them from his face:

10 Not so with those who keep his law,
They joy to meet their Lord
In clouds above, with them that slept
In Christ, their sure reward.

11 That glorious rest will then commence,
Which prophets did foretell,
When Christ will reign, with saints on
earth,
And in their presence dwell,

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12 A thousand years: O glorious day!
Dear Lord prepare my heart,
To stand with thee on Zion's mount,
And never more to part.

13 Then when the thousand years are past,
And Satan is unbound,
O Lord preserve us from his grasp,
By fire from heav'n sent down,

14 Until our great last change shall come,
T' immortalize this clay,
Then we in the celestial world,
Will spend eternal day.

LXXVII LAYING A CORNER STONE. L. M.

1 ON Zion's sacred ground we stand,
And humbly bow at God's command,
To lay a sure foundation stone,
Which myriads yet unborn shall own.

2 We'll rear a Temple to our God,
And here be taught his holy word,

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And incense from our hearts shall rise,
A humble, broken, sacrifice.

3 And Ephraim's children soon shall come,
From western forests, to their home,
To chant with us Jehovah's name,
And tell the nations of his fame.

4 Our walls and towers shall surely rise,
Like lofty mountains to the skies;
And Gentile nations yet shall gaze
On Zion's walls and gates of praise.

5 O Lord, thine aid we now implore,
Never will we this work give o'er,
Until God's Temple here shall stand,
Upon this peaceful, promis'd land.

LXXVIII ELEVENTH HOUR. 8s. & 7s.

1 WAKE,O wake the world from sleeping;
Watchman, watchman, what's the hour ?
Hark ye, only hear him saying,
'Tis the last, eleventh hour !

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2 Lo! the Lion's left his thicket,
Up ye watchmen, be in haste,
The destroyer of the Gentiles
Goes to lay their cities waste.

3 Bring the remnants from their exile,
For the promise is to them;
Japheth's ruled the world his time out,
He must leave the tents of shem.

4 Comfort ye the house of Israel,
They are pardon'd, gather them;
Hear the watchman's proclamation,
Jews rebuild Jerusalem.

5 Soon the Jews will know their error,
How they killed the Holy One,
And they'll mourn and shout hosanna!
This is the beloved son.

6 Sound the trumpet with the tidings—
Call in all of Abram's seed,
Though the Gentiles may reject it,
Christ will come in very deed.

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LXXIX

BOOK OF MORMON.

L. M.

1 EPHRAIM'S records, plates of gold,
Glorious things to us unfold;
Though sealed up they long have been,
To give us light they now begin.

2 Long since to Daniel God did say,
Seal up the book and go thy way,
For many shall be purified,
By sacrifice they shall be tried.

3 A noble man of ancient birth,
Beheld the truth spring from the earth,
And many more in visions saw
The books which now contain the law.

4 Judah's writing, and Joseph's too,
Each testifies the other's true:
They teach the same when searched
through,
Believe them both we're bound to do.

5 The Lord has said, I'll make them one,
As I command, let it be done.

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For a short work I now will make,
And Israel from the heathen take.

6 To their own lands on mountains high,
I'll bring them with a watchful eye:
To them the kingdom I'll restore,
And be their king forever more.

7 Revelations now coming forth,
Are sublime, are eternal truth;
In them Jehovah's voice proclaims,
This is my church, enroll your names.

8 Word of wisdom is a sure guide
To all who do the same abide,
Its promises are very great,
Though I the same need not relate.

9 Those things are true we testify,
And all who do with them comply
Will in eternity rejoice,
That they have made so wise a choice.

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LXXX

GOSPEL MINISTERS.

S. M.

1. How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion's hill ;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal !

2. How charming is their voice!
How sweet their tidings are!
"Zion, behold thy Savior, king,
"He reigns and triumphs here."

3. How happy are our ears
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found !

4. How blessed are our eyes
That see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight !

5. The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ,

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Zion will break forth in songs,
And nations learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm
Through all the earth abroad !
And every nation shall behold
Their Savior and their God.

LXXXI

BAPTISM.

L. M.

1 Do we not know that solemn word,
That we are buried with the Lord,
Baptiz'd into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sin ?

2 Our souls receive diviner breath,
Rais'd from corruption, guilt, and death;
So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to God above the skies.

3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our ransom'd souls again;
The hateful lusts we serv'd before
Shall have dominion now no more.

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LXXXIII

RESURRECTION.

C. M.

1 DAUGHTER of Zion from the dust,
Exalt thy fallen head;

Again in thy Redeemer's trust;
He calls thee from the dead.

2 Awake—awake!—put on thy strength,
Thy beautiful array;

The day of freedom dawns at length,
The Lord's appointed day.

3 Rebuild thy walls—thy bounds enlarge,
And send thy heralds forth;

Would die, be buried, rise with thee,
Our ever-living head.

LXXXIV

EARTH RESTORED.

C. M.

1 THE glorious day is rolling on—
All glory to the Lord!

When fair as at creation's dawn
The earth will be restor'd.

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2 A perfect harvest then will crown
'The renovated soil;
And rich abundance drop around,
Without corroding toil:

3 For in its own primeval bloom,
Will nature smile again;
And blossoms streaming with perfume,
Adorn the verdant plain.

4 The saints will then, with pure delight,
Possess the holy land;
And walk with Jesus Christ in white,
And in his presence stand.

5 What glorious prospects! can we claim
These hopes, and call them our's?
Yes, if through faith in Jesus' name,
We conquer satan's pow'rs.

6 If we like Jesus bear the cross—
Like him despise the shame;
And count all earthly things but dross,
For his most holy name.

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7 Then while the pow'rs of darkness rage,
With glory in our view,
In Jesus' strength let us engage,
To press to Zion too.

8 For Zion will like Eden bloom;
And Jesus come to reign—
The saints immortal from the tomb,
With singels meet again.

LXXXV

BAPTISM.

C. M.

1 THUS was the great Redeemer plung'd
In Jordan's swelling flood,
To show he must be soon baptiz'd
In tears, and sweat, and blood.

2 Thus was his sacred body laid
Beneath the yielding wave;
Thus was his sacred body rais'd
Out of the liquid grave.

3 Lord, we thy precepts would obey,
In thy own footsteps tread :

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3 Here peace and pardon sweetly flow;
Oh what delightful food!

We eat the bread—and drink the wine—
But think on nobler good.

4 Deep was the suff'ring he endured
Upon the accursed tree—

For me—each welcome guest may say,
'Twas all endured for me.

5 Sure there was never love so free—
Dear Savior—so divine!

Well thou mayest claim that heart of me
Which owes so much to thine.

LXXXVII FINAL TRIUMPH. C. M.

1 MORTALS, awake! with angels join,
And chant the solemn lay;

Love, joy, and gratitude combine
'To hail th' auspicious day.

2 In heav'n the rapt'rous song began,
And sweet seraphic fire

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Though earth, and time, and life should
Thy praise shall never end.
[fail,

LXXXVIII ADVENT. 12s. 11s. & 8s.

1 THE prince of salvation, in triumph, is
riding,
[bright way,
And glory attends him along his
The news of his grace on the breezes are
gliding,
And nations are owning his sway.

2 Ride on in thy greatness, thou conquer-
ing Savior;
[thy reign;
Let thousands of thousands submit to
Acknowledge thy goodness, intreat for thy
favor,
And follow thy glorious train.

3 Then loud shall ascend from each sanc-
tified nation,
/of praise;
The voice of thanksgiving, the chorus
And heaven shall re-echo the song of sal-
vation,
In rich and melodious lays.

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LXXXIX

FUNERAL.

L. M.

1 THROUGH every age, eternal God,
Thou art our rest—our safe abode;
High was thy throne, ere heav’n was
made,
Or earth thy humble footstool laid.

2 Long hadst thou reign’d, ere time began,
Or dust was fashioned into man;
And long thy kingdom shall endure,
When earth and time shall be no more.

3 Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away—our life’s a dream—
An empty tale—a morning flow’r—
Cut down, and wither’d, in an hour.

4 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man;
And kindly lengthen out our span,
Till, cleans’d by grace, we all may be
Prepared to live, and dwell with thee.

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XC

FUNERAL.

8s. & 7s.

1 CEASE, ye mourners, cease to languish
O'er the grave of those you love;
Pain, and death, and night, and anguish,
Enter not the world above.

2 While our silent steps are straying,
Lonely, through night's deep'ning
shade,
Glory's brightest beams are playing
Round th' immortal spirit's head.

3 Light and peace at once deriving
From the hand of God most high,
In his glorious presence living,
They shall never—never die!

4 Endless pleasure, pain excluding,
Sickness there no more can come;
There, no fear of woe intruding,
Sheds o'er heav'n a moment's gloom.

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XCI

SACRAMENT.

L. M.

1 How pleasing to behold and see
The friends of Jesus all agree,
To sit around his sacred board,
As members of one common Lord.

2 Here we behold the dawn of bliss—
Here we behold the Savior's grace—
Here we behold his precious blood,
Which sweetly pleads for us with God.

3 While here we sit we would implore
That love may spread from shore to shore
Till all the saints, like us combine,
To praise the Lord in songs divine.

4 To all we freely give our hand,
Who love the Lord in ev'ry land;
For all are one in Christ, our Head,
To whom be endless honors paid.

5 Here, by the bread and wine, we view
What boundless curses were our due;

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But through th' atonement of our Lord,
More than was lost is now restor'd.

6 Let wrath and strife, those seeds of hell,
No more in Christian bosoms dwell;
But love and union, by his blood,
Prove us the chosen heirs of God.

XCII

PRAISE IN ZION.

S. P. M.

1. How pleas'd and blest was I,
   To hear the people cry,

“Come let us seek our God to-day!”

Yes, with a cheerful zeal,
We'll haste to Zion's hill,
And there our vows and honors pay.

2. Zion, thrice happy place

Adorn'd with wond'rous grace;
And walls of strength embrace thee round

In thee our tribes appear,

To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.