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 FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
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SACRED HYM¥§ 
 
 AND '-.PH (^ ' 
 
 SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST 
 
 LATTER-DAY SAINTS 
 
 FOURTEENTH EDITION. 
 
 S,A.LT I_..A.K:e CIT^ST: 
 
 FOR SALE AT DESERET NEWS OFFICE, THE 
 
 CHURCH BOOK DEPOT. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY GEORGE Q. CANNON. 
 
 1871. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 TO THH FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 
 
 The Saiiits in this country have been very 
 desirous for a Hymn Book adapted to their 
 faith and worship, that they might sing the 
 truth with an understanding heart, and ex- 
 press their praise, joy and gratitude in songs 
 adapted to the New and Everlasting Cov- 
 enant. 
 
 In accordance with their wishes, we have 
 selected the following Volume, which we 
 hope will prove acceptable until a greater 
 variety can be added. 
 
 "With sentiments of high consideration 
 and esteem, we subscribe ourselves your 
 brethren in the New and Everlasting Cove- 
 nant, 
 
 Brigham Young, 
 Parley P. Pratt, 
 John Taylor. 
 Manchester, 1840. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 TO THE FOURTEENTH EDITION. 
 
 The demand for the Hjmn Book has been so 
 general that it has heen concluded to issue 
 another edition, making the fourteenth which 
 has been published. 
 
 This edition is the first published in Utah 
 Territory, and possesses one distinctive pecu- 
 liarity—it is not only printed and bound at the 
 Church Printmg Office, but the type m which 
 it appears has been manufactured here. This 
 issue differs from the two which precede it in 
 one respect only, there hare been fourteen 
 hymns added to the collection-, they, however, 
 are placed in the last part of the book, so as 
 not to interfere with the use of the other 
 editions in common with this. 
 
 That this little work may accomplish the 
 object for which it is designed, and prove a 
 source of joy and consolation to the Saints, is 
 the earnest prayer of 
 
 Tour brother, 
 
 GEORGE Q. CANNON. 
 
 Salt Lake City, 
 Utah Territory, March 21, 1871. 
 
SACRED HYMNS 
 
 AND 
 
 SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 HYMN 1. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The moniing breiikB, the shadows llee; 
 Lo! Zion's standard is unfurled! 
 The daAvnmg of a brighter day 
 Majestic rises on the world. 
 
 3 The clouds of error disappear 
 Before the rays of truth divine; 
 The glory, bursting from afar, 
 Wide o'er the nations soon will shine. 
 
 3 The Gentile fullness now comes in, 
 And Israel's blessings arc at hand: 
 Lo! Judah's remnant, cleansed from sin, 
 Shall in their promised Canaan stand. 
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 4 JcMovah speaks ! let earth give ear, 
 And Gentile nations tnm and live: 
 His mighty arm is making bare, 
 His eov'nant people to receive. 
 
 5 Angels from heaven and truth from earth 
 Have met, and Ijoth have record borne: 
 Thus Zion's light is bursting forth, 
 
 To cheer her children's glad return. 
 
 HYMN 3. (CM.) 
 
 1 Let every mortal ear attend, 
 And every heart rejoice : 
 Tlie trumpet of the Gospel sounds 
 With an inviting voice. 
 
 3 Ho! all ye hungry, stamng souls, 
 That feed upon the wind, 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys 
 To fill an emi)t3' mind ; 
 
 3 Eternal wisdom has prepared 
 
 A soul-reviving feast, 
 And bids your longing apjietites 
 The rich i)vovision taste. 
 
 4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams. 
 
 And pine away and die. 
 
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 Here you may quench your raging thirst 
 With springs that never dry. 
 
 5 Rivers of love and mercy here 
 In a rich ocean join ; 
 Salvation in ahundance flows, 
 Like floods of milk and wmc. 
 
 G The gates of glorious Gospel grace 
 Stand open night and day: 
 Lord, we are come to seek supiilies, 
 And drive our wants away. 
 
 HYMN 3. (8's & T's.) 
 
 1 Glorious thhigs of thee are spoken, 
 Zion, city of our God! 
 He, whose word cannot be broken, 
 Chose thee for his own abode. 
 
 3 On the Rock of Ages founded. 
 
 What can shake thy sure repose! 
 With salvation's wall surrounded, 
 Thou may'st smile on all thy foes. 
 
 3 See! the streams of living waters, 
 Springing from celestial love. 
 Well supply thy sons and daughtere 
 And all fear of drought remove. 
 
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 4 Who can faint, while such a river 
 
 Ever flows their thirst t'assuage ? 
 Grace which, like the Lord the giver, 
 Never fails from agc.to age. 
 
 5 Round each habitation hovering, 
 
 See the cloud and fire appear. 
 For a glory and a covering, 
 Showing that the Lord is near! 
 
 Thus deriving from their banner 
 Light by night and shade by day. 
 Sweetly they enjoy the Sj^irit, 
 AYhich he gives them when they pra^'. 
 
 7 Blest inhabitants of Zion, 
 
 Purchased with the Savior's blood ; 
 Jesus, whom their souls rel}' on, 
 Makes them Kings and Priests to God. 
 
 8 While in love his Saints he raises 
 
 AYith Himself to reign as Kings ; 
 
 All, as Priests, his solemn praises 
 
 Each for a thank-oflTring brings. 
 
 y Savior ! since of Zion's city 
 
 I through grace a memJjcr am ; 
 Though the world despise and pity, 
 I Avill glory in thy name. 
 
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 10 Fading are all worlcllj^ treasuree, 
 
 With their boasted pomp and ehow; 
 Heavenlj' joys and lasting i^leasures, 
 None Init Zion^s children knoAV. 
 
 HYMN 4. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The time is nigh, tliat happj' time, 
 That great, expected, blessed daj', 
 When conntless thousands of our race 
 Shall dwell with Christ, and him obc5'. 
 
 2 -The prophecies must be fulfilled, 
 Though 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 cla}'; 
 And superstition's dreadful reign 
 To light and liberty give waj\ 
 
 4 In one sweet sj'mphony of praise 
 The Jews and Gentiles will miitc; 
 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 eveiy place 
 
 Shall meet a V)rother and a friend. 
 
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 HYMN 5. (CM.) 
 
 1 frreat is the Lord ! 'tis <;ootl to praise 
 
 His high and holy name: 
 Well may the Saints in latter days 
 His wondrous love proclaim ! 
 
 2 To praise him let us all engage. 
 
 That unto us is c;iven 
 To live in this momentous age 
 And share the light of heaven. 
 
 3 We'll praise him for our happy lot 
 
 On this mueh-favored land, 
 Where truth and righteousness arc taught 
 B3' his Divine command. 
 
 4 We'll praise him for more glorious things 
 
 Than language can express — 
 The "Everlasting Gospel" brings 
 The humble soul to l)liss. 
 
 5 The Comforter is sent again ; 
 
 His power the Church attends, 
 And with the faithful will remain 
 Till Jesus Christ descends. 
 
 6 We'll praise him for a Prophet's voice, 
 
 His people's steps to guide: 
 
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 In this we do and will rejoice. 
 Though all the world deride. 
 
 T PruiBC him ! the time, the chosen time 
 To favor Zion's come -, 
 And all the Saints from every clime 
 Will soon he gathered home. 
 
 8 The opening- seals announce the day, 
 By Proi^hets long declared, 
 When all, in one triumphant lay, 
 Will join to praise the Lord. 
 
 HYMN fi. (S.M.) 
 
 See ! all creation joins 
 To praise th' Etenial God : 
 The heavenly hosts ])egin the song. 
 And sound his name abroad. 
 
 The sun with golden beams, 
 And moon with silver ra3^8, 
 The starry lights and twinkling flames. 
 Shine to their Maker's praise. 
 
 He built those worlds above, 
 And fixed their wondrous frame; 
 By his command they stand or move, 
 And alwa3's sjieak his fame. 
 
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 The fleecj' clouds that rise, 
 Or falliny: slio^vers, or 8now, 
 The thunder ro]lait>' rouud the skies, 
 His power and gh^y show. 
 
 The broad expanse on high, 
 With all the heavens aftbrd, 
 The lightning's fire that streaks the skj'. 
 Unite to praise the Lord. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Bj^ all that shines above, 
 His glory is expressed ; 
 But Saints, who know his endless love, 
 Should sing his praises liest. 
 
 HYMN 7. (4-6's&2-8's.) 
 
 1 O happ3' souls, who pray 
 Where God appoints to hear ! 
 O happ3^ Saints, who pay 
 Their constant service there ! 
 
 AVe'll praise him still, 
 
 And happy we 
 
 Who love the way 
 
 To Zion's hill. 
 
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 2 No lainiiug heats l\v day, 
 Nor blasts of eveninG; air, 
 Shall take our health awa5% 
 If God he with ub there. 
 
 He is our sun, 
 And he our shade 
 To guard the head 
 B3Miiy;ht or noon. 
 
 3 God is the only Lord, 
 
 Our shield and our defence: 
 With gifts his hands are stored • 
 We draw our blessings thence. 
 
 He will bestow 
 
 On Jacob's race 
 
 Peculiar grace. 
 
 And glory too. 
 
 HYMN 8. (7's.) 
 
 1 Praise to God, immortal praise. 
 For the love that crowns our days ; 
 Bounteous source of every joy. 
 Let thy praise our tongues employ. 
 
 2 For the blessings of the field, 
 For the stores the gardens yield, 
 For the vine's enlivening juice, 
 For the gen'rous olive's use. 
 
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 3 Flocks that whiten all the plain, 
 Yellow sheaves of ripened grain, 
 (.!louils that droi> their fat'ning dews, 
 Suns that tenn)'ratc warmth dift'iise. 
 
 4 All that Spring, with lx)unteous hand, 
 Scatters o'er the smilmg land. 
 
 All that liberal autumn pours 
 From its rich o'erflowing stores. 
 
 5 Thanks to thee, our God, we owe, 
 Source from whence all blessings flow ! 
 And for these our souls shall raise 
 Grateful vows and solemn i:> raise. 
 
 HYMN 9. (CM.) 
 
 1 We're not ashamed to own our Lord, 
 
 And worship him on earth ; 
 We love to learn his holy word, 
 And know what souls are worth. 
 
 2 When Jesus comes in burning flame, 
 
 Then to reward the just, 
 The world will know the only name 
 In which the Samts can trust. 
 
 3 When he comes down from heaven to earth. 
 
 With all his holy band, 
 
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 Before creation's Becond l)irth, 
 We hope with him to Btand. 
 
 4 Then will he give us a "new name," 
 With robes of righteousness, 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 Eternal haiipiness. 
 
 IIYMN 10. (CM.) 
 
 1 Joy to the world ! the Lord will come 
 
 And earth receive her King : 
 Let every heart prepare him room 
 And Saints and angels sing. 
 
 2 Rejoice! rejoice! when Jesus reigns, 
 
 And Saints their songs employ ; 
 While fields and floods, rocks, hills and 
 plains, 
 Eepeat the sounding joy. 
 
 3 No more will sin and sorrow grow. 
 
 Nor thonis infest the ground : 
 He'll come and make the Messing flow 
 Far as the curse was found. 
 
 4 Rejoice ! rejoice in the Most High ! 
 
 While Israel spreads abroad, 
 Like stars that glitter in the sky. 
 And ever worship God. 
 
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 HYMN 11. Ofi's&2-8's.) 
 
 1 To Hiiu Avho made the world. 
 The sun, the moon and Btars, 
 And all that in them is, 
 
 With days and months and years; 
 To Him who died, 
 That we might Uve, 
 Our thanks and sonoe 
 We freely give. 
 
 2 Our hope in things to come, 
 The Spirit's quickening powers, 
 Should turn our hearts to him. 
 Who makes his hlessings ours ; 
 
 That we may sing 
 Of things ahove. 
 And always know 
 That God is love. 
 
 3 When he comes down from heaven. 
 And earth again is blest, 
 
 Then all his ransomed heirs 
 Will find their promised rest. 
 
 With all the just 
 
 Then thej' ma}' sing, 
 
 God is with us. 
 
 And we with Hira. 
 
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 HYMN 13. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Ere long the vail Avill rend in twain, 
 The King descend Avith all his train ; 
 The earth shall shake with awful fright, 
 And all creation feel his might. 
 
 3 The angel's trumpet long shall sound. 
 And wake the nations under ground : 
 Throughout the vast domain of sj^acc 
 'Twill echo forth from place to place. 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye Saints, in peace, 
 -The Savior comes for your release ; 
 The day of the redeemed has come-, 
 The Sahits shall all be welcomed home. 
 
 1 Behold the Church ! it soars on high. 
 To meet the Saints amid the sky, 
 To hail the King in clouds of fire, 
 And strike and tune th' immortal lyre. 
 
 5 llosanna ! now the trump shall sound, 
 Proclaim the joys of heaven around, 
 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 reigu on thrones with Christ above. 
 
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 7 The city that was seen of old. 
 
 Whose Avails were jasper, streets were gold. 
 We'll now inherit, throned in might, — 
 The Father and the Son's delight. 
 
 8 Celestial croTvnis we shall receive, 
 And glories great our God shall give; 
 While loud hosaunas we'll proclaim. 
 And sound aloud our Savior's name. 
 
 9 Our hearts and tongues shall join in one, 
 To praise the Father and the Son ; 
 While all the heavens shall shout again, 
 And all creation say, Amen. 
 
 HYMN 13. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Let sinners take their course. 
 And choose the road to death ; 
 
 But in the worship of my God 
 I'll si>cnd ray daily breath. 
 
 2 My thoughts address his throne 
 When morning brings the light; 
 
 I seek his blessing every noon, 
 And pay my vows at night. 
 
 3 Thou wilt regard my cries, 
 O my Eternal God! 
 
 While sinners perish in suri^rise. 
 Beneath thine angry rod. 
 
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 4 Because they dwell at case, 
 And no sad changes feel, 
 
 They neither fear, nor trust thy name, 
 Nor learn to do thy will. 
 
 5 But I, with all my cares. 
 Will lean upon the Lord ; 
 
 I'll cast my burdens on his arm. 
 And rest upon his word. 
 
 6 His arm shall well sustain 
 The children of his lovc; 
 
 The ground on which their safety Btands 
 No earthly power can move. 
 
 HYMN 14. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, all ye Saints who dwell on earth, 
 Your cheerful voices raise, 
 Our great Redeemer's lovc to sing. 
 And celebrate his praise. 
 
 a His lovc is great, he died for us, 
 Shall wc ungrateful be ? 
 Since he has marked a road to l)liss, 
 And said, Come, follow me. 
 
 3 The strait and narrow way we've found ! 
 Then let us travel on. 
 Till we, in the celestial world. 
 Shall meet where Christ is gone. 
 
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 4 And there weMl join the hearenly choir, 
 And sing his praise above, 
 While endless ages roll around, 
 Ferfccted by his love. 
 
 HYMN 15. (L.M.) 
 
 1 God spake the word, and time l)cgan; 
 He si)ake, and gave his law to man ; 
 IJis presence oft did Adam cheer, 
 AVho loved the voice of God to hear. 
 
 2 But soon the happy scene Avas changed 
 And they became from God estranged; 
 They broke his law, and guilt and shame 
 Their state of innocence o'ercame. 
 
 3 Impelled by fear, they vainly tried 
 From God's all searchhig eyes to hide; 
 His well-known voice liy them was heard, 
 And tremblhigly they both appeared. 
 
 1 8o men, from that eventful da3-, 
 Far from the God of heaven stray. 
 Till near six thousand years have passed. 
 And left a lifeless faith at last. 
 
 5 By faith the ancients sought the Lord, 
 From time to time obtained his word : 
 
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 Not only they, but bo may we, 
 When faith and works do both agree. 
 
 6 From Adam to the present day, 
 Many have sought a rightcouB way; 
 And some have found the narrow road, 
 And, Enoch-like, have walked with God, 
 
 7 (lod is unchangeable to save, 
 Though men arc c^iangeful as the wave ; 
 AVhile sinners take the downward road, 
 The man of faith approaches God. 
 
 {i Experience and the word agree — 
 Draw nigh to God, he'll draw nigh thee ; 
 Then, are they wise who do deny 
 The works of faith beneath the sky V 
 
 HYMN 1«5. (CM.) 
 
 1 Mortals, awake! Avith angels join, 
 And chant the solemn la 3'; 
 Love, joy and gratitude combine, 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 
 5J In heaven the rai»turous song l»egan, 
 And sweet seraphic fire 
 Through all the shining legions ran, 
 And swept the bounding lyre. 
 
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 3 The theme, the song-, the joy was new, 
 
 To each angelic tongue ; 
 Swift through the realms of light it flew, 
 And loud the echo rung. 
 
 4 Dowai through the portals of the sky 
 
 The pealing anthems ran, 
 And angels flew with eager joy 
 To bear the news to man. 
 
 5 Hark! the cherubic armies shout, 
 
 And glory leads the song; 
 Teaee and salvation swell the note 
 Of all the heavenly throng. 
 
 6 With joy the chorus we'll repeat — 
 
 "Glory to God on high; 
 Good-will and peace are now complete ; 
 Jesus was bom to die." 
 
 7 Hail! Prince of Life, for ever hail! 
 
 Redeemer, brother, friend! 
 Though earth and time and life should fail, 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 HYMN 17. (4-11'B.) 
 
 1 O Jesus! the giver 
 Of all Avc enjoy, 
 Our lives to thy honor 
 We wish to enii)loy ; 
 ^Yith praises uncenshtg 
 
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 We'll sing of thy name, 
 Thy goodness incrcasmg, 
 Thy love we'll proclaim, 
 
 3 With joy we remember 
 
 The dawn of that day, 
 When cold as December 
 
 In darkness we lay ! 
 The sweet invitation 
 
 We heard with suq^riso, 
 And witnessed salvation 
 
 Flow down from the skies. 
 
 o The wonderful name 
 
 Of our Jesus we'll sing, 
 j\nd publish the fame 
 
 Of our Captain and King; 
 With sweet exultation 
 
 nis goodness we prove • 
 His name is salvation, 
 
 His nature is love. 
 
 •i We now are enlisted 
 
 In Jesus' blest cause, 
 IHvmely assisted 
 
 To conquer our foes : 
 His grace will support us 
 
 Till conflicts are o'er, 
 He then will escort us 
 
 To Zion's bright shorv, 
 
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 HYMN 18. (CM.) 
 
 1 Beloved brethren ! sing His praise 
 Who formed the Avorlds on high ; 
 Who taught the planets Avhere to trace 
 Their orbits through the sky. 
 
 3 O sing the fervor of his love, 
 The wonders of his grace, 
 W^ho sent the Savior from alx>ve 
 To save a dying race. 
 
 3 In songs declare the works and ways 
 
 Of our Eternal God, 
 AVhose kingdom in these latter days 
 Is spreading far abroad. 
 
 4 In Zion let his name he praised. 
 
 Who has a feast prepared, 
 The glorious Gospel standard raised, 
 The ancient faith restored. 
 
 5 Swift heralds, the glad news to bear 
 
 O'er land and ocean, fly ; 
 And to the wond'ring world declare, 
 The message from on high. 
 
 fi Ye nations of the earth attend ! 
 Let kings and i)rinces hear. 
 And let the powers of darkness bend— 
 McBsiah'B reign is near! 
 
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 7 The Savior comcB ! Ye Saints, be pure, 
 
 And fix your hearts on hioli ; 
 Lift up your licads, rejoice, for j'our 
 Redemption drawcth nigh. 
 
 8 Sine, brethren! sing, in strains divine; 
 
 Let all your voices raise ; 
 Let heaven and earth their anthems join 
 Li these the latter days. 
 
 HYMN 19. (CM.) 
 
 1 Jehovah, Lord of heaven and earth, 
 
 Thy word of truth proclaim ! 
 
 O may it spread from pole to pole, 
 
 Till all shall know thy name. 
 
 2 We long to see thy church increase — 
 
 Thy own new kingdom grow, 
 That all the earth may live in peace, 
 And heaven be seen below. 
 
 3 Roll on thy work in all its power ! 
 
 The distant nations bring ! 
 In thy new kingdom may they stand, 
 And own thee God and King. 
 
 4 One general chorus then shall rise 
 
 From men of every tongue. 
 And songs of joy salute the skiosj 
 From every nation sung! 
 
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 HYMN 20. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Aviso! Jirise! with joy suitpj' 
 The glory of the latter tla3' : 
 Alreadj' has the dawn begun, 
 Which marks at hand a risino- sun ! 
 
 2 Behold the waj'! ye heralds cry; 
 Spare not, but lift yonr voices hit!,h ; 
 
 ( Jonvey the sound from pole to pole — 
 Glad tidhius to the captive soul. 
 
 3 Behold the way to Zion's hill, 
 Where Israel's God delights to dwell! 
 He fixes there his lofty throne. 
 
 And calls the sacred place his own. 
 
 4 The north gives up— the south no more 
 Keeps Imck her consecrated store : 
 From east to west the message runs, 
 And either India yields her sons. 
 
 5 Auspicious dawn! thy risuig ray 
 With joy we view, and hail the day: 
 Great Sun of Righteousness ! arise, 
 And fill the world with glad surprise. 
 
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 HYMN 21. (fi-S's.) 
 
 1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare. 
 And feed me with a shepherd's eare; 
 Ills presenee shall my wants supply, 
 And guard me with a watchful eye- 
 My noonday walks he shall attend, 
 And all my midnight hours defend. 
 
 2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 
 Or on the thirstj'^ mountain pant, 
 To fertile vales and dewy meads 
 My weary, waud'ring steps he leads; 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
 Amid the verdant landscape flow. 
 
 ?) Though in the paths of death I tread, 
 With gloomy horrors overspread. 
 My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 
 For thou, O Lord, art with me still; 
 Thy friendly rod shall give me aid, 
 And guide me through the dreadful shade. 
 
 4 Though in a T)are and rugged Way, 
 Through devious, lonely wilds I stray. 
 Thy presence shall my pains beguile ; 
 The barren wilderness shall smile. 
 With green and beauteous herbage crowned, 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
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 HYMN 22. (CM.) 
 
 1 God movcB in a mysterious wayy 
 
 His wonders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 
 Of nevcr-failinfv skill, 
 JTe treasures up his hright desio;ns, 
 And works his sovereign will. 
 
 .1 Ye fearful Saints, fresh courage take! 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 Are big with mercj^ and shall l)rcak 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 But trust him for his grace; 
 Behind a fro'wniiug providence 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 ft His purposes will ripen fast, 
 Unfolding every hour; 
 The bud may have a bitter taste, 
 But sweet will be the flower. 
 
 Blind unljclief is sure to err. 
 And scan his Woi'k in vain ; 
 God is his own intei'pi'eter, 
 And he will make it plains 
 
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 HYMN 3H. O'si^-fi's.) 
 
 1 Arise, O jrlorious Zion, 
 
 Thou joy of latter clays, 
 Whom countless Saints rely on, 
 
 To gain a resting-place ; 
 Arise, and shine in splendor, 
 
 Amid the world's deep night; 
 For God, thy sure defender. 
 
 Is now thy life and light. 
 
 2 Let faithful Samts be rearing 
 
 The city of our Lord, 
 On mountain tops appearing, 
 
 According to his word,— 
 A sought-out habitation. 
 
 By men of truth and faith, — 
 A covert of salvation 
 
 From igiaorance and death. 
 
 ?i The Temple long expected 
 
 Shall stand on Zion's hill, 
 By willing hearts erected. 
 
 Who love Jehovah's will: 
 Let earth, her wealth bestowing, 
 
 Adorn his holy seat ; 
 For nations great shall flow ui, 
 
 To worship at his feet. 
 
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 4 What thouoh the world in malice 
 
 Despise these init;hty things, 
 We'll liuild the Royal Palace, 
 
 To seiTe the King of khigs; 
 Where holy men, anointed 
 
 To know his sovereign Avill, 
 Each ordinance appointed 
 
 To save us, will reveal. 
 
 5 From Zion's favored dwelling 
 
 The Gospel issues forth. 
 The covenant revealing 
 
 To gather all the earth ; 
 And Saints, the message Imngmg 
 
 To all the sons of men, 
 With the redeemed, shall, singing, 
 
 To Zion come again. 
 
 O hear the proclamation, 
 
 And fly as on the whid ! 
 For righteous mdigixation 
 
 Sliall desolate mankind ! 
 Then, Zion, men shall prize thee, 
 
 And how before thj' shrine; 
 And the}' who now despise thee 
 
 Shall own thy light divine. 
 
 T Tlirough painful tribulation 
 We walk the narrow roadj 
 And battle with temptation. 
 To gain that blest abode> 
 
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 But patient, firm endurance, 
 With o'loiy ill f>nr view — 
 
 The Spirit's bri<>:lit a8sn ranee — 
 Will bring' us conquerors throuuh. 
 
 O grant. Eternal Father, 
 
 That we may faithful l>e. 
 With all the just to gather. 
 
 And thy salvation see ! 
 Then with the hosts of heaven 
 
 We'll sing- th' immortal theme — 
 To Him be glory given, 
 
 Whose blood did us redeem. 
 
 HYMN 24. (CM.) 
 
 1 O happy is the man who hears 
 
 Instruction's wanung voice! 
 And Avho celestial wisdom makes 
 His early, onlj' choice I 
 
 2 For she has treasures greater far, 
 
 Than east or west unfold ; 
 And her rewards more precious are 
 Than all their stores of gold. 
 
 3 In her right hand she holds to view, 
 
 A length of happj^ days ; 
 Riches, with splendid honors joined^ 
 Are what her left displays. 
 
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 4 She guides the young with innocence 
 
 In pleaRUve'6 paths to tread ; 
 A crown of glory slie l>estows 
 Ul)on the hoary liead. 
 
 5 According as her la1x)rs rise, 
 
 So her rewards increase ; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 And all her paths are peace. 
 
 HYMN 25. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Peace, troubled soul! thou need'st not fear; 
 Tliy great Provider still is near: 
 
 Who fed thee last will feed thee still , 
 Be calm, and seek to do his will. 
 
 2 The Lord, who built the earth and slcy, 
 In mercy stoops to hear thj- cry; 
 
 His promise all may freely claim — 
 "Ask and receive, in Jesus' name," 
 
 o Ilis stores are open all, and free, 
 To such as trulj' upright be ; 
 Water and bread he'll give for food, 
 With all things else which he sees good. 
 
 4 The ravens daily doth he feed, 
 And sends them food as they have need *, 
 Although they nothing have in store. 
 Yet as they lack he gives them more. 
 
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 5 Then do not t;eek with anxious care 
 What ye shall eat or drink or wear; 
 Your heavenly Father Avill you feed ; 
 
 He knows that all these things you need. 
 
 6 Without reserve give Christ your heart; 
 Let him his righteousness iini>art; 
 Then all things else he'll freely give ; 
 With him you all things shall receive. 
 
 7 Thus shall the soul be truly Mest, 
 That seeks in God his only rest; 
 May I that happy person bo 
 
 In time and in eternity. 
 
 HYMN 26. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 1 Softly beams the sacred dawnhig 
 Of the great Millennial morn, 
 And to Saints gives welcome warning 
 That the day is hasting on. 
 
 ^ S])lcndid, rising o'er the mountanis, 
 Glowing with celestial cheer, 
 StreauJing from eternal fouiitains, 
 Riiys of living light appeur, 
 
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 3 Swiftly flee the clouds of darkness, 
 Spcedilj'^ the mists retire ; 
 Nature's universal blackness 
 Is consumed by heaventy fire. 
 
 i Yes, the fair sablxitic era, 
 
 When the world will be at rest, 
 Kapidly is drawing nearer; 
 Then aU Israel will be blest. 
 
 5 Odors sweet the air perfuminij. 
 Verdure of the purest green, — 
 In primeval beauty blooramg, 
 "Will our native earth ])c seen. 
 
 G At the resurrection mommg. 
 We shall all appear as one ; 
 O what robes of bright adornhig, 
 AVill the righteous then jiut on ! 
 
 7 Eye's not seen the untold treasures, 
 
 Which the Father hath in store. 
 Teeming with surpassing pleasures, 
 Even life for evermore. 
 
 8 Mourn no longer, Saints l)eloved. 
 
 Brave the dangers — ^no retreat; 
 
 Neither let 3'our hearts be moved ; 
 
 Scorn the trials you may meet. 
 
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 HYMN 2T. (6-7's.) 
 
 1 Hark! ye mortals. Hist! be still 
 Voices from Cumorah's hill 
 Break the silence of the tomb, 
 Tenetrate the dreadful gloom, 
 Gently whisper, All is well ! 
 Now's the day of Israel! 
 
 2 Now the Gentile reign is o'er ; 
 Darkness covers earth no more: 
 Now shall Zion rise and shhic — 
 Fill the world with light divine -. 
 Angels join — the tidings tell, 
 Now's the day of Israel! 
 
 3 Thrones shall totter, Babel fall, 
 Satan reign no more at all : 
 Saints shall gain the victor}'. 
 Truth prevail o'er land and sea, 
 Gentile tyrants sink to hell, 
 Now's the day of Israel! 
 
 i Jesus soon shall come agahi ; 
 Saints with him shall rise and reigii 
 Heaven and earth in songs combhic- 
 AU the worlds in chorus join ; 
 Every tongxic the music swell, 
 Now's the day of Isrjicl! 
 
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 5 Ghastly dtath ehall conquered be, 
 Zion reign, and Saints be free; 
 Priests and Kings shall join in love, 
 Fill the worlds below, a1x)ve, 
 Singing anthems— All is well ! 
 Now's the day of Israel! 
 
 HYMN '38. (8— 8-<i'sO 
 
 1 Be it my only wisdom here 
 
 To serve the Lord w ith filial fear, 
 
 With loving gratitude : 
 Superior sense may I display, 
 By shunning every evil way, 
 
 And walkuig in the good. 
 
 2 Oh may I still from, sm depart! 
 A wise and understanding heart, 
 
 Jesus, to mc be given ; 
 And let me through thy Spirit know 
 To glorify my God ]>elow, 
 
 And find my way to heaven, 
 
 HYMN 3D. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Come we that love the Lord, 
 And let our joys be known ; 
 Join in a song with s\a eet accord, 
 And worbhip at his throne, 
 
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 2 Let those refuse to sing 
 
 Who never knew our God ; 
 But servants of the heavenly King 
 May speak their joj^s abroad. 
 
 3 The God who rules on high, 
 
 And all the earth sui*veys, — 
 
 Who rides upon the stormy sky, 
 
 And calms the roarhig seas, — 
 
 4 This mighty God is ours, 
 
 Our Father and our Love: 
 He will send down his heavenly powers, 
 To earry us above. 
 
 6 There we shall sec his face. 
 And never, never sin ; 
 And, from the rivers of his grace 
 Drink endless pleasures in. 
 
 6 Yes, and before we rise 
 
 To that immortal state. 
 The thoughts of such amazmg bliss 
 Should constant joys create. 
 
 7 The men of grace have found 
 
 Glory begun below ; 
 Celestial fruit, on earthly ground, 
 From faith and hope may grow. 
 
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 8 Then let our songs abound, 
 And every tear be dry ; 
 AVe're marching through ImmanuerB 
 ground 
 To fairer worlds on high. 
 
 HYMN 30. (S's&Vs.) 
 
 1 What was witnessed in the heavens ? 
 
 Why, an angel, earthward bound. 
 Had he something with him bringhig? 
 
 Yes— the Gospel— joyf»l sound ! 
 It was to be preached in power 
 
 On the earth, the angel said. 
 To all men, all tongues and nations 
 
 That upon its face are spread. 
 
 2 Had Ave not before the Gospel ? 
 
 Yes— had sev'ral taught by men. 
 Then what is this latter Gospel ? 
 
 'Tis the first one come a gam. 
 This was preached by Paul and Tetcr, 
 
 .And by Jesus Christ the Head; 
 This W6 Latter Saints are preachhig— 
 
 We their footsteps wish to tread. 
 
 3 Where ■s6''fcng-M's''e6t.n the Gospel? 
 
 Did it never -f ftlfl' 'a^t-dy'^' •'■/■., 
 Wliat' bfetkiii^ xit'' th^bfec" iieglktcd'^ ' ' 
 God: Is 5tta;^iy-'i^^fe "ii^^ ''"^'''' 
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 Seek no crop where 'twas not planted, 
 Nor a day where reie;ns the night; 
 
 Now the sunshme bright is beaming, 
 Let all creatures see aright. 
 
 HYMN 81. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Happy the man who finds the grace, 
 The blessings of God's chosen race. 
 The wisdom coming from above, 
 The faith that sweetly works by love. 
 
 2 Happy beyond description he 
 
 Who knows, "The Savior died for me;" 
 The gift unspeakable obtains, 
 And heavenly understanding gains. 
 
 3 Wisdom divine! Who tells the price 
 Of wisdom's costly merchandise? 
 Wisdom to silver we prefer, 
 
 And gold is dross compared to her. 
 
 4 Her hands are filled with length of days. 
 True riches and immortal praise; 
 Kichcs of Christ, on all bestowed. 
 
 And honor that descends from God. 
 
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 5 To i^urest joys she all invites, 
 Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; 
 Her ways arc waj'^s of pleasantness, 
 And all her flowery paths are peace. 
 
 6 Happy the man who Avasdom gains, 
 Thi'ice happy who his guest retahis : 
 He owns, and will for ever own, 
 Wisdom and Christ and Heaven are one. 
 
 HYMN 33. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Happy the souls who first believed, 
 To Jesus and each other cleaved, 
 Joined by the unction from above. 
 In mystic fellowship of love. 
 
 2 Meek, simple foll'wers of the Lamb! 
 They lived and spake and thought the 
 
 same ; 
 They joj^fully conspired to raise 
 Their ceaseless sacrifice of praise. 
 
 3 With grace abundantl3' endued, 
 A i:)ure, believing multitude; 
 They all were of one heart and soul, 
 And heavenly love inspired the whole. 
 
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 4 Oh ! what an age of golden daj^s ! 
 Oh ! what a ehoiee, pecnliar race ! 
 Washed m the Lamb's all-clean smg hlood, 
 Anointed Kings and Priests to God. 
 
 5 Where shall we wander now to find. 
 Successors they have left behind ? 
 The faithful whom we seek in vain, 
 Are 'minished from the sons of men. 
 
 6 Ye diflferent sects, who all declare, 
 
 "Lo! here is Christ! " or "Christ is there!" 
 Your stronger proofs divinely give, 
 And show me where true Christians live 
 
 HYMN S3. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Jesus, from whom all blessings flow, 
 Great Builder of thy Church below ! 
 If now thy Spirit moves my breast. 
 Hear, and fulfil thine own request ! 
 
 2 The few that truly call thee Lord, 
 And wait thy sanctifying word, 
 And thee their utmost Savior own, 
 "Unite, and perfect them in one. 
 
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 3 O ! let them all thy miud express, 
 Stand forth thy chosen witnesses, 
 Thy power unto salvation show, 
 And perfect holiness below. 
 
 4 In them let all mankind behold 
 How Christians lived in days of old — 
 Mighty their envious foes to move — 
 A proverb of reproach and love. 
 
 5 Call them into thj'^ wondrous light, 
 Worthy to walk with thee in white ! 
 Make ui? thy jewels, Lord, and show 
 Thy glorious, spotless Church below. 
 
 From every sinful wrinkle free. 
 Redeemed from all iniquity. 
 The fellowship of Saints made known. 
 And, O my God, let me be one! 
 
 7 O ! may my lot be cast with these. 
 The least of Jesus' witnesses ; 
 
 O! that my Lord would count me meet 
 To wash his dear discii>lcs' feet. 
 
 8 This only thing do I require, — 
 
 Thou know'st 'tis all my heart's desire, 
 Freely what I receive to give, 
 The servant of thy Church to live. 
 
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 9 A fter ray lowly Lord I go, 
 
 And wait upon thy Saints below, 
 Enjoy the grace to angels given. 
 And serve the royal heirs of heaven. 
 
 10 Lord, if I now thy di'awings feel. 
 And ask according to thy will, 
 Confirm the prayer, the seal impart, 
 And speak the ansAver to my heart. 
 
 11 Tell me — or thou shalt never go — 
 "Thy prayer is heard ; it shall be so!" 
 The word hath passed thy lips, and I 
 Shall with thy people live and die. 
 
 IIYMN 34. (CM.) 
 
 1 ITow will the Saints rejoice to tell 
 
 And count their sufferings o'er, 
 When they upon Mount Zion dwell. 
 And view the landscape o'er. 
 
 2 There they will see, upon that land, 
 
 Fair Zion from above, 
 And meet with Enoch's holy band, 
 And sing redeeming love. 
 
 3 There, no more sickness, pain, nor woe 
 
 Shall mar their peaceful rest. 
 For God shall wipe away their tears, 
 And comfort the oppressed. 
 
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 O may I sec that glorious daj' 
 And join A^ith all the l)lest, 
 
 To sing alond the Savior's praise, 
 And enter into rest. 
 
 HYMN 35. (S.M.D.) 
 
 Ye simple souls who stray 
 
 Far from the path of peace — 
 That lonely, unfrequented way 
 
 To life and happiness, — 
 
 Why will ye folly love, 
 
 And throng the downward road. 
 And hate the wisdom from ahove, 
 
 And mock the sons of God ? 
 
 Madness and misery 
 
 Ye count our life beneath, 
 
 And nothing great or good can see, 
 Or glorious in our death. 
 As only born to grieve. 
 Beneath your feet we lie, 
 
 And utterly contemned we live. 
 And unlamented die. 
 
 So wretched and obscure. 
 
 The men whom ye despise, 
 
 So foolish, impotent and poor. 
 
 Above your scorn we rise. 
 
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 Wc, throngh the IToly Ghost, 
 Can witness l)etter thhis2;s; 
 For he, whose hlood is all our hoast, 
 Hath made us Priests and Kings. 
 
 Riches unsearchahlc 
 
 In Jesus' love we know; 
 And pleasures springing from the well 
 
 Of life our souls o'erflow. 
 
 The Si^irit we receive 
 
 Of wisdom, grace and power-, 
 And, though 'mid scenes of woe we live, 
 
 Rejoicing evermore. 
 
 Angels our servants are, 
 
 And keep in all our ways ; 
 And in their watchful hands the}' bear 
 
 The sacred sons of grace ; 
 
 Unto that heavenly bliss 
 
 They all our steps attend, 
 And God himself our Father is, 
 
 And Jesus is our friend. 
 
 With him we walk in white, 
 We in his image shine; 
 Our robes are robes of glorious light. 
 Our rightemisness divine. 
 
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 On all the kings of earth 
 With pity we look doAm ; 
 And claim, in virtue, of onr birth, 
 A never-fadmg crown. 
 
 fffMN 36. (2-6's &■ 4 & 3-6's & 4.) 
 rwne,— "God Save the Queen." 
 
 1 Our God, we raise to thee 
 Thanks for thy hlessing-s free 
 
 AVe here enjoy 
 In this far western land : 
 A true and chosen band, 
 Led hither by thy hand. 
 
 Would sing for joy. 
 
 2 Bless thou our Prophet dear; 
 May health and comfort cheer 
 
 His noble heart: 
 His words with fire impress 
 On souls that thou wilt bless, 
 Nor gold may they caress, 
 
 But free impart. 
 
 3 So shall thy Idngdom spread, 
 As by thy Prophets said, 
 
 Prom sea to sea : 
 As one united whole 
 Truth bum in every soul. 
 While hast'niug to the goal 
 
 We long to see. 
 
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 4 O may thy Saints be one, 
 ]JkG Father and the Son, 
 
 Nor disagree ; 
 United heart and hand. 
 So may they ever stand 
 A firm and valiant l)and 
 
 Eternally. 
 
 TTYMN 37. (CM.) 
 
 1 Ye Saints who dwell on Europe's shore. 
 
 Let not 3'^our hearts be faint; 
 Let each press on to things before, 
 And be indeed a Saint. 
 
 2 Although the present time may seem 
 
 O'erspread with clouds of gloom, 
 The light of faith will shed its gleam ' 
 Until deliverance come. 
 
 3 Hold fast the things you have received, 
 
 Be faithful in the Lord ; 
 You know in whom you have believed— > 
 He's faithful to his word. 
 
 4 Your l)rethren in America 
 
 Are one in heart with you. 
 And they are toiling night and day 
 For Zion's welfare too. 
 
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 5 They even now are driven forth 
 
 To track the wilderness ; 
 They leave the country of their birth 
 For truth and righteousness. 
 
 6 But there's a day — 'tis near at hand — 
 
 A day of joy and peace! 
 That day will hi'eak oppression's band, 
 And bring the Saints release. 
 
 7 Then, brethren, haste and gather up; 
 
 We shall rejoice to meet: 
 When we have drunk the bitter cup, 
 We'll share a heavenly treat. 
 
 8 And even now the Lord bestows 
 
 More, more than tongue can tell. 
 Of that which from his presence flows : 
 Yes, brethren, all is well. 
 
 HYMN 38. (4-6's & 2-8's.) 
 
 Let earth and heaven agree, — 
 
 Angels and men be joined. 
 
 To celebrate with me 
 
 The Savior of mankind, 
 A dore the all-atoning Lamb, 
 And bless the sound of Jesus' name 
 
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 Jesus ! transporting sound ! 
 
 The joy of earth and hearen ! 
 
 No other help is found, 
 
 No other name is given, 
 By which we can salvation have ; 
 But Jesus came the Avorld to save. 
 
 Jesus! harmonious name ! 
 
 It charms the hosts above ; 
 
 They evermore proclaim. 
 
 And wonder at his lovc; 
 'Tis all their happhiess to gazc; 
 'Tis heaven to see our Jesus' face. 
 
 His name the sinner fears ; 
 
 But when from sin set free, 
 
 'Tis music in his ears — ■ 
 
 'Tis life and liberty ; 
 New songs do then his lijis employ. 
 And his glad heart e'en leax^s for joy. 
 
 Stung by the scoi*pion, sin. 
 My poor, expiring soul 
 The balmy sound drinks hi. 
 And is at once made whole. 
 
 See there my Lord upon the tree ! 
 
 I heai-, I feel, he died for me \ 
 
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 6 O, unexampled love ! 
 O, all redeeming grace ! 
 How swiftly thou dost move 
 To gave a fallen race ! 
 
 What shall I do to make it known 
 What thou for all mankind hast done! 
 
 7 O for a trumpet voice, 
 On all the world to call, 
 To l)id their hearts rejoice 
 In him who died for all ! 
 
 For all, my Lord was cruciiied ! 
 For all, for all, my Savior died ! 
 
 HYMN 39. (CM.) 
 
 1 Jesus, thou all-rcdccming Lord, 
 Thy blessing we implore ; 
 
 Oiien the door to i^reach thy word, 
 The great, cflectual door. 
 
 2 Gather the outcasts in, and save 
 From sin and Satan's power; 
 
 And let them now acceptance have, 
 And know their gracious hour. 
 
 o Lover of souls, thou know'st to prize 
 What thou hast bought so dear; 
 
 Come, then, and in thy people's eyes, 
 WitJi all thy wounds, appear, 
 
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 HYMN to. (P.M) 
 
 1 Come, let us anew our journey i^ursue, 
 
 Roll round with the year, 
 And never stand still till the Master 
 
 appear. 
 His adorable will let us gladly fulfil. 
 
 And our talents improve. 
 By the patience of hojie and the labor of 
 love. 
 
 2 Our life as a dream, our time as a stream, 
 
 Glides swiftly away, 
 And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 
 The arrow is flown, the moments arc gone, 
 
 The Millennial year 
 Presses 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 did'st give 
 
 me to do." 
 O that each from his Lord may receive the 
 glad word, 
 "Well and faithfully done; 
 Enter into my joy and sit down on mj- 
 thronc.'* 
 
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 HYMN 41. (7's D.) 
 
 1 Who are these arrn3^e(l ui white, 
 
 Brighter than the noonday sun, 
 Foremost of the sons of light, 
 
 Nearest the eternal throne? 
 These arc they that horc the cross, 
 
 Nobly for their master stood, 
 Sufl"'rers m his righteous cause, 
 
 FoU'wcrs of the dyhig God. 
 
 2 Out of great distress the3' came, 
 
 Washed their robes, by faith Ijclow, 
 In the blood of yonder Laml^ — 
 
 Blood that Avashcs white as snow. 
 Therefore arc they next the throne — 
 
 Serve their Maker day and night: 
 God resides among his own — 
 
 God doth in his Samts delight. 
 
 o More than conquerors at last, 
 
 Here they find their trials o'er ; 
 They have all their suff'rings past, 
 
 Hunger now and thirst no more: 
 No excessive heat they feel 
 
 From the sun's directer ray; 
 In a milder clime they dwell — 
 
 Region of eternal day. 
 
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 4 He Ibat on the throne doth reign; 
 
 Them, the Lamb shall always feed, 
 With the tree of life sustain, 
 
 To the living fountains lead ; 
 He shall all their sorrows chase. 
 
 All their wants at once remove, 
 Wipe the tears from every face. 
 
 Fill u]) every soul with love. 
 
 HYMN 42. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Spirit of faith come down, 
 Reveal the things of God, 
 And make to us the Godhead known, 
 And witness with the blood. 
 
 a 'Tis thine the blood t' apply. 
 And give us eyes to see; 
 Who did for every sinner die. 
 Did surely die for me. 
 
 3 No man can truly say 
 That Jesus is the Lord, 
 
 Unless thou take the vail away, 
 And breathe the living word. 
 
 4 Then, only then, we feel ■ 
 Our int'rest in his blood, 
 
 And cry, with joy unspeakable, 
 '^Thou art my Lord, niy God!" 
 
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 5 O that the -world might know 
 The all-atonmg Lamb! 
 Spirit of Faith! descend and show 
 The virtue of his name. 
 
 G The grace which all maj find, 
 The saving power, impart ; 
 And testify to all mankind, 
 And speak in every heart. 
 
 7 Inspire with living faith — 
 "Which whosoe'er receives, 
 
 The witness m himself he hath, 
 And consciously believes; 
 
 8 The faith that conquers all, 
 And doth e'en mountains move, 
 
 And saves all who on Jesus call, 
 And perfects them m love. 
 
 HYMN i-3. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, Holy Ghost, t)ur hearts inspire ; 
 
 Let us thine influence prove ; 
 Source of the old prophetic fire — 
 Fountain of light 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, 
 
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 3 Exi)and 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 withhi us shine ; 
 And sound with all thy Saints below, 
 The depth of love divine. 
 
 HYMN 44. (6-8's.) 
 
 1 Inspirer of the ancient seers, 
 
 Who wrote from thee the sacred i:)agc, 
 The same through all succeedmg years, 
 
 To Tis in our degen'rate age, 
 The spirit of thy word impart. 
 And breathe the life into each heart. 
 
 2 "While noAv thme oracles wc read 
 
 With earnest prayer and strong desire, 
 O let thy Spirit now proceed. 
 
 Our souls to waken and inspire; 
 Our weakness help, our darkness chase, 
 And guide us by the light of grace ! 
 
 3 Whene'er m error's paths we rove, 
 
 The living God through sin forsake, 
 Our conscience by thy word reprove, 
 
Convince and brino- the wand'rers back; 
 Deep wounded by the Spirit's sword, 
 And then by Gilead's balm restored. 
 
 4 The sacred lessons of thy grace, 
 
 Transmitted through thy word, repeat; 
 And train us up in all thy "ways. 
 
 To make us in thy will complete ; 
 Fulfil thy love's redeeming plan, 
 And bring us to a perfect man. 
 
 5 Furnished out of thy treasury, 
 
 O may we always ready stand 
 To help the souls redeemed by thee, 
 
 In what their various states demand, — 
 To teach, convince, correct, reprove, 
 And build them up hi holiest love ! 
 
 HYMN 45. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Author of faith. Eternal Word, 
 Whose spirit breathes the active flame, 
 Faith, like its finisher and Lord, 
 To-day as yesterday the same. 
 
 3 To thee our humble hearts aspire, 
 And ask the gift unspeakable; 
 Increase in us the kindled fire— 
 In us the work of faith full}]. 
 
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 a By failli we know tliec strong to savc- 
 Save us, a present Savior thou ! 
 Whatc'er we liope, hy faith we have, 
 Future and past subsisting now. 
 
 4 To him that in thy name believes 
 Eternal life with thee is given ; 
 Into himself he all receives— 
 Pardon and holmess and heaven. 
 
 5 The things unlcnoAvn to feeble sense, 
 Unseen by reason's glimm'ring ray, 
 With strong commanding evidence, 
 Their heavenly origin display. 
 
 6 Faith lends its realizing light, 
 
 The clouds disperse, the shadows fly, 
 The invisible appears in sight, 
 And God is seen by mortal eye. 
 
 HYMN 40. (T'S ) 
 
 1 Give us room that we may dAvell, 
 Zion's children cry aloud -, 
 See ttieir numbers how they swell ! 
 How they gather like a cloud ! 
 
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 2 O ! how bright the mommg seems — 
 
 Brighter from so dark a night; 
 Zion is, like one that dreams, 
 Filled with wonder and delight ! 
 
 3 Lo! thy snn goes down no more; 
 
 God himself will be thy light: 
 
 All that caused thee grief before 
 
 Buried lies m endless night. 
 
 4 Zion, now arise and sliine! 
 
 Lo, thy light from heaven is come! 
 
 These that crowd from far are tliine ; 
 
 Give thy sons and daughters room. 
 
 HYMN 47. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Come, come, ye Saints, no toil, nor labor fear. 
 
 But with joy wend your way; 
 Tliough hard to you this journey may appear, 
 Grace shall be as your day. 
 'Tis better far for us to strive, 
 Our useless cares from us to drive: 
 Do this, and joy your hearts will swell — 
 
 All is well ! aU is well ! 
 
 2 Why should we mourn, or thmk our lot is 
 
 hard ? 
 'Tis not SO; all is right 1 
 
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 Why should we tlimk to earn a great reward , 
 If wc now shun the fii!;ht? 
 Gird up your loins, fresh eourage take, 
 Our God will never us forsake; 
 And soon we'll have this talc to tell- 
 All is well! all is well! 
 
 We'll find the place which God for us pre- 
 pared, 
 Far away in the West; 
 Where none shall come to hurt, nor mak c 
 
 afraid: 
 There the Saints will he blest. 
 We'll make the air with music ring,— 
 Shout praises to our God and King: 
 Above the rest these words we'll tell- 
 All is w-ell ! all is well ! 
 
 And should we die before our journey's 
 through, 
 Happy day ! all is well ! 
 We then are free from toil and sorrow too • 
 With the just we shall dwell. 
 But if our lives are spared again 
 To see the Saints, their rest obtain, 
 O, hoAV we'll make this chorus swells- 
 All is well ! all is well ! 
 
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 ITYMN 48. (L.M.) 
 
 1 O Lord ! responsive to th j call, 
 111 life or death, whatever befall, 
 Our hopes for bliss on thee depend; 
 Thou art our everlasting Friend. 
 
 2 Though life be short, and trials seem 
 To darken its protracted gleam, — 
 Though friends forsake, and foes contend. 
 Thou art our everlasting Friend. 
 
 3 Death may distract our present joj'^, 
 And all our brightest hojies destroy, 
 Yet these will in the future tend 
 
 To prove thee still our faithful Friend. 
 
 4 O let thy Spirit with us dwell, 
 That we in future worlds may tell 
 How we overcame, and, in the end, 
 Made thee our everlasting Friend! 
 
 HYMN 49. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 SAveetly may the blessed Spirit, 
 On each faithful bosom shine ; 
 
 Ma}'- we every grace inherit: 
 Lord we seek a boon divine; 
 
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 2 Since thou tak'st delight in giving, 
 
 We would gladly ask and have; 
 Gratefully each gift receiving, 
 In his name who died to save. 
 
 3 We would seek t' obtain His favor, 
 
 Which is better far than gold ; 
 May his gospel prove the savor 
 Of a life that's ne'er been told. 
 
 4 Passing honors, transient pleasures. 
 
 Boasting joys forever flown; 
 Ma}^ we seek to lay up treasures 
 Where decay shall ne'er be known. 
 
 5 Savior, to assist our weakness, 
 
 Let thy grace sufficient be ; 
 Bless with wisdom and with meekness, 
 Till we full salvation see. 
 
 HYMN 50. (C.]\r.) 
 
 1 My God, the spring of all m}^ joj'S^ 
 
 Tlie life of my delights. 
 The glory of my brightest days, 
 And comfort of my nights! 
 
 2 In darkest shades, if thou appear, 
 
 My dawnmg is begun ; 
 Thou art my soul's bright morning star^ 
 And thou my rising sun. 
 
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 3 The op'ning heavens around me shhie 
 
 With beams of sacred bliss, 
 If Jesus shows his mercy mine, 
 And whispers, I am his ! 
 
 4 My soul would leave this heavy claj'' 
 
 At that transporting word ; 
 Run up with joy the shining waj'. 
 To see and praise my Lord. 
 
 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, 
 
 I'll break through every foe ; 
 The wings of love and arms of faith 
 Would bear me conq'ror through. 
 
 IIYMN 51. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Great God, indulge my humble claim ; 
 Tliou art my hope, my joy, my rest; 
 The glories that compose thy name 
 Stand all engaged to make me blest. 
 
 2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, 
 Thou art my Father and my God ; 
 
 And I am thiuc, by sacred ties, 
 
 Thy sonj thy servant, bought with blood. 
 
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 3 With early feet I love t' appear 
 Among thy Saints, and seek thy face; 
 Oft have I seen thy glory there, 
 
 And felt the power of sovereign grace. 
 
 4 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice. 
 While I have hreath to pray or praise: 
 This work shall make my heart rejoice 
 Throughout the remnant of my daj^s 
 
 HYMN 52. (8-7' s.) 
 
 1 Where the voice of friendship's heart. 
 Sounding like a sweet toned bird ; 
 Where the holy notes inspire 
 
 With devotion's pure desire; 
 Where fond actions speak the soul; 
 Where true love finds no control; 
 Where the sons of God agree, 
 There may all the faithful be. 
 
 2 W^hcrc the weaiy find a home; 
 Where the wild deer fearless roam ; 
 Where the mellow fruit-tree grows ; 
 Where the golden haiTcst flows ; 
 Where the bee, the grape and kme 
 Yield their honey, milk and wine ; 
 Where the curse from earth shall flee, 
 There may all the faithful be» 
 
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 Where the Temple-lJock is laid ; 
 Where no foe shall e'er inAade ; 
 "Where tlie Friesthood's power shall claim 
 All that heareu and earth can name; 
 Where the judge hj^ justice rules; 
 Where the eouns'llors are not fools; 
 Where the poor shall judgment see, 
 There maj^ all the faithful he. 
 
 Where the dew-distilling hills 
 Drop their fatness in the rills ; 
 Where the river, lake and stream 
 AVith their finny myriads teem ; 
 Where the shade trees round the fold 
 Shield from heat and winter's cold ; 
 Where all nature sings with glee, 
 There may all the faithful be. 
 
 TIYMN 5.3. (S's, 7's, ct 4.) 
 
 1 Lo! the mightj' God appearing, 
 From on high Jeliovah speaks ! 
 Eastern lands the summons hearing. 
 O'er the west his thunder breaks. 
 
 Earth behold him — 
 Universal nature shakes! 
 
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 Zioii, all its lit^lit unfolding, 
 God in glory shall display, 
 
 Lo! he comes! nor silence holding, 
 Fire and clouds prepare his wa}' •, 
 
 Tempests rouiid him 
 Hasten on the dreadful day. 
 
 3 To the heavens his voice ascend hi g. 
 To the earth beneath he cries ; 
 Souls immortal now descendhig, 
 Let the sleeping dust arise! 
 
 Rise to judgment; 
 Let thy throne adorn the skies. 
 
 <4 Gather first my Sahits around me. 
 Those who to my covenant stood— 
 Those who humbly sought and found 
 Through the dymg Savior's blood. 
 
 Blest Redeemer ! 
 Dearest sacrifice to God ! 
 
 5 Now the heavens on high adore him, 
 And his righteousness declare ; 
 Sinners perish from before him, 
 But his Saints his mercies shave. 
 
 Just his judgment: 
 God, hiraBcl? the judge, Is tl^ere, 
 
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 IIYMN 54. (8's & 7'K.) 
 
 1 Should 3^011 feel inclined to censure 
 
 Taults j'-ou may in others view, 
 Ask your own heart, ere you venture, 
 If that has not failings too. 
 
 2 Let not friendly vows he hroken, 
 
 Kather strive a friend to gain ; 
 Many a word m anger spoken 
 Finds its passage home again. 
 
 3 Do not, then, hi idle pleasure, 
 
 Trifle with a brother's fame ; 
 Guard it as a valued treasure, 
 Sacred as your own good name. 
 
 4: Do not form opinions blindly ; 
 Hastmess to trouble tends ; 
 Those of whom we've thought unldndly, 
 Oft become our warmest friends. 
 
 HYMN 55. (6-8'6.) 
 
 I'U praise my Maker while I've breath; 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 Praise shall employ my nobler powers. 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past 
 While life and thought and being last, 
 Or immortality endures, 
 
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 2 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God, he made the sky, 
 And earth, and seas, with all their train. 
 His truth forever stands secure; 
 He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor, 
 And none shall find his promise vaui. 
 
 8 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind; 
 The Lord supjiorts the fainting mind; 
 He sends the labormg conscience peace, 
 He helps the stranger in distress, 
 The widow and the fatherless, 
 And grants the prisoner sweet release. 
 
 4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 Praise shall employ my noisier powers; 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past. 
 While life and thought and beuig last, 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 HYMN 56. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise 
 Your hearts and voices in his praise; 
 His nature and his wox'ks invite 
 To make this duty our delight. 
 
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 2 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames, 
 He counts their numbers, calls their names ; 
 His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, — 
 A deep where all our thoughts are drowned. 
 
 3 Sing to the Lord — exalt him high. 
 Who spreads his clouds along the sky ; 
 There he prepares the fruitful rain. 
 Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 
 
 4 He makes the grass the hills adorn. 
 And clothes the smiling fields with com ; 
 The beasts with food his hands supx)ly, 
 And the young ravens when they cry. 
 
 5 And Saints are lovely in his sight; 
 He views his children with delight; 
 
 lie sees their hope, he knows their fear. 
 And looks and loves his hnagc there. 
 
 HYMN 57. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Away with our fears! the glad morning 
 appears, 
 When an heir of salvation was bom ! 
 From Jehovah I came, for his glory I (im, 
 And to him I with Bpiging vetwm, 
 
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 2 With thanks I rejoice in thy Fatlieriy choice, 
 Of my state and condition below ; 
 If of parents I came who honored thy name, 
 'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so. 
 
 o I sing of thy grace from my earliest (\a.ys, 
 Ever near to allure and defend ; 
 Hitherto thou hast been my prescn-er from 
 sin, 
 And I trust thou wilt save to the end. 
 
 i Oh, the infinite cares and temptations and 
 snares, 
 Thy' hand hath conducted me through; 
 Oh, the blessings bestowed by a bountiful 
 God, 
 And the mercies eternally ncAv. 
 
 5 What a mercy is this, what a haven of Idiss, 
 
 How unspeakably hajipy am 1 ! 
 Gathered into the fold, with thy people en- 
 rolled, 
 With th}^ people to live and to die. 
 
 6 All honor and praise to the Father of grace, 
 
 To the Spirit and Son I return; 
 The business pursue he hath made me to do, 
 And rejoice that 1 ever was born. 
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 HYMN 58. (P.M.) 
 
 I O Saints, have you seen, o'er yon mountain's 
 proud height, 
 The day-star of promise so brilliantlj^ l.tcam- 
 ing? 
 Its rays shall illumine the world with its light: 
 And theensigTi of Zion exultingly streaming 
 All nations hivitcs to walk in its light. 
 And jom to maintain the i>roud standard of 
 right : 
 The Standard of Zion ! O long may it 
 
 wave 
 O'er the land of the free and Uie home 
 of the brave. 
 
 3 Our motto is peace, and the triumph of right; 
 And we joyfully hail the Millennial dawning, 
 When man can emerge from a long dreary 
 night 
 And bask in the sunbeams of Ziou's bright 
 morning, 
 The white flag so rare, still floating in air, 
 Proclaims 'mid the mountains that peace is 
 now there: 
 Let the Standard of Zion eternally 
 
 wave 
 O'er the land of the free and the home 
 of the brave. 
 
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 3 Though earth and its treasures should melt in 
 the fire ; 
 The planets be riven with the trumpet's 
 loud thunder; 
 The sun-light of heaven wax dim and expire, 
 And th(! vail of eternity parted asunder; 
 Yet firm and unshaken the truth shall remain , 
 And the heirs of the Priesthood for ever shal I 
 reign : 
 And the Standard of Zion eternally wave 
 O'er the land of the free and the home 
 of the brave. 
 
 HYMN 59. (P.M.) 
 
 1 O say what is truth ? 'Tis the fairest gem 
 That the riches of worlds can produce; 
 And priceless the value of truth will be when 
 The proud monarch's costliest diadem 
 Is counted but dross and refuse. 
 
 5 Yes, say, what is truth ? 'Tis the brightest 
 prize 
 To which mortals or Gods can aspire: 
 Go search in the depths where it glitteringlies. 
 Or ascend in pursuit to the loftiest skies, 
 'Tis an aim for the noblest desire. 
 
 il The sceptre may fall from the despot's grasp 
 When with winds of stem justice he cope« 
 
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 But the pillar of truth will endure to the last, 
 And its firm-rooted bulwarks outstand the 
 rude blast 
 And the wreck of the fell tj^rant's hopes. 
 
 4 Then say what is truth? 'Tis the last and 
 the first, 
 ¥or the limits of time it steps o'er: 
 Thoug-h the heavens depart and the earth's 
 fountains burst, [worst, 
 
 Truth, the sum of existence, will weather the 
 Eternal, unchanged, evermore. 
 
 Hl'MN 60. (CM.) 
 
 1 Father how wide thy 2;lory shines ! 
 How high thy wonders rise ! 
 Known through the earth by thousand signs— 
 By thousands through the skies. 
 
 3 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power. 
 Their motions speak thy skill, 
 And on the wings of every hour 
 We read thy patience still. 
 
 3 But when we view thy strange design 
 To save rebellious worms. 
 Where justice and compassion join 
 In their divinest forms ; 
 
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 4 There the whole Deity is known, 
 
 Nor dares a ereature guess 
 Which of the glories brightest shone, 
 The justice or the grace. 
 
 5 O may I hear some humble part 
 
 In truth's immortal song; 
 Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, 
 And love command my tongue. 
 
 IIYMN Gl. (P.M.) 
 
 1 XJp, awake, ye defenders of Zion ! 
 
 The foe's at the door of your homes ; 
 Let each heart be the heart of a lion. 
 
 Unyielding and proud as he roams. 
 Remember the wrongs of Missouri; 
 
 Forget not the fate of Nauvoo : 
 When the God-hating foe is before ye, 
 
 Stand firm, and be faithful and true. 
 
 3 By the mountains our Zion's surrounded; 
 
 Her warriors are noble and brave ; 
 And their faith on Jehovah is founded. 
 
 Whose power is mighty to save. 
 Opposed by a proud, boasting nation, 
 
 Their numbers, compared, may be few ; 
 But their union is known through creation, 
 
 And they've always been faithful and true. 
 
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 Shall we bear with oppression for ever ? 
 
 Shall we tamely submit to the foe, 
 While the ties of our Icmdred they sever ? 
 
 ShaU the blood of the Prophets stiU flow ? 
 No! The thought sets the heart wildly 
 beating; 
 
 Our vows, at each pulse we renew, 
 Ne'er to rest till our foes are retreating. 
 
 While we remain faithful and true! 
 
 4 Though, assisted by legions uifcrnal. 
 
 The plundering wretches advance. 
 With a host from the regions eternal ! 
 
 We'll scatter their hosts at a glance ! 
 Soon "the Kingdom" will be independent; 
 
 In wonder the nations will view 
 The despised ones in glory resplendent ; 
 
 Then let us be faithful and true ! 
 
 HYMN 62. (2-8' s & G.) 
 
 1 Hail ! bright millennial day of rest, 
 When earth's restored and Saints are blest, 
 
 Secured from Bab'lon's doom: 
 Gathered afar from every clime, 
 To spend that blissful, happy time. 
 
 Where vernal pastures bloom. 
 
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 3 There tyranny no more shall reio:n, 
 Nor famished children beg in vain 
 
 For what their fathers toiled ; 
 Nor proud men spurn the poor man's lot — 
 Alike they'll share, and envy not 
 
 What former av'rice spoiled. 
 
 3 There equity and truth will shine, 
 And all revere God's laws divine, 
 
 Nor fear oppressor's wrong; 
 Each shall possess his dwelling fair, 
 And eat the fruits the vineyards bear, 
 
 Rejoicing all day long. 
 
 4 O heavenly paradise of joy ! 
 Where meek ones live without annoy, 
 
 Far, far from Gentile strife ; 
 Where God and angels love to dwell 
 With the redeemed, whose anthems swell 
 
 The song of endless life. 
 
 5 God 1 preserve thy Saints t' endure, 
 That we th}' blessings may secure 
 
 Within thy promised rest; 
 Then shall our tongues, in ceaseless praise, 
 Extol thy name through endless days 
 
 On earth when it is blest. 
 
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 HYMN 03. (2-8^s & 6.) 
 
 1 O happy home ! O blest abode ! 
 
 Where Samts communion hold with God, 
 
 AVithont a doubt or fear; 
 When shall I reach thy fertile plains, 
 Ascend the mount where virtue oains 
 
 A more exalted sphere. 
 
 2 In Babj'lon I loathe to staj' ; 
 Dire are the evils day by day 
 
 Within her precincts dark. 
 Truth's brighter rays expose the night, 
 Each honest mmd receives the light, 
 
 And presses towards the mark. 
 
 .S No love but Heaven's would I receive — 
 No other doctrines e'er believe. 
 
 Than those by Jesus taught. 
 I'd trace the path his footsteps trod— 
 The only way that leads to God -. 
 All other waj's are nought. 
 
 4 Come, sacred power, exert thy sway 
 To guide in the celestial 'W&y, 
 
 Tradition to forsake. 
 My Savior's footsteps to pursue, 
 Each selfish principle subdue, 
 
 To righteousness awake. 
 
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 5 Let friends or kmdred, near and dear, 
 Exert their power, no servile fear 
 
 Shall e'er my spirit bind ; 
 Though now afteetions Avai'mer rise 
 In souls enlii^htened from the skies, 
 
 And blest with Jesus' mind. 
 
 For he hath said (Avhose lips divine 
 To nought hut truth did e'er incline — 
 
 Jesus our only theme,) 
 Whoe'er their kindred better love 
 Than me, my heart can ne'er approve, 
 Nor Avorthy will esteem. 
 
 7 But those who in my i-ighteous cause 
 Are firm, nor seek the world's applause, 
 
 My glory shall partake. 
 Then, brethren, sisters, patient share 
 His sufferings ; this will us prepare. 
 
 And sinners perfect make. 
 
 HYMN 64. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Shall I, for fear of feeble man, 
 The Spirit's course in me restrain ? 
 Or, undismayed in deed and word, 
 Be a true witness for my Lord ? 
 
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 2 Awed 1)3'- a mortars frown, shall I 
 Conceal the word of God most high ? 
 How then before thee shall I dare 
 To stand, or how thine auger bear ? 
 
 3 Shall I, to soothe th' unholy throng, 
 Soften thy truths and smooth my tongue. 
 To gam earth's gilded toys, or flee 
 
 The cross, my God, endured by thee? 
 
 4 What then is he whose scorn I dread, 
 Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid ? 
 A man— an heir of death— a slave 
 
 To sm — a bubble on the wave. 
 
 5 Yea, let men rage, since thou wilt spread 
 Thy shadowing wings around my head, 
 Since, in all pain, thy tender love 
 
 Will still my sure refreshment prove. 
 
 6 Savior of men, thy searching eye 
 Doth all my inmost thoughts descry ; 
 Doth aught on earth my wishes raise. 
 Or the woi'ld's pleasures, or its praise? 
 
 1 The love of Christ doth me constrain, 
 To seek the waud'ring souls of men; 
 With, cries, entreaties, tears to save, 
 To snatch them from the gaping grave. 
 
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 S For this let men revile my name:', 
 No cross I shun, I fear no shame — 
 All hail reproach ! and welcome pain ! 
 Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain. 
 
 9 My life, my blood, I here i^i'esent, 
 if for thy truth they may be spent: 
 Fulfil thy sov'rcign counsel, Lord ; 
 Thy will be done, thy name adored. 
 
 10 Give of thy strength, O God of power: 
 Then let winds blow, or thunders roar, 
 Thy faithful witness will I he-. 
 'Tis fixed — I can do all through thee. 
 
 HYMN 65. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 1 Glorious things are sung of Zion, 
 
 Enoch's city seen of old. 
 Where the righteous, being perfect. 
 
 Walked with God in streets of gold ; 
 Love and virtue, faith and wisdom, 
 
 Grace and gifts were all combined ; 
 As himself each loved his neighbor ; 
 
 All were of one heart and mmd. 
 
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 There they shniinecl the power of Satau, 
 
 And observed celestial laws, 
 For m Adam-ondi-Ahman 
 
 Zion rose where Eden was. 
 When beyond the power of evil, 
 
 So that none could covet wealth, 
 One continual feast of blessings 
 
 Cro"«Tied their da3's Avith j^eace and health. 
 
 Then the towers of Zion glittered. 
 
 Like the sun in yonder skies, 
 And the wicked stood and trembled. 
 
 Filled with wonder and suri^rise; 
 Then their faith and works Avere perfect, 
 
 Lo, they followed their great Head ; 
 So the city went to heaven, 
 
 And the world said, Zion's fled ! 
 
 When the Lord returns with Zion, 
 
 And we hear the watchmen cry, 
 Then we'll surely be united. 
 
 And we'Jl all see eye to eye ; 
 Then we'll mingle with the angels. 
 
 And the Lord will bless his ovm ; 
 Then the earth will be as Eden, 
 
 And we'll know as we are kuoAni. 
 
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 HYMN 66, (CM.) 
 
 1 How are thy servants blest! O Lord, 
 How sure is their defense ! 
 Eternal wisdom is their 2:uide, 
 Their help. Omnipotence. 
 
 3 In foreign realms and lands remote, 
 Supported by thy eare, ' 
 Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 
 And lireathe in tainted air. 
 
 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne 
 High on the broken wave, 
 They know thou art not slow to hear, 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 1 The storm is laid, the winds retire, 
 Obedient to thy will ; 
 The sea, that roars at thy command. 
 At thy command is still. 
 
 5 In midst of dangers, fear and death. 
 Thy goodness we'll adore ; 
 We'U praise thee for thy mercies past. 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
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 HYMN 67. (2-8's&7.) 
 
 1 Before all lands in east or west, 
 We love the land of Zion best; 
 
 With God's choice gifts 'tis teeming. 
 There Prophets, Seers, as of old. 
 The mysteries of heaven unfold, 
 
 Through holy Priesthood streaminir. 
 
 3 'MongZiou's homesteads joys abound. 
 True souls of worth are gathered round 
 
 Their Prophet and their head; 
 No tyrant there shall dare to reign ; 
 God will their rights and laws maintain, 
 
 Till on to glory led. 
 
 3 Before all people, east or west. 
 
 We love the saints of God the best — 
 
 A race of noble spirits : 
 Then let us with God's laws comply, 
 That when his Saints are raised on high, 
 
 Their joys we may inherit. 
 
 4 We'll gladly join with heart and hand, 
 A chosen, true, devoted band. 
 
 To conquer Satan's pow ers : 
 To endless life we'll onward press, 
 For God will all our wrongs redress, 
 
 And victory shall be ours. 
 
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 HYMN 68. (P.M.) 
 
 1 What thoiii>li the Gcutilcs -wildly rage 
 
 And the black war clouds o'er us lower; 
 'Tis with our God they madly A^age 
 
 A war, and seek to overthrow his power; 
 Like surges dashing 'gainst the rock 
 In wild confusion, — vain the shock; 
 Satan, thy reign is o'er! 
 
 2 While in its infanc3% in vam 
 
 They sought to crush the genu of truth ; 
 And shall they now their purpose gain 
 
 When in the vigor of its youth ? 
 No, lirethrcn, no! though hosts comlunc 
 In dread array, — God's arm divine 
 Will shield us from their wrath ! 
 
 3 Though few wc seem, yet, glorious thought, 
 
 With God and angels we are one! 
 In the same cause for which they fought, 
 
 Undaunted, we are battling on; 
 Assured of triumph in the end — 
 That soon our foes shall humbly bend, 
 And victory be won ! 
 
 4 Then let us still on God depend, 
 
 And on his promises rely 
 That Zion's cause he will defend, 
 Our hopes confirm, our foes destroy ; 
 
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 With truth withhi and God overhead, 
 We knoAV' no fear, wc feci no dread, — 
 The reigii of peace is nigh ! 
 
 HYMN 69. (4-6's & 3-8's.) 
 
 1 O Lord, our Sovereign King, 
 Our infant charge now hless ; 
 Him to thee now we bring, 
 O grant him now thy grace. 
 And to us. Lord, may grace be given 
 To train this ffift of thine for heaven. 
 
 A gift of richest worth, 
 
 On us thou hast bestowed, 
 
 O may he, from his birth, 
 
 Follow the Lord his God ; 
 Sustained hy grace divine, may he 
 Be taught, O Lord, our God, by thee. 
 
 Thou art his Father, Lord ; 
 
 His spirit, pure and free, 
 
 Obedient to thy word, 
 
 Kejoiced in heaven with thee. 
 O may the spirit thou hast given. 
 Return unsullied back to heaven. 
 
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 HYMN 70. (8's&7's.) 
 1 We have met, dear friends and brethren, 
 Our respects to pay to one 
 Who has left this world of sorrow, 
 And to g'lorj now ha* gone. 
 3 Since our friend has gone to glory, 
 Though we moum, yet we'll rejoice 
 For he sought the way to heaven. 
 And made Jesus Christ his choice. 
 
 3 To all those who sleep in Jesus, 
 Death is sweet and has no sting; 
 But to haughty, stubborn sinners, 
 Death, of terrors is the king. 
 
 i Then, poor sinners, stop and ponder 
 Well your steps as you pass on ; 
 Lest you end your days in sorrow. 
 When your fancied joys are gone. 
 
 HTMN 71. (C.M.D.) 
 
 I The Gospel standard high is raised 
 
 On Zion's sacred shore ; 
 Kcjoice, ye Saints, our God be praised, 
 
 Satan's long reig-n is o'er: 
 The bright Millennium dawns at last. 
 
 The faithful shall be free, 
 Christ will reward their trials past 
 
 With immortality. 
 
2 Earth, to proud loveliness restored, 
 
 Shall echo back the strains 
 From thousand heavenly choirs poured, 
 
 When Christ in triumph reians : 
 Refulgent in the beams of love 
 
 The Savior's presence given, 
 The Saints on earth, with Saints aliove, 
 
 Shall share the rest of Heaven. 
 
 HYMN 73. (S.M.) 
 1 Lord, make thy mercy known 
 To all who here reside ; 
 Let heaven's blessing rest upon 
 And with them all abide. 
 
 3 My Master and my God 
 Has sent me forth to bless. 
 
 And preach to all his Holy Avord, 
 And dwell with sons of peace. 
 
 3 A son of peace dwells here — ■ 
 Thy grace to him ])e given. 
 On earth may he thy law revere, 
 And dwell with thee in heaven. 
 
 HYMN 73. (6-8's.) 
 
 1 Captain of Israel's host, and Guide 
 Of all who seek the land above, 
 Beneath the shadow we abide — 
 The cloud of thy protecting lovel 
 
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 Our strength thy grace, our rule thy word, 
 Our end the glory of the Lord. 
 
 3 By thy unerring Spirit led, 
 
 We shall not in the desert stray; 
 We shall no other guidance need, 
 Nor miss oiir providential way ; 
 As far from danger as from fear. 
 While love, almighty love is near. 
 
 IIYMN 74c. (6-8's) 
 1 When quiet in my house I sit. 
 
 Thy books be my companion still; 
 My joy thy saymgs to repeat, 
 
 Talk o'er the records of thy will, 
 And search the oracles divine, 
 Till every heart-felt word be mine. 
 3 O may thy gracious word divine 
 Subject of all my converse ])C; 
 So will the Lord his foU'wer joui, 
 
 And walk and talk himself with me ; 
 So shall my heart his presence prove, 
 And bum with everlasthig love. 
 3 Oft as I lay me down to rest. 
 Oh may thy reconciling word 
 Sweetly compose my weary breast. 
 While on the bosom of my Lord 
 I sink in blissfiil dreams away, 
 AutI visions of eternal day. 
 
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 4 Rising to sing my Savior's i? raise, 
 Thcc may I publisli all daj^ long ! 
 And let tliy precious Avord of grace 
 
 Ylow from my heart and fill my tongue ; 
 Fill all my life with purest love, 
 And join me to the Church above. 
 
 HYMN 75. (8's & T's.) 
 
 1 Go, yc messengers of heaven, 
 
 Chosen by divine command ; 
 Go and publish free salvation 
 To a dark, benighted land. 
 
 2 Go to island, vale, and mountain, 
 
 To fulfil the great command ; 
 Gather oat the sons of Jacob, 
 To possess the promised land. 
 
 3 When your thousands all are gathered, 
 
 And their prayers for you ascend. 
 And the Lord has crowned with blessings 
 AH the labors of your hand, 
 
 4 Then the song of joy and transport 
 
 Will from every land resound » 
 
 Then the heathen, long iu darkness, 
 
 3.7 their Savior Trill l)c croyrned, 
 
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 HYMN 7G (L.M.) 
 
 1 From all iliat dwell below the skies 
 Let the Creator's praise arise: 
 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
 Through every land, by cverj^ tongue. 
 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord, 
 Eternal truth attends thy word ; 
 
 Thy pi-aise shall sound from shore to shore, 
 Till suns shall rise and set no more. 
 
 TTYMN •77. {V. M.) 
 
 Israel, awake from thy long silent slumber, 
 Shake off the fetters that bound thee so 
 
 long;— 
 Chains of oppression ! we'll break them 
 asunder, [song! 
 
 ^nd join with the ransomed in victory's 
 Arise! for the time has come, 
 Israel must gather home, 
 High on the mountains the Ensign 
 
 we see ; 
 Eali'n is the Gentile power, 
 Soon will their reigii be o'er, 
 I'yrants must rule no morCj 
 Israel is Free ! 
 
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 2 Tremble, ye nations of Gentiles, for 3^ondei* 
 The hosts of the despot, in battle array, 
 With engines of war shake the earth with 
 
 their thnnder, — 
 The bright sword is drawn and the sheath 
 thrown away! 
 
 Sound the alarm of war, 
 
 Throngh nations near and far, 
 
 Let its dread tones be heard o'er land 
 
 and sea. 
 Zion shall dwell in peace, 
 Israel will still increase. 
 Liberty ne'er shall cease, 
 Israel is Free! 
 
 Come to the land of the moiintain and prairie. 
 Gather in strength to our home in the west; 
 ¥i*cc are her sons as the breeze round the 
 
 aerie, — 
 Birth-place of Prophets and home of the 
 blest. 
 
 Come, let us haste away, 
 Here we'U no longer stay ; [see. 
 
 Zion, thy beauties we're yearning to 
 Saints raise the heavenly song. 
 Join with the ransomed throng. 
 Angels the notes prolong, 
 Israel is Free ! 
 
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 HYMN 78. (C.M.D.) 
 
 O Lord, do thou thy gifts bestow 
 
 On these adoi>ted ones; 
 And let thy Spirit largely flow, 
 
 And own them as thy sons. 
 E'en as ihy })romise was of old, 
 
 One Spirit they should hare, 
 That all thhigs past it should unfold, 
 
 With present light to save. 
 
 2 In dreams and visions of the night. 
 
 Revealing things to come, 
 Unfolding wisdom's purest light. 
 
 Of Zion's happy home ; 
 New tongues declaring heavenly power, 
 
 And light t' intei-pret plain, 
 Tliat Sahits may know hi this dread hour, 
 
 Thy gifts are come again. 
 
 3 Give faith to realize the same. 
 
 With truth thy Saints inspire. 
 And own thy j^eople's faith to claim 
 
 All else their hearts desire. 
 Let wisdom, knowledge, truth and love 
 
 Lead them in thy commands, 
 That they may prove thy gifts divine, 
 
 B3' laying on of hands. 
 
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 HYMN 79. (S.M.) 
 
 1 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Oar God, our fathers' God; 
 Thou hast made thy children mighty. 
 
 By the touch of the mountam sod ; 
 Thou hast led thy chosen Israel 
 
 To freedom's last abode; — 
 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God. 
 
 3 At the hands of foul 0]ipressors, 
 
 We have borne and sufiered long ; 
 Thou hast been our heli? in wealcness, 
 
 And thy strength has made us strong; 
 'Mid ruthless foes outnumbered, 
 
 Our weary steps we trod ; 
 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God, 
 
 ?> Thou hast led us here in safety, 
 
 Where thy mountain bulwark stands, 
 As the guardian of the loved ones 
 
 Thou hast brought from many lands; 
 For the rock and for the river, 
 
 For the valley's fertile sod, 
 For the strength of the hills we l>less theCj 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God. 
 
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 4 The wild bird swiftly dartetli 
 
 On his qnany from the hci^j:hts, 
 And the red untutored Indian 
 
 Seeks here his rude delights ; 
 But we, for thy communion 
 
 Have sought the mountahi sod : 
 !For the strength of the hills Ave hless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God. 
 
 We are Avatehers of a heacon 
 
 Whose light must never die ; 
 AVe are guardians of an altar 
 
 'Midst the silence of the sky: 
 The rocks yield founts of courage, 
 
 Struck forth as hy thy rod : 
 For the strength of the hills Ave liless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God. 
 
 6 For the shadow of thy presence, 
 
 Round our camp of rock o'erspread ; 
 For the kanyon's rugged defiles. 
 
 And the beetlmg crags o'erhead ; 
 For the snows and for the torrents, 
 
 For the free heart's burial sod; 
 For the strength of the hills we bless thee, 
 
 Our God, our fathers' God. 
 
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 HYMN 80. (8's.) 
 
 1 This God is the God we adore, 
 
 Our faithful, unchangeable friend, 
 Whose love is as large as his power, 
 And knows not beginning nor end. 
 
 2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, 
 
 Whose Spirit shall guide us safe homd: 
 We'll praise him for all that is jiast. 
 And trust him for all that's to come. 
 HYMN 81. (8's, 7's & 4.) 
 
 1 Men of God! go, take your station?; 
 
 Darlcness reigns throughout the earth; 
 Go, proclaim among all nations, 
 Joyful news of heavenly birth; 
 
 Bear the tidings 
 Angels brought again to earth. 
 
 2 Of the Gospel not ashamed, 
 
 As the power of God to save ; 
 Go, and let it be proclaimed 
 To the free-boni and the slave- 
 Blessed freedom. 
 Such as Zion's children have. 
 
 3 When exposed to fears and dangers, 
 
 Jesus will his own defend : 
 Bora afar 'midst foes and strangers, 
 Jesus will appear your friend. 
 
 And his presence 
 Shall be with you to the end. 
 
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 HYNM 83. (8's, 7's & 4.) 
 
 1 O'er the gloomy bills of darkness, 
 
 Look, my soul, he still and gaze; 
 All the promises do travail 
 With a glorious day of grace; 
 
 Blessed Jubilee ! 
 Let thy glorious morning dawn. 
 
 2 Let the Lidian and the Negro, 
 
 Let the rude Barharian sec 
 That divhie and glorious conquest 
 Once obtained on Calvary; 
 
 Let the Gospel 
 Soon resound from pole to pole. 
 
 3 Kingdoms -wide, that sit in darkness, 
 
 Grant them, Lord, the glorious light; 
 And from eastern coast to western, 
 May the morning chase the night — -■ 
 
 Chase the darkness 
 From their long benighted eyes. 
 
 4 Fly abroad, thou might}^ Gospel, 
 
 Win and Conquer, never cease; 
 So Immanuel's fair dominions 
 Shall extend, and still increase, 
 
 Till the Kingdoms 
 Of the world are all his own. 
 
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 HYMN 83. (L.]\r.) 
 
 1 Come hither, all 3'e weary souls ; 
 Ye heavy-laden shiners, eome; 
 
 I'll give 3^ou rest from all your toils, 
 And raise you to m3' heavenlj' home. 
 
 2 They shall fmd rest that learn of me — ■ 
 I'm of a meek and lowlj' mind ; 
 
 But passion rages like the sea, 
 And pride is restless as the wind. 
 
 3 Blest is the man Avhoso shoulders take 
 My yoke, and hear it with delight: 
 My yoke is easy to his neck, 
 
 My grace shall make the hurden light. 
 
 4 Then, Lord, we huml)l3' venture near. 
 By unbelief and guilt opprest; 
 Henceforth, thine cas3^ 3'oke we'll l>ear, 
 And seek in thee the promised rest. 
 
 HYMN Si. (C.M.D.) 
 
 1 AVhen sickness clouds the soul with griefj 
 And wastes this mortal frame. 
 Thine ord'nance brings our woes reliefj 
 Through faith in thy great name. 
 
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 Auolntccl with the holy oil, 
 
 And by thy servants blest, 
 Wc wait upon thy promised aid 
 
 In all that wc request. 
 
 3 If shi has brought thy scourging rod, 
 
 May wc thy chastening prove. 
 And Icam, from all wc sufTer here, 
 
 Thy precepts more to love. 
 But should the Enemy of man 
 
 Distracting cares intrude, 
 Give faith to overcome the ill. 
 
 And triumph in the good. 
 
 3 When darkness and temptations come, 
 
 And worldly cares arise. 
 And sickness, poverty and death 
 
 Our fondest hopes surprise, 
 O let thy Spirit's Ught impart 
 
 Ilenewmg strength divhic. 
 That wc may rise above them all. 
 
 And know that wc arc thine. 
 
 HYMN 85. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Before Jehovah's glorious throne, 
 Tc nations bow with sacred joy: 
 Know that the Lord is God alone, 
 He can create, and he destroy, 
 
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 2 His sov'rcign power, Anthoiit our aid, 
 Made us of clay and formed us men; 
 
 And when like wand'ring sheej) we strayed. 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs ; 
 High as the heavens our Toices raise; 
 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues. 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 4 Wide as the world is thy command, 
 Vast as eternity thy love ; 
 
 Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand. 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 HYMN 80. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Dark is the human mind,'wiien bound 
 In unbelief's degrading thrall; 
 Sunken the soul that scorns the sound 
 Of truth's ennobling, saving call. 
 
 2 Lord, give us faith that we may rend 
 The monster's clutch from every breast — 
 A faith by which we may ascend 
 
 From truth to truth, to reach thy rest. 
 
 3 Faith that shall pierce doubt's thickest gloom 
 And see thy glory shining clear; 
 
 Faith that thi'ough life, and '^^ond the tomb, 
 f^hall find thy promised blessmgs near, 
 
HYMN. 87 (S's it 7's.) 
 
 1 Satan's empire long has flonrished, 
 
 Satan's power has miglit}'' groAvn -, 
 Nations bend beneath his sceptre. 
 
 Princes bow before his throne : 
 Sons of Zion, np! arouse you! 
 
 Satan's might must be o'ertlirown. 
 
 2 Buckle on Jehovah's armor; 
 
 Truth's the weapon, faith's the shield-, 
 Endless lives await the victor; 
 
 God is with us ; sin must yield : 
 On, and fear not! earth's redemption 
 
 Waits the issue of the field 
 
 HYMN 88. (P. M.) 
 
 1 Go! ye Gospel heralds, go! 
 To the lands of darkness go. 
 And to every clime proclaim 
 
 Tliat Christ will come on earth to reii!;n — 
 And then we'll go, we'll go to Zion's land. 
 
 2 In a gallant ship Ave ride, 
 
 Sent to spread the Gospel wide. 
 And its glorious tidings roll 
 O'er the earth, from pole to pole — • 
 Aud then we'll go, we'll go to Zion's land, 
 
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 Come, yc faithful Saints, aud sing 
 Sacred son^s to Zion's Kin^': 
 Take the crown so freely given, 
 Presented h}"- the Lord of heaven ; 
 And then sit down, sit down with Christ the 
 Lamb. 
 
 HYMN 80. (7's.) 
 
 1 Lord, we come before thee now, 
 At thy feet we humbly bow -, 
 Do not tlion onr suit disdain ; 
 Shall wc seek thee. Lord, in vain ' 
 
 2 In thmc OAvn apjiointed waj-, 
 Now we seek thee; here wc stay: 
 Lord, from hence we would not go, 
 Till a blessing thou bestow. 
 
 3 Send some message from thy word, 
 That may joy and peace afford -, 
 Comfort those who weep and mouni, 
 Let " the time of love " return. 
 
 •4 Grant we all ma}^ seek and find 
 Thee, our gracious God and kind ; 
 Heal the sick, the captive free, 
 Let us all rejoice in thee, 
 
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 HYMN 90. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell, 
 Bj faith and loye, in every breast ; 
 Then shall we know and taste and feel 
 The joys that cannot be expressed. 
 
 2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength ; 
 Make our enlarged souls possess, 
 
 And learn the height and breadth and length 
 And dejjth of thine unmeasured grace. 
 
 3 Now to the God whose power can do 
 More than our thoughts or wishes know, 
 Be everlasting honors done. 
 
 By all the Church, through Christ his Son. 
 
 HYMN 91. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, Thou desire of all thy Saints, 
 
 Our humble strains attend, 
 While, with our praises and complaints, 
 Low at thy feet we bend. 
 
 2 When we thy wondrous glories hear, 
 
 And all thy euifrings trace, 
 What sweetly awful scenes appear! 
 What rich, unbmiruted grace! 
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 Jj How should oiii" songs, like those above, 
 With warm devotion rise ! 
 How should our souls, with wings of love, 
 Mount upward to the skies ! 
 
 4 But ah ! the song, how cold it flows ! 
 
 How languid our desire ! 
 How faint the sacred passion glows, 
 Till thou the heart inspire ! 
 
 5 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise 
 
 In us the heavenly flame ! 
 Then shall our lips resound thy praise, 
 Our heai'ts adore thy name. 
 
 HYMN 93. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 1 Lo ! the Gentile chain is broken ; 
 
 Freedom's banner waves on high: 
 List, ye nations ! by this token 
 Know that your redemption's nigh, 
 
 2 See, on yonder distant mountain, 
 
 Zion's standard wide imfurled ; 
 Far above Missouri's fountam, 
 Lo, it waves for all the world. 
 
 3 Freedom, peace and full salvation 
 
 Are the blessings guaranteed— 
 Jjiberty tp every iiat4on, 
 
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 4 Come, ye Christiau sects, aud Pagan, 
 
 Pope and Protestant and Priest ; 
 Worshipers of God, or Dagon, 
 Come ye to fair freedom's feast. 
 
 5 Come, ye sons of doubt and wonder, 
 
 Indian, Moslem, Greek, or Jew ; 
 All your shackles burst asunder— 
 Freedom's banner waves for you. 
 
 G Cease to butcher one another, 
 Join the covenant of peace ; 
 Be to all a friend, a brother ; 
 This will bring the world release. 
 
 7 Lo! our King! the great Messiah, 
 
 Prince of peace, shall come to reign ; 
 Sound again, ye heavenly choir, 
 Peace on earth, good will to men. 
 
 HYMN 93. (8's&7's.) 
 
 1 As the dew, from heaven distilling, 
 
 Gently on the grass descends, 
 And revives it, thus fulfilling 
 What thy providence intends. 
 
 2 Let thy doctrine. Lord, so gracious, 
 
 Thus descending from above. 
 Blest by thee, prove efficacious 
 To fulfil thy work of love. 
 
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 3 Lord, behold this congregation ; 
 Precious promises fulfil ; 
 From thy holy habitation 
 Let the dews of life distil. 
 
 4 Let our cry come up before thee; 
 Sweetest influence shed around 
 So the people shall adore thee, 
 And confess the joyful sound. 
 
 HYMN 9i. (L.M.) 
 
 1 O Thou, at whose almighty word 
 The glorious light from darkness si^rung, 
 Thy quick'ning influence afford. 
 And clothe with power the preacher's tongue. 
 
 2 As when of old the waters flowed 
 Forth from the rock at thy command ; 
 Moses in vain had waved his rod 
 Without thy wonder-working hand, 
 
 3 As when the walls of Jericho 
 Down to the earth at once were cast, 
 
 It was thy power that brought them Ioav, 
 And not the trumpet's feeble blast. 
 
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 4 Thus we would in the means he found, 
 And thus on thee alone depend : 
 O make the Gospel's joyful sound 
 Effectual to the promised end. 
 
 HYMN 95. (CM.) 
 
 1 Once more we come before our God — 
 Once more his hlessing ask : 
 O may not duty seem a load, 
 Nor worship prove a task ! 
 
 2 May we receive the word we hear. 
 Each in an honest heart ; 
 And keep the sacred treasure there, 
 Nor ever with it part. 
 
 3 Awake, O heavenly wind, awake!— 
 Refreshing breezes blow. 
 Let everj'- plant thy power partake, 
 And all the garden grow. 
 
 4 Revive the parched with soft'ning showers, 
 The cold with warmth divine ; 
 The benefit shall all be ours. 
 Be all the glory thine. 
 
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 HYMN 96. (CM.) 
 
 1 Witli joy we own thy servants, Lord, 
 
 Thy muiisters below, 
 Ordained to spread thy truth a1>road. 
 That all thy name maj" Icnow. 
 
 2 O may they now, and ever, keep 
 
 Their eye intent on Thee ! 
 Do thou. Great Shepherd of the sheep. 
 Their )>right example he. 
 
 3 With plenteous grace their hearts prepare. 
 To execute Thy will; 
 And give them patience, love and care. 
 And faithfulness and skill. 
 
 4 Inspire their minds with ardent zeal 
 Thy flock to feed and teach; 
 And may they live, and may they feel. 
 The truths they're called to preach. 
 
 5 As showers refresh the thirsty plain, 
 So let their labors prove : 
 By them extend Thy righteous reign — 
 The reign of truth and love. 
 
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 HYMN 97. (7's) 
 
 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 banner's furled. 
 
 Sheathed his sword, He speaks, 'tis done! 
 Now the kingdoms of this world 
 Are the kingdoms of his Son. 
 
 3 He shall reigTi from pole to pole, 
 
 With supreme, unbounded sway •, 
 He shall reign when, like a scroll. 
 Yonder heavens have passed away. 
 
 4 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 
 God omnipotent shall reign ; 
 Hallelujah ! Let the word 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 HYMN 98. (8's, 7's, 4.) 
 
 1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing; 
 Fill our hearts with joy and peace; 
 Let us each, thy love possessing, 
 Triumph in redeeming grace. 
 
 O refresh us. 
 Traveling through this wilderness. 
 
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 Thanks we give, and adoration, 
 For the Gospel's joyful sound : 
 
 May the fruits of thy salvation 
 In our hearts and lives abound. 
 
 Ever faithful 
 To the truth may we be found. 
 
 HYMN 99. (CM.) 
 
 1 May we, who know the joyful sound, 
 
 Still practice what we know; 
 Not hearers of the word alone, 
 But doers of it too. 
 
 2 By acts of mercy let us show 
 
 We have not heard in vam. 
 
 But kindly feel another's woe, 
 
 And long to ease his pain. 
 
 3 The widow's heart shall share our joy, 
 
 The orphan and oppressed 
 Shall see we love the sweet employ 
 To succor the distressed. 
 
 4 We'll teach the ignorant the Way 
 
 True happiness to know, 
 And how the vilest sinner may 
 Escape eternal woe. 
 
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 5 Thankful that we the Gospel hear, 
 And love the joyful sound, 
 O may the sacred fruits appear. 
 And m our lives abound. 
 
 HYMN 100. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Though now the nations sit beneath 
 The darkness of o'ersiDreading death, 
 God will arise with light divine. 
 
 On Zion's holy towers to shine. 
 
 2 That light shall glance on distant lands; 
 And heathen tribes, in joyful bands, 
 Come with exulting haste to prove 
 The power and greatness of his love. 
 
 3 Lord, spread the triumphs of thy grace; 
 Let truth and righteousness and peace, 
 In mild and lovely forms, display 
 
 Tlie glories of the Latter-day. 
 
 HYMN 101 (L. M.) 
 
 1 The rising sun has chased the night 
 And brought again the cheering light: 
 This mercy multiplies our days, 
 And calls us to renew our praise. 
 
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 2 We laid us clown and sweetly slept; 
 The Lord our souls in safety kept: 
 We wake his goodness to proclaim, 
 And sing new honors to his name. 
 
 3 We know not what his will ordains, 
 But 'tis our joy that Jesus reigns ; 
 Though dangers, snares and foes abound, 
 Th' eternal arms will us surround. 
 
 4 Teach us to walk with thee* to-day. 
 Ever to keep thy holy way ; 
 Ourselves to thee we would resign, 
 Content to know that we are thine. 
 
 HYMN 103. (7's & 6's, D.) 
 
 1 We'll sing the songs of Zion, 
 
 Though now in distant lands ; 
 Our harps shall not be lying 
 
 Untouched by skilful hands; 
 The winds in flitting breezes 
 
 Will sweep the sounding string, 
 And tune its lofty praises, 
 
 If Saints neglect to sing. 
 
 2 O Zion ! long adored. 
 
 By Seers and Saints of old, 
 Thy blessings are restored. 
 Thy beauties we behold ; 
 
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 Thy walls are sure salvation, 
 And all thy gates are praise, 
 
 A peaceful habitation 
 In these the Latter-days. 
 
 3 When Zion reached the mountains, 
 
 They gave their golden store. 
 And all the limpid fountains 
 
 Did healing virtues pour. 
 Where reigned but gloomy sadness, 
 
 And earth seemed in repose, 
 Resounds the song of gladness, 
 
 And blossoms as the rose. 
 
 4 From Zion's favored valley, 
 
 Shines Gospel light and grace. 
 And millions soon veill rally 
 
 Around her gath' ring-place, — 
 Where every law of heaven, 
 
 Its councils do design 
 To save us, will be given 
 
 Within her sacred shrine. 
 
 5 The wealth and scenes of splendor 
 
 That worldly minds may prize, 
 Are nothing to the grandeur 
 
 Of Zion in our eyes. 
 A domed with all the graces 
 
 Of Him who called thee forth. 
 We love thy chosen places 
 
 Alone of all the earth. 
 
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 6 Yes! Zion's theme and spirit 
 
 Our bosoms will inspire, 
 Until we shall inherit 
 
 The land that we desire ; 
 Where Saints from every nation 
 
 WiU swell the strain anew, 
 Ascribe the great salvation 
 
 To Him who brought us through. 
 
 in^MN 103. (CM.) 
 
 1 O God, thou great, thou good, thou wise, 
 Eternal is thy name ; 
 Thy power hath reared the lofty skies, 
 And built creation's frame. 
 
 2 The universe thy praise declares ; 
 Through all its vast desig-n, 
 Thy glorious handiwork appears ; 
 Thy power and wisdom shine. 
 
 '6 And ere creation had its birth, 
 Thou didst devise a plan 
 Amidst thy glorious works on earth 
 To form thy creature man. 
 
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 4 Thou mad'st him monarch of the world, 
 
 And didst his kindred OAvn, 
 Until by sin down was he hurled, 
 And forfeited his throne. 
 
 5 Then Satan seized the power of state, 
 
 And did his sceptre sway ; [great, 
 Brought down the strong, the wise, the 
 To mingle with the clay. 
 
 C Thus did the foe his malice glut, 
 And all the world enslave. 
 The spirit in the prison shut — 
 The hody in the grave. 
 
 Second Part. 
 
 1 But hai'k! how sweet the joyful sound! 
 How grateful to the ear ! 
 A ransom for the lost is found ; 
 A Savior doth apj^car. 
 
 i He meets Apollyou, lays hira low 
 In every deadly strife. 
 Becomes victorious o'er his foe. 
 And reigns the Prince of Life. 
 
 3 The power of death and hell he shakes, 
 His power and love to show ; 
 The prison-doors asunder breaks, 
 And Ictg the c».ptiYe go. 
 
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 4 Then for this cause the body bends 
 
 Beneath the liquid Trave, 
 In favor of our kindred friends 
 Who slumber in the grave ; 
 
 5 That through the law our God doth give 
 
 All who obedient prove 
 Together on the earth may live, 
 When all is peace and love. 
 
 6 Thus, then, the dead we do baptize, 
 
 That when Christ comes again, 
 All Ziou from beneath may rise, 
 And in his kingdom reign. 
 
 7 The Saints below and Saints above 
 
 And Samts on earth agree 
 To praise, in unison and love, 
 Our God eternally. 
 
 HYMN 104. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 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 ; 
 
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 Husten to receive the Gospel, 
 Aud obey 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 distressed ; 
 You, with all the Saints in Ziou, 
 Shall enjoy eternal rest. 
 
 HYMN 105. (8's, 7's&4.) 
 
 1 On the mountain's top appearing, 
 Lo ! the sacred herald stands ! 
 
 Welcome news to Zion bearing — 
 Zion long in hostile lands. 
 
 Mourning captive ! 
 God himself shall loose thy bands. 
 
 2 Lo ! thy sun is risen in glory! 
 God himself appears thy friend ; 
 
 All thy foes shall floe before thee; 
 Here their boasted triumphs end. 
 
 Great deliv'i'ancc 
 Zion'e King vouchsafes to ?cnd^ 
 
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 Enemies no more shall trouble ; 
 All thy wrongs shall be redressed ; 
 For thy shame thou shalt have double, 
 In thy Maker's favor blest; 
 
 All thy conflicts 
 End m an eternal rest. 
 
 HYMN 106. (S.M.) 
 
 1 And are we yet alive, 
 
 And see each other's face ? 
 
 Glory and praise to Jesus give 
 
 For his redeeming grace. 
 
 3 Preserved by power divine, 
 To full salvation here, 
 Again in Jesus' praise we join. 
 And in his sight appear. 
 
 3 What troubles have we seen, 
 What conflicts have we past, 
 
 Fightings without and fears within 
 Since we assembled last! 
 
 4 But out of all, the Lord 
 Hath brought us by his love •, 
 
 And still he doth his help afford, 
 And hides our life above. 
 
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 5 Then let us iimkc our boast 
 Of his redeeming power, 
 Which saves us to tlic uttermost, 
 Till we can sin no more. 
 
 G Let us take up the cross, 
 Till wc the crown obtain ; 
 And gladly reckon all thmgs loss, 
 So we may Jesus gaiu. 
 
 HYMN 107. (C. M.) 
 
 1 All praise to our rcdeemmg Lord, 
 Who joins us by his grace, 
 And bids us, each to each restored. 
 Together seek his face. 
 
 3 He bids us build each other up-, 
 And, gathered into one, 
 To our high calling's glorious hope 
 We hand in hand go on. 
 
 o The gift wliich he on one bestows. 
 We all delight to prove-, 
 The grace through every vessel flows 
 In purest streams of love. 
 
 •i E'en now we think and speak the same, 
 And cordially agree. 
 Concentrated, through Jesus' name, 
 In perfect harmony. 
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 5 Wc all iiarttvke the joy of one, 
 
 The common peace wc feel — 
 A peace to sensual minds unknown, 
 A joy unsiieakable. 
 
 6 And if our fellowship below 
 
 In Jesus be so sweet, 
 ^What heights of rai:)turc shall we kno'Y 
 When round His throne we meet. 
 
 HYMN 103. (S. M.) 
 
 1 How beauteous are their feet 
 Wlio stand on Zion's hill! 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal ! 
 
 3 How charmhig is their voice ! 
 How sweet their tidings arc ! 
 "Zion, behold thy Savior King! 
 He reigns tiiumi)hant here!" 
 
 3 How blessed are our ears 
 That hear this joyful sound. 
 Which kings and prophets wailed for, 
 And sought, but never found ! 
 
 1 How blessed are our eyes 
 That see this heavenly light I 
 
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 Prophets and kings desired it louj. 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 The watchmen join their voice, 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 Jerusalem hreaks forth hi songs, 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 The Lord makes hare his arm, 
 Through all the earth abroad : 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Savior and their God. 
 
 HYMN 109. (L. M.) 
 
 1 Praise ye the Lord! my heart shall join 
 In work so pleasant, so divine, 
 
 Now while the flesh is my abode, 
 And when my soul ascends to God. 
 
 2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers 
 While immortahty endures ; 
 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
 While life and thought and being last. 
 
 3 Why should I make a man my trust ? 
 Princes must die and turn to dust; 
 
 Their breath departs, their pomp and power 
 And thoughts all vanish in an hour. 
 
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 4 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God ! He made the sky 
 And earth and seas with all their train ; 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 5 His truth for ever stands secure-, 
 
 He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor: 
 lie sends the lab'riug eonsciencc i^cace, 
 And grants the pris'ner sweet release. 
 
 6 The Lord hath eyes to give the hlind ; 
 The Lord supports the sinking mind; 
 He helps the stranger in distress, 
 The widow and the fatherless. 
 
 7 He loves his Saints, he knows them well, 
 But turns the wieked down to hell: 
 Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns — 
 
 Praise him in everlasting strains. 
 
 HYMN 110. (L. M.) 
 
 1 Salvation ! sacred word of love, 
 
 Of joy and peace, of truth and light, 
 - First heard in holy courts ahove, 
 
 Far from this fallen sphere of night. 
 
 2 Salvation ! thrilling, sweetest sound 
 
 That can intelligences greet! 
 Anthem of heaven ! from thence it found 
 Its way through sj^ace to man's retreat. 
 
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 ?> Salvation! precious, priceless boon! 
 Gift of the Gods by God the Son ! 
 Creation, shout ; for know that soon 
 The heavens and earth will join in one. 
 
 4 Salvation, like a stream of life, 
 
 Is rushing round our favored earth : 
 The meek, illumed, emerged from strife, 
 Are joyous in the heavenly birth. 
 
 5 Salvation! let the echo ring 
 
 To every x^eople, kindred, tongue: 
 Christ shall reign Idumea's Kmg; 
 The "Golden Age" is e'en begun. 
 
 Salvation brings a jubilee*, 
 
 Anon the Saints shall toil no more: 
 Rejoice! in triumph bend the knee; 
 The crown put on, the Lord adore. 
 
 HYMN 111. (C.M.D.) 
 
 1 To thee, O God, we do approach 
 
 "With gratitude and praise, 
 To know thy eliaracter is such 
 
 As 'twas m former days; 
 That thou hast made us in thy form, 
 
 Though now we fallen be, 
 Yet still in fashion though a worm, 
 
 We'll rise to life with thee. 
 
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 2 Thoii tlTrellcst in the purest lisjlit, 
 
 Where truth autl glory shiuc; 
 The l)rightest of perfected power 
 
 And majesty is thuie. 
 But man, alas ! how prone to sin, 
 
 How subject to disease-. 
 Deformed and fallen, touched with death. 
 
 He hends to every breeze. 
 
 3 Yet thanks he to thy holy name 
 
 For truth restored to earth, 
 That man, though lost, can now regain 
 
 A pure celestial birth; 
 And be restored to thy bright form. 
 
 Through constancy and love, 
 To see thy face, and live with thee 
 
 On earth or heaven above. 
 
 4 What honor, glory and renown. 
 
 Await the pure in heart, 
 When they, transformed to be like thee. 
 
 Shall all thy light impart. 
 And have Eternal Lives to give, 
 
 Kingdoms and worlds to sWay ! 
 And neither pain nor sorrow feel. 
 
 Through all etcmitj'. 
 
 HYMN 112. (L.M.) 
 1 Lord, thou hastscarched and seen me through; 
 Thine eye commands with piercing view* 
 
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 My rising and my restino; hours, 
 
 My heart and flesh, with all then- powers ! 
 
 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, 
 Are to my fTod distmctly known; 
 
 He knows the words I mean to speak 
 Ere from my oj^'ning l\i>s they l)reak. 
 
 3 Within thy eircling power I stand ; 
 On ev'ry side I find thy hand : 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 
 I am surrounded still with God. 
 
 4 Amazhig knowledge, vast and great! 
 What large extent, what lofty height! 
 My soul, with all the powers I boast, 
 Is in the boundless prospect lost. 
 
 T) O may these thoughts possess vay breast. 
 Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! 
 Nor let my weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 HYMN 113 (3-8's & fi.) 
 
 1 Come, let us purpose with one heart 
 To follow virtue, and impart 
 
 The ]>liss of life lielow, — 
 That we industriously may live. 
 And 1)3' our labor have to give. 
 
 As Gospel precepts show. 
 
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 2 AVitli diligciice we'll still pursue 
 Those acts of grace and mercj- due 
 
 To toil-worn lab'ring man ! 
 We'll aid the helpless, and secure 
 The means of life to hless the poor, 
 
 And help them all we can. 
 
 3 Neat in our dress, not sumjituous clad, 
 Nor vain, nor soml)re — looking sad, 
 
 In all our garments clean ! 
 Fresh in our bodies, whole our clothes, 
 And free from all the Spirit loathes, 
 ■ Nor proud, nor lowl}' mean. 
 
 1 Still lah'ring with our head or hands. 
 We may lay up for just demands. 
 
 And honestly provide 
 For heavenly light and earthly things. 
 That we may have the joy that In-ings 
 A heaven to each fireside. 
 
 HYMN 114. (L.M.) 
 
 With all my powers of heart and tongnio, 
 I'll praise my Maker in my song; 
 Angels shall hear the notes I raise, 
 Approve the song, and join the x^'aisc. 
 
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 3 I'll sinp; thy truth and mere}'-, Lord, 
 I'll sing- the wonders of thy word ; 
 Not all thy works and names helow 
 So much thy power and glory show. 
 
 3 To God I cried when troubles rose; 
 lie heard me and sul)dued my foes -, 
 He did my rising fears control, 
 
 And strength diftused through all my soul. 
 
 4 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, 
 Upheld and giiided hy thy hand : 
 Thy words my fainting soul revive, 
 And keep my dying faith alive. 
 
 HYMN 115. (L. M.) 
 
 1 How sweet communion is on earth 
 With those who've realized the hirth 
 Of water — ^who the Spirit's powers 
 Receive, in genial quick'ning showers. 
 
 2 To such these sacred emblems prove 
 Blest source of purity and love; 
 They onward to perfection press. 
 Observing laws of righteousness. 
 
 3 Each evil they are taught to shun, 
 Rememb'rlng God's incarnate Son, 
 Who suffered on th' accursed tree 
 To set the contrite sinner free. 
 
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 i Who would his sacred laws obey, 
 Behig baptized without delay-, 
 To such the promise still is given — 
 This is the door that opeus heaven. 
 
 5 May we who have thus humbly fled 
 To Jesus as our living Head, 
 
 This day our solemn vo\vs record, 
 And ever live to seiTe the Lord. 
 
 6 Till we around the sacred board. 
 The marriage supper of our Lord, 
 Behold him crowned, our vicfries bring, 
 And own him as our sov'rcigii King. 
 
 HYMN llfi. (CM.) 
 
 1 Ye sons of men, a feel>le race, 
 
 Exi^osed to ev'ry snare. 
 Come, make the I^ord j^our dwelling-place, 
 And try and trust his care. 
 
 2 No ill shall enter whei'e you dwell ; 
 
 Or, if the plague come nigh. 
 And sweep the wicked down to hell, 
 'Twill raise the Saints on high. 
 
 ?t He'll give his angels charge to keep 
 Your feet in all your ways. 
 To watch yoiir pillows while you sleep, 
 And guard 3^our happy days. 
 
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 4 Their hands shall bear j^ou, lest you fall 
 
 And dash against the stones : 
 
 Are they not servants at His call, 
 
 And sent t' attend His sons ? 
 
 5 Because on me they set their love, 
 
 I'll save them, saith the Lord ; 
 I'll hear their joyful souls above 
 Destruction and the sword. 
 
 My grace shall ansM^er when they call, 
 
 In trouble I'll be nigh ; 
 My power shall help them when they fall. 
 And raise them when they die. 
 
 HYMN 117. (P. M.) 
 
 1 Up! arouse thee, O 1)cautiful Zion, 
 
 Wake, awake, 'tis the warder's deep cry. 
 For the season of slumber hath ended, 
 
 And the spoiler is watchful and nigh. 
 With courage elate, and heart to be gi'cat, 
 
 All deadly incumbrance cast down, 
 Gird on for the fight, your armor so bright. 
 
 For the prize is a glorious crown. 
 
 2 Ux^! arouse thee, beautiful Zion, 
 
 Give the mammon care-clouds to the wind, 
 When the bugle's shrill summons is — Rally ! 
 'Tie but cowards would lina'cr 1)ehind. 
 
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 You've foes to overcome in each heart and 
 home, 
 
 Then fixed he your purpose, and high. 
 With God at your head, O feel not dismaj^ed. 
 
 But he forvvard to conquer or die. 
 
 3 O who would shrink from the glorious strife. 
 
 With so dazzlinc: a prize in view? 
 Who so hase as to herd with the traitor? 
 
 It sparklctli not dastard for you. [feel 
 
 Who with nerve like steel, and soul that can 
 
 Por the good, for the pure and the In'ave, 
 Will be foremost in right and trust God's 
 might — 
 
 The honor is thine— the heav'ns can save! 
 
 4 Destruction and gloom hang over the earth, 
 
 Though unseen hy the worldly throng; 
 And hark! there'll he death in the echoes 
 
 Of the gathering, ominous storm; 
 Then arouse thee, O heautiful Zion, 
 
 Wake, awake, 'tis the warder's deep cry, 
 For the season of slumher hath ended, 
 
 And the spoiler is watchful and nigh. 
 
 HYMN 118. (L. M.) 
 1 When God's own people stand in need. 
 His goodness will provide supplies; 
 Thus, when Elijah faints for hrcad, 
 A raven to his succor flics. 
 
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 3 At God's commaml, with speedy wings, 
 Tlic hungry bird rcsigus its prey, 
 And to tlic holy Propliet brings 
 The needful portion day by day. 
 
 3 This method may be counted strange, 
 But happy w-as Elijah's lot; 
 For nature's course shall sooner change 
 Than God's dear children be forgot. 
 
 1 This wonder has been oft renewed, 
 And Saints by sweet exi)crience find 
 Their evils overruled for good. 
 Their foes to friendly deeds incUned. 
 
 5 Who shall distrust that mighty hand 
 Which rules with universal sway. 
 Which nature's laws can countermand, 
 Or feed us by a bird of prey ? 
 
 IIYMN 119. (L.M.) 
 
 1 O Lord, do thou in heaven seal 
 The solemn pledge these two have n.iade. 
 And may they still be blest to feel 
 The obligations on them laid ! 
 
 3 O may their constancy of heart 
 Be like the Master whom they serve ; 
 Nor aught in life ill thoughts impart, 
 To cause them from this bond to swei-vc, 
 
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 3 Give tbciii intelligence and light 
 To build their future bliss upon ; 
 And may thy laAvs, by day and night, 
 Unite their hearts, in thee, as one ! 
 
 4 And may this solemn rite inspire 
 The flame of pure connubial love. 
 And virtue prompt each pure desire 
 In all the scenes of life to move. 
 
 5 As separate streams unite in one. 
 And, floAvmg deep, their channels wear, 
 May they in love glide smoothly on. 
 Still gath'rmg as they onward bear. 
 
 6 And, like each tributary stream, 
 Their loving oflspring still increase. 
 Till generations countless, seem 
 An ocean of their loveliness. 
 
 7 Give him the power to guard and shield 
 This helpmate of his future life ; 
 While she by softer passions yields 
 The solace of a virtuous wife. 
 
 8 And when their mortal course is run. 
 May still this bond of love endure, 
 Till they, celestial honors won. 
 Live with the loving and the pure. 
 
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 HYMN 130. (L.M.) 
 
 1 HoAv great tlic joy, that promised day, 
 When the disciples met to pray ; 
 Through the whole house the Spirit came. 
 And crowned their heads like tongues of 
 flame. 
 
 3 The gifts dispensed that happy hour, 
 Attended with convmcing power ; 
 And every soul assembled there 
 
 In his own tongue the trutli did hear. 
 
 o Endowed thus with the power of God, 
 The Savior's words they spread abroad — 
 Go and declare the glorious scheme ; 
 My Gospel shall mankmd redeem. 
 
 4 He that believes what you proclaim, 
 And is baptized in Jesus' name. 
 My pard'ning ordinance shall have, 
 And feel the Gospel's power to save. 
 
 5 The honest soul, though learned or rude, 
 Shall by these tidings be subdued, 
 And shall receive the Comforter, 
 
 That by your hands I will confer, 
 
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 G Satan shall trcuil)le at Lis loss, 
 And man cnraued defend liis cause ; 
 But ye shall win j'oiir widening' way, 
 Till nations shall the truth obey. 
 
 HYMN 131. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Sweet is the work, my God, my Kino-, 
 To praise thy name, give thanks, and suig, — 
 To show thy love by morning light, 
 And talk of all thy truths at night. 
 
 3 Sweet is the day of sacred rest. 
 No mortal care shall seize my breast; 
 O maj'- my heart hi tune be found, 
 Like David's harp of solemn sound. 
 
 3 'My heart shall triumph in mj' Lord, 
 And bless his works, and l^lcss his word : 
 Thy Avorks of grace how bright they shine— 
 How deep thy councils — how divine ! 
 
 J: But oh ! what triumph shall I raise 
 To thy dear name, through endless days. 
 When in the realms of joy 1 see 
 Thj^ face m full felicity. 
 
 5 Sin, my worst enemy before. 
 Shall vex my eyes and cars no more; 
 My inward foes shall all be slain, 
 Jifor Satan break my peace agahi. 
 
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 6 Then shall 1 see ancl hear and know 
 All I desired and wished below, 
 And every power find sweet emiiloy 
 In that eteiTwal world of joy. 
 
 HYMN 133. (8's & Ts.) 
 
 1 O awake ! my slumh'rhig mhistrel — 
 Let my harp forget its spell; 
 Say, O say, in sweetest accents, 
 Zion prospers ! All is well. 
 
 3 Strike a chord unknown to sadness. 
 Strike, and let its numbers tell 
 In celestial tones of gladness, 
 Zion prospers ! All is well. 
 
 3 Zion's welfare is my portion. 
 
 And I feel my bosom swell 
 With a warm, divine emotion 
 When she prospers : all is well. 
 
 4 Zion, lo! thy day is dawning. 
 
 Though the darksome shadows swell •, 
 Faith and hope prelude the morning,— 
 Thou art prospering; all is well. 
 
 5 Thy swift mesBcngcrs arc treading 
 
 Thy high courts where princes dwell; 
 And thy glorious light is spreading,— 
 2ion prospers \ all is v/ell, 
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 HYMN 133. (1-0's & 3-8's.) 
 
 1 High on the mountain top 
 
 A banner is unfarlcd, 
 Ye nations now look up, 
 
 It waves to all the world 
 In Deserct's sweet, praceful land — 
 On Zion's moimt behold it stand ! 
 
 2 For God remembers still 
 
 His promise made of old, 
 That he on Zion's hiU 
 Truth's standard would uiifold •, 
 Her light should there attract the gaz 
 Of aU the world in latter days. 
 
 3 His house shall there be reared, 
 
 His glory to display ; 
 And people shall be heard 
 
 In distant lands to say, 
 We'll now go up and serve the Lord, 
 Obey his truth, and learn his word; 
 
 4 For there we shall be taught 
 
 The law that will go forth. 
 With truth and wisdom fraught, 
 
 To govern all the earth ; 
 Forever there his ways we'll tread, 
 And save ourselves with all our dead. 
 
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 5 Then hail to Descrct, 
 
 A refuge for the good, 
 And safety for the great. 
 If they hut understood 
 That God with plagues will shake the world 
 'Till all its thrones shall down bo hurled. 
 
 6 In Dcserct doth truth 
 
 Rear up its royal head ; 
 Though nations may oppose, 
 StiU wider it shall spread ; 
 Yes, truth and justice, love and grace, 
 In Dcserct liud ample place. 
 
 liYMN 1^. (L. M.) 
 
 1 O ! fear not, brother, years of peace. 
 
 Of joy celestial thhie shall be; 
 Thy grievous trials then wiU cease, 
 And thou shalt rest contentedly. 
 
 2 O ! care not, brother, let thy day 
 
 Of fierce, contentious struggle come ; 
 'Twill serve to hasten thee away 
 To Zion's consecrated home. 
 
 3 Hope — hope on, brother, happier times 
 
 Await but now thine own command 
 In Zion's pure and peaceful climes — 
 In Ephraim's fair and goodly land. 
 
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 4 O! weep not, f>istcr, dry thy tears! 
 
 Thy Savior bids them cease to flow-, 
 ITorejio thy griefs, forget thy fears, 
 And hope for brighter days to know. 
 
 5 Cheer — cheer thee, sister, hcnvenl}' joy 
 
 Shall fill thy soul— shall swell thy heart; 
 Thy peace shall be without alloy ; — 
 This is indeed the better part. 
 
 6 See, sec! mj'- brother, see! it breaks, 
 
 The dawn of cai'th's Sabbatic day-, 
 Its genial light prophetic speaks, — 
 
 "Thy toils will soon have passed away." 
 
 7 Look ! look thou, sister, sec the Sun 
 
 Of Zion's glory shines for thee -. 
 Hark ! hear His voice — the Holy One — 
 " Come all ye faithful, rcigii with inc." 
 
 HYMN 125. (3-8's & (rs.) 
 
 Except the Lord conduct the plan. 
 The best concerted schemes arc vain, 
 
 And never can succeed; 
 We spend our wretched strength for naught; 
 ^ut if our works in thee arc wrought, ^ 
 
 They shall bo blest indeed. 
 
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 3 Lord, if tlioii didst, tlij'self, inspire 
 Our souls with tbis intense desire 
 
 Thy g-oodncss to x>roclaim ; 
 Thy glory if we now intend, 
 O let our deeds liegin and end 
 Complete in Jesus' name. 
 
 3 In Jesus' name, behold we meet, 
 Far from an evil world retreat, 
 
 And all its frantie ways ; 
 One only thing resolved to know- 
 To square our useful lives below. 
 
 By reason and by grace. 
 
 4 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell. 
 Nor in the dark monastie cell, 
 
 By vows and grates eontined ; 
 Freely to all ourselves we give, 
 Constrained by Jesus' love to live 
 
 The sen'ants of mankind. 
 
 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart, 
 To govern each devoted heart. 
 
 And fit us for thy will; 
 Deep founded in the truth of grace, 
 Build up the rising church, and place 
 
 The city on the hill. 
 
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 6 O may onr love and faith abound, 
 And may our lives to all around 
 
 With purest lustre shhie, 
 That all around our works may see. 
 And give the glory, Lord, to thee, 
 
 The heavenly light divine. 
 
 HYMN 126. (3-8's&7.) 
 
 .1 The trials of the present day 
 
 Require the Saints to watch and pray, 
 That they may keep the narrow way 
 To the celestial glory. 
 
 2 For even Saints may turn aside. 
 For fear of ills that may betide, 
 Or else induced by worldly pride. 
 
 And lose celestial glory. 
 
 3 O'er rugged cliffs and mountams high. 
 Through sunless vales the path may lie. 
 Our faith and confidence to try 
 
 In the celestial glory. 
 
 4 Why should we fear, though coAvards say 
 Old Auak's host in ambush lay, 
 
 Or there's a lion in the way 
 To the celestial glory. 
 
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 5 "Fear not, tliougli life should be at stake ; 
 But think how Jesus for our sake 
 Endured, that we might yet partake 
 Of the celestial glory. 
 
 We here may sometimes suflfer wrong. 
 But when we join with Enoch's throng, 
 We'll loudly echo vict'ry's song 
 In the celestial glory. 
 
 7 What though hy some who seem devout. 
 Our names as evil are cast out, 
 
 If honor clothe us round about 
 In the celestial glory ! 
 
 8 Be steadfast, and with courage hold 
 The key of God's eternal mould. 
 That will the mysteries unfold 
 
 Of the celestial glory. 
 
 9 O let your hearts and hands be pure, 
 And faithful to the end endure, 
 That you the blessing may secure 
 
 Of the celestial glory. 
 
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 10 With patience cultivate within 
 Those principles averse to sin, 
 And be prepared to enter in 
 To the.celestial glory. 
 
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 11 Then let the times and seasons fly, 
 And hrinic the giorions period nigh 
 When Zion will be raised on high 
 In the eelestial glory. 
 
 HYMN 127. (CM.) 
 
 1 God of all eonsolation, take 
 
 The glory of thy grace; 
 Thy gifts to thee we render back 
 In ceaseless songs of pi'aisc. 
 
 2 Throngh thee we here together came, 
 
 In singleness of heart; 
 We met, O Jesus, in thy name, 
 And in thy name we part, 
 
 3 We part in body, not in mind ; 
 
 Onr minds continue one, 
 And each to each in Jesus joined, 
 We hand in hand go on. 
 
 4 Our souls are in thy mighty hand, 
 
 Lord keep us faithful still! 
 That we with all thy Saints may stand 
 On Ziou's holv hill. 
 
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 HYMN 13S. (S's&O's.) 
 
 1 Now, is the voice that Nature breathes 
 To those her book who read -. 
 
 The changeful cloud, the fleeting beam, 
 The fading rose, th' unresting stream 
 Confinn her warning creed. 
 
 2 Now, is the word that wisdom writes 
 On palace, hall and bower : 
 
 The buried past from hope is free; 
 The future — what is that to thee ? 
 Improve the i)resent hour. 
 
 o Now, saitli the SiDirit from on high ; 
 Now, saith a page sublime : 
 To-morrow hath its load of cares — 
 To-morrow's hand no promise liears 
 Of the "accepted time." 
 
 4 Now, though another morn may rise 
 In purple and in gold, 
 
 Thme eye, made dim by failing breath 
 And shrouded in the dust of death. 
 May not its light bcliold. 
 
 5 Now, not to-morrow, oh, my soul, 
 Obey thy Maker's call. 
 
 Lest darkly on the scroll of fate 
 Stand forth the fearful doom — too late, 
 And thou be 'reft of all. 
 
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 HYMN 129. (CM.) 
 
 1 Sing to the great Jehovah's praise; 
 
 All praise to him helongs : 
 Who kindly lengthens out our days 
 Demands our choicest songs. 
 
 2 His providence has "brought us through 
 
 Another various year; 
 We all, with vows and anthems nevr, 
 Before our God appear. 
 
 3 Father, thy mercies past we own, ^ 
 
 Thy still contiaued care ; 
 To thee presenting, through thy Son, 
 Whate'er we have or are. 
 
 4 Our lips and lives shall gladly show 
 
 The wonders of thy love, 
 While on in Jesus' steps we go 
 To seek thy face above. 
 
 5 Our residue of days or hours. 
 
 Thine, wholly thine, shall he; 
 And all our consecrated powers 
 A sacrifice to thee, 
 
 6 Till Jesus in the clouds appear, 
 
 To Saints on earth forgiven. 
 And bring the grand Sabbatic year. 
 The Jubilee of heaven. 
 
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 HYMN 130. (8's&7's.) 
 
 O my Father, thou that tlwellest 
 
 In the high and glorious place ! 
 When shall I regam thy presence, 
 
 And again hehold thy face ? 
 In thy holy hahitation, 
 
 Did my spirit once reside ? 
 In my first, primeval childhood, 
 
 Was I nurtured near thy side? 
 
 2 For a wise and glorious purpose 
 
 Thou hast placed me here on earth, 
 And withheld the recollection 
 
 Of my former friends and birth ; 
 Yet oft-times a secret something 
 Whispered, You're a stranger here; 
 . And I felt that I had wandered 
 From a more exalted sphere. 
 
 I had learned to call thee Father, 
 
 Through thy Spirit from on high -, 
 But, until the Key of Knowledge 
 
 Was restored, I knew not why. 
 in the heavens are parents single ? 
 
 No ; the thought makes reason stare ! 
 Truth is reason ; truth eternal 
 
 Tells me, I've a mother there. 
 
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 4 When I leave this frail existence, 
 
 When I lay this mortal 1 ty, 
 Father, mother, maj'- 1 meet j'on 
 
 In your royal court on high V 
 Then, at length, when I've completed 
 
 All you sent me forth to do, 
 With your mutual approbation 
 
 Let me come and dwell with you. 
 
 HYMN 131. (C. M.) 
 
 1 Weep not for him tliat's dead and gone, 
 
 Nor to despair lie driven; 
 Your child is saved through Jesus Christ; 
 He now has gone to heaven — 
 
 2 Gone far away from wicked men. 
 
 To mingle with the good, [white 
 
 Who washed their robes and made them 
 In Christ's atoning blood. 
 
 3 'Tis true the trial was severe 
 
 That tore him from j'our breast ; 
 But oh! do not desire him now, 
 For he has gone to rest. 
 
 4 When lying suflfrhig on your Icnce, 
 
 Your heart was like to break. 
 And oft you sighed and wept aloud, 
 Oh! could my child but speak ! 
 
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 5 And 8iill you iiioiirn his absence now, 
 
 And thinlc you arc bereaved : 
 
 Sister, look up; thy God is good ! 
 
 Woman, thy child is saved ! 
 
 6 Shed not for him the bitter tear, 
 
 Nor yield to sore regret, 
 'Tis but the casket that lies here, 
 The gem is simrkling yet. 
 
 HYMN 133. (8's&7'8.) 
 
 1 The night is wearing fast away, 
 
 A stream of light is dawning ; 
 Sweet harbinger of that briglit day, 
 The fair Millennial morning. 
 
 2 Gloomy and dark the night has been. 
 
 And long the way and dreary; 
 And sad the weeping Saints are seen, 
 And faint, and worn, and wear3-. 
 
 3 Ye mournful pilgrims, cease your tears, 
 
 And hush each sigh of sorrow ; 
 The light of that bright morn appears — 
 The long Sabbatic morrow. 
 
 4 Lift lip your heads ! behold from far 
 
 A flood of splendor streaming ! 
 It is the bright and Morning Star, 
 In living lustre beaming, 
 
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 5 And see that star-like host aroiiiicl, 
 Of angel bands attending; 
 Hark! hark! the trumpet's glad'ning sound, 
 'Mid shouts of triumph blending. 
 
 He comes, the Bridegroom promised long ; 
 Go forth with joy to meet him, 
 And raise the new and nuptial song, 
 In ehecrful strains, to greet him. 
 
 7 Adorn thyself,the feast prepare, 
 While bridal strains are swelling; 
 He comes, with thee all joys to share. 
 And make this earth his dwelling. 
 
 HYMN 133. (L. M.) 
 
 1 Great God, attend while Zion sings 
 The joy that from thy presence springs ; 
 To spend one day with thee on earth 
 Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 
 
 3 Might I enjoy the meanest place 
 Within thy house, O God of grace. 
 Not tents of ease nor thrones of power 
 Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 
 
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 3 God is our sun — be makes our day; 
 God is our shield — he guards our way 
 From all the assaults of hell and sin, 
 From foes without and fears within. 
 
 4 All needful grace will God l)cstow, 
 Aud erown that grace with glory too ; 
 He gives us all things, and withholds 
 No real good from upright souls. 
 
 5 Our God, our King, whose sov'reigii swa3''. 
 The glorious hosts of heaven obej^, 
 (And devils at thy i^resence flee,) — 
 Blest is the man that trusts in thee. 
 
 HYMN 134. (C. M.) 
 
 1 O God ! our help in ages past, 
 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 Oar shelter from the stormy blast. 
 And our eternal home. 
 
 2 Under the shadow of thy throne. 
 
 Still may we dwell secure! 
 Sufficient is thine arm alone, 
 And our defense is sure. 
 
 3 Before the hills in order stood, 
 
 Or earth received her frame, 
 
 From everlasting thou art God, 
 
 To endless years the same. 
 
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 4 A thousand atrcs in thy sii;lit 
 Arc like an evening gone, 
 Short as the watch that ends the night 
 Before the rising sun. 
 
 5 The 1)US3^ tribes of flcsli and Mood, 
 With all their cares and fears, 
 Are hurried doAvnward by the flood, 
 And lost in followuig years. 
 
 G Time, like an evcr-rolUng stream, 
 Bears all his sons away ; 
 They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
 Dies at the openhig day. 
 
 7 God! our help in ages past,* 
 Our hope for years to come, 
 Be thou our guide while life shall last, 
 And our perpetual home. 
 
 HYMN 13.5. (8'set. 7's.) 
 
 I May the grace of Christ our Savior, 
 And the Father's boundless love, 
 With the holy Spirit's favor^ 
 Rest npou ITS from ahove, 
 
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 2 Thus may wc abide in union 
 With each other and tlie Lord, 
 And possess, in sweet communion, 
 Joys which earth can not afford. 
 
 HYMN 136. (L.M.) 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 Fi-aise him, all creatures here below ; 
 Fraise him above, ye heavenly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 
 
 HYMN 137. (3-6's 4 & 3-6's 4.) 
 
 1 Glory to God on high ; 
 Let heaven and earth reply, 
 
 Praise ye his name. 
 His love and grace adore. 
 Who all our sorrows bore ; 
 Sing aloud evermore. 
 
 Worthy the Lamb ! 
 
 8 Jesus, our Lord and God, 
 Bore sin's tremendous load ; 
 Praise ye his name ! 
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 Tell what his arm has done, 
 * What spoils from death he won ; 
 Sing his great name alone; 
 Worthj^ the Lamb ! 
 
 3 Let all the hosts ahovc 
 Join in one song of love, 
 
 rraising his name. 
 To him aBcril)cd be 
 Honor and majesty, 
 Through all eternity: 
 
 Worthy the Lamb! 
 
 HYMN 138. (CM.) 
 
 1 To Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 
 The God whom we adore, 
 Be glory, as it was, is now. 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
 HYMN 139. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Your sweet little rose-bud has left you 
 To bloom in a holier sx)here ; 
 He that gave it, in wisdom l)ercf t you ; 
 Then why should you cherish a tear ? 
 
 3 Your babe in the grave is not sleeping. 
 She has joined her dear sisters above; 
 Bright beings now have them in keeping, 
 In a mansion of beauty and love. 
 
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 3 They're treasures you've laid ui? iii heaven. 
 For a season removed from your sight; 
 To your hosom again they'll lie given. 
 With fulness of joy and delight. 
 
 4: They've gone where life's ills cannot find 
 them — 
 They're secure from each danger and snare; 
 O how cruel the love that would bind them 
 To years of affliction and care. 
 
 5 Look np and you'll find consolation, 
 Which God by his Spirit will give ; 
 And through faith, the rich manifestation 
 That those gems, your sweet children, yet 
 live. 
 
 HYMN 140. (L.M.) 
 
 1 'TAvas on that dark, that solemn night, 
 Wlicn powers of earth and hell arose 
 x\gainst the Son, e'en God's delight. 
 And friends betrayed him to his foes. 
 
 2 Before the mournful scene began, 
 
 He took the bread, and blessed, and brake 
 What love through all his actions ran! 
 What wondrous words of grace he spake! 
 
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 8 "This is my body slain for sin ; 
 Receive and eat the living food :" 
 Then took the cup and blessed the wine, 
 *"Tis the new cov'nant of my blood." 
 
 4 For us his precious blood was spilt, 
 To purchase pardon for our guilt ; 
 When for our sins he suff'riug dies, 
 And gives his life a sacrifice. 
 
 5 "Do this," he cries, "till time shall end 
 In mcm'ry of your dying friend; 
 Meet at my table and record 
 
 The love of your departed Lord." 
 
 6 Jesus, thy feast Ave celebrate. 
 
 We show thy death, we sing thy name, 
 Till thou return, and we shall cat 
 The marriage supj)er of the Lamb. 
 
 HYMN 141. (4-6's & 2'8's.) 
 
 Arise, my soul, arise, 
 
 Shake off thy guilty fears ; 
 
 The bleeding sacrifice 
 
 In my behalf appears ; 
 Before the throne my surety stands, 
 My name is written on his hands. 
 
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 He ever lives above, 
 
 For me to intercede, 
 
 His all- re deeming love, 
 
 His precious blood to plead : 
 His blood atoned for all our race, 
 And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 
 
 Five bleeding wounds lie bears. 
 
 Received on Calvary ; 
 
 They pour effectual pi*ayers — 
 
 They strongly speak for me : 
 "Forgive him, oh! forgive!" they cry, 
 "Nor let the ransomed sinner die !" 
 
 The Father hears hhn pra}'-. 
 His dear Anointed One; 
 . He cannot turn away 
 
 The presence of his Son ; 
 His Spirit answers to the bloody 
 And tells me I am bom of God. 
 
 To God I'm reconciled ; 
 
 His pard'ning voice I hear: 
 
 He owns me for his child ♦, 
 
 I can no longer fear; 
 With confidence I now draw nigh, 
 And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 
 
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 HYMN U2. (8's, T's & 4.) 
 
 1 Israel, Israel, God is calling — 
 
 Calliag thee from lands of woe : 
 Babylon the great is falling; 
 God shall all her towers o'erthrow. 
 
 Come to Zion 
 E'er his floods of anger flow. 
 
 2 Israel, Israel, God is spealdng; 
 
 Hear your great Deliv'rer's voice ! 
 Now a glorious mom is hrealdng 
 For the pcoj)le of his choice. 
 
 Come to Zion, 
 And withiu her walls rejoice. 
 
 3 Israel, angels are descending 
 
 From celestial worlds on high. 
 And towards man their powers extend hi g, 
 That the Saints may homeward fly. 
 
 Come to Zion, 
 For your coming Lord is nigh. 
 
 4 Israel! Israel! c an 'st thou linger 
 
 Still in error's gloomy ways ? 
 Mark how judgment's pomting finger * 
 Justifies no vam delays. 
 
 Come to Zion ! 
 Zion's walls shall ring with praise. 
 
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 HYMN 143. (L. M.) 
 
 1 ITe died ! llie Great Redeemer died, 
 And Israel's daughters wept around; 
 A solemn darkness veiled the sky; 
 A sudden trcni1)lin<r shook the i-round. 
 
 2 Come, Saints, and drop n tear or two 
 For him who groaned beneath your load 
 He shed a thousand drops for you — ■ 
 A thousand drojis of preeious Mood. 
 
 Here's love and grief beyond degree; 
 Tlie Lord of glory died for men : 
 But lo! what sudden jo3's were heard ; 
 Jesus, though dead, 'b revived again. 
 
 4 The rising Lord forsook the tomb; 
 In vain the tomb forbade him rise; 
 Cherubie legions guard him home, 
 And shout him weleomc to the skies. 
 
 5 Wipe oft' your tears, ye Saints, and tell 
 How high your great Deliv'rer reigns ; 
 Sing how he triumphed over hell. 
 And how he'll bind j-^our foe in chains.. 
 
6 Say, live forever, Trond'rous King, 
 Born to redeem, and strong to save-, 
 Then ask the monster, Where's thy sting? 
 And Where's thy vic'try, boasting grave? 
 
 HY"MN 144. (7's&6'sD.) 
 
 1 O God, th' Eternal Father, 
 
 Who dwells amid the sky ! 
 In Jesus' name we ask thee 
 
 To bless and sanctify. 
 If we are pure before thee, 
 
 This bread and cup of wine. 
 That we may all remember 
 
 That off 'ring so divine — 
 
 3 That sacred, holy off'rmg, 
 
 By man least understood,^ 
 To have our sins remitted. 
 
 And take his flesh and blood, — 
 That we may ever witness 
 
 The suff 'rings of thy Son, 
 And always have his Spirit, 
 
 To make our hearts as one. 
 
 3 When Jesus, the Anointed, 
 Descended from above. 
 And gave himself a ransom 
 To win our souls with love, 
 
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 With no apijarent beauty, 
 That men should lum desire, 
 
 He was the promised Savior, 
 To purify with fire. 
 
 i How infinite that wisdom, 
 
 The plan of holiness, 
 That made salvation per feet. 
 
 And veiled the Lord in flesh, 
 To walk upon his footstool, 
 
 And he like man, almost, 
 In his exalted station. 
 
 And die, or all was lost! 
 
 5 'Twas done; all nature trerahled ; 
 
 Yet, by the power of faith, 
 He rose as God triumphant. 
 
 And broke the bauds of death ; 
 And rising eonqu'ror, "captive 
 
 He led captivity," 
 And sat down with the Father, 
 
 To all eternity. 
 fi He is the true Messiah 
 
 That died and lives again : 
 We look not for another; 
 
 He is the Lamb t'was slain ; 
 He is the Stone and Shepherd 
 
 Of Israel scattered far — • 
 The glorious Branch fi'om Jesse — 
 
 The bright and morning Star. 
 
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 Again, he is tliat Prophet 
 
 That Moses said should come, 
 Being raised among liis brethren, 
 
 To call the righteous home. 
 And all that will not hear him, 
 
 Shall feel his chast'ning rod, 
 Till wickedness is ended. 
 
 As saith the Lord, onr God. 
 
 lie comes! he comes in glory, — 
 
 The veil has vanished too. 
 With angels, yea, our fathers. 
 
 To drink this cup anew, 
 And sing the songs of Zion, 
 
 And shout, 'Tis done, 'tis done! 
 While every son and daughter 
 
 Rejoices, we are one. 
 
 HYMN 145. (L.M.) 
 
 1 I know that my Kedeemer lives ; 
 What comfort this sweet sentence gives ! 
 He lives, he lives, who once was dead ! 
 He lives, my ever-living head ! 
 
 2 He lives to hless me with his love; 
 He lives to j^lead for me above; 
 
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 He lives my hungry bouI to feed ; 
 He lives to liless in time of need. 
 
 3 ITe lives to grant me rieh supply; 
 He lives to guide me with his eye ; 
 He lives to comfort me when fahit; 
 He lives to hear my soul's complaint. 
 
 4 He lives to silence all my fears; 
 He lives to wipe away my tears ; 
 He lives t© calm my troubled heart ; 
 He lives all blessings to impart. 
 
 5 He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly friend; 
 He lives and loves me to the end; 
 
 He lives, and while he lives I'll sing, 
 Ifc lives my Projihet, Priest and King. 
 
 R He lives, and grants mc daily T)reath ; 
 He lives, and I shall conquer death ; 
 He lives my mansion to prepare ; 
 He lives to In-iug me safely there. 
 
 T He lives, all glory to his name ! 
 He lives, my Jesus, still the same ; 
 O, the sweet joy this sentence gives, 
 "I know that my Kedecmer lives." 
 
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 HYMN 146. (4-T's&4.) 
 
 .1 Gently raise the sacred strain, 
 For the Sabbath's come again, 
 
 That man may rest, 
 And return his thanks to God, 
 For liis bIessino;s to the blest. 
 
 2 Holy day, devoid of strife, — 
 Let ns seek eternal life. 
 
 That great reward ; 
 And partake the Sacrament 
 In remembrance of our Lord, 
 
 Sweetly swells the solemn sound. 
 While we bring our gifts around 
 
 Of broken hearts. 
 As a willing sacrifice. 
 Showing what his grace imparts. 
 
 t Happy type of things to come. 
 When the Saints are gathered home 
 
 To praise the Lord, 
 In eternity of bliss, 
 All as one with one accord. 
 
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 5 Holy, holy is the Lord ! 
 Precious, precious is his word : 
 
 Kepeut and live ; 
 Though your sins be crimson red, 
 Oh! repent, and he'll forgive 
 
 6 Softly sing the joyful lay, 
 
 For the Saints to fast and pray, 
 
 As God ordains. 
 For his goodness and his love, 
 While the Sabbath day rcmauis. 
 
 HYMN 147. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Ye children of our God, 
 Ye Sauits of latter days. 
 Surround the table of the Lord, 
 And join to sing his praise. 
 
 3 He gives his flesh and blood, 
 Our souls to purify, 
 And blesses us with every good, 
 And thus he brings us nigh. 
 
 8 We do remember him. 
 
 His sorrow, pain and death, 
 And how with power he rose again 
 Triumphant from the earth. 
 
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 4 He triumphed o'er tlic grave, 
 
 And then ascended liiLih, 
 Where throned in pow'r he sits to save 
 And brmg the smner nigh. 
 
 5 He soon a\ ill come again. 
 
 And, -s^ith his i:)eople taste 
 The marriage supper of the Lamb, 
 With his own iircscnce blest. 
 
 6 Arraj-ed in spotless white, 
 
 We'll then each other greet, 
 And see Messiah throned in might, 
 And worship at his feet. 
 
 HYMN 148. (CM.) 
 
 1 Behold thy sous and daughters. Lord, 
 
 On whom we lay our hands ; 
 They have fulfilled the Gospel word, 
 And bowed at thy commands. 
 
 2 O, now send forth the heavenly dove, 
 
 And overwhelm their souls 
 With peace and joy and perfect love, 
 As lambs witlun thy fold. 
 
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 Seal them by thine owii Si^irit'e power, 
 
 Which purifies from sin; 
 And may they find, from this good hour, 
 
 They nre adopted in. 
 
 Strcng-thcji tlicir faith, confirm their hope, 
 
 And guide them in the way ; 
 With comfort hear their s^iirits uj), 
 
 Until the i)erfcct day. 
 
 HYMN 149. (8's&7's.) 
 
 Jesus, mighty King in Zion, 
 Thou alone our guide shalt be : 
 
 Thy commission we rely on ; 
 We will follow none but thee. 
 
 As an emblem of thy passion, 
 And thy victory o'er the grare, 
 
 We, who know thy great salvation, 
 Are baptized l)encath the wave. 
 
 Fearless of the world's despising. 
 We the ancient path pursue. 
 
 Buried with our Loi'd, and rising 
 To a life divinely new. 
 
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 HYMN 150. (G-8's.) 
 
 1 In Jordan's tide the prophet stands, 
 
 Immersing the repentant Jews ; 
 The Son of God the rite demands, 
 
 Nor dares the holy man refuse. 
 Jesus descends beneath the wave, 
 The emblem of his future grave. 
 
 2 Wonder, ye heavens ! your Maker Kes 
 
 In deeps concealed from human view ; 
 Ye men, behold him smk and rise, — 
 
 A fit example this for you. 
 The sacred record while you read. 
 Calls you to imitate the deed. 
 
 3 But lo ! from yonder op'ning skies. 
 
 What beams of dazzling glory spread ! 
 Dove-like th' Eternal Spirit flics, 
 And lights on the Eedeemer's head. 
 Amazed, they see the power divine 
 Around the Savior's temples shine. 
 
 4 But hark, my soul, hark and adore! 
 
 What sounds are those that roll along! 
 Not like loud Sinai's awful roar, 
 
 But soft and sweet as Gabriel's song, — 
 "This is my well-beloved Son ; 
 I see, well pleased, what he hath done," 
 
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 5 Thus the Eternal Father spoke, 
 Who shakes creation with a nod ; 
 Through parting skies the accents broke, 
 
 And bid us hear the Son of God — 
 Oh ! hear the Gospel word to-day ; 
 Hear, all ye nations, and obey. 
 
 HYMN 151. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Do what is right ; the day-dawn is breaking, 
 
 Hailing a future of freedom and light; 
 Angels above us are silent notes taking 
 Of every action: do what is right! 
 
 CHORUS; 
 
 Do what is right: let the consequence follow 
 Battle for freedom in spirit and might ; 
 
 And with stout hearts look ye forth till to- 
 morrow, 
 God will protect you : do what is right! 
 
 2 Do what is right: the shackles are falling; 
 
 Chains of the bondspien no longer are 
 
 bright; 
 
 Lightened by hope, soon they'll cease to be 
 
 galling; 
 
 Truth goeth onward . do what is right! 
 
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 3 Do -what is right: be faithful and fearless; 
 Onward — press onward, the goal is in sight-, 
 Eyes that are wet noAv, ere long will be 
 tearless : 
 Blessings await you in doing what's right, 
 
 HYMN 153. (P.M.) 
 
 1 We thank thee, O God, for a Prox)het, 
 
 To guide us in these latter days ♦, 
 We thank thee for sending the Gospel 
 
 To lighten our minds with its rays ; 
 AVe thank thee for every blessing 
 
 Bestowed by thy bounteous hand ; 
 We feel it a pleasure to serve thee, 
 
 And love to obey thy commands. 
 
 2 When dark clouds of trouble hang o'er us, 
 
 And threaten our peace to destroy, 
 There is hope smiling brightly before us, 
 
 And we know that deliv'rance is nigh; 
 We doubt not the Lord, nor his goodness,— 
 
 We've proved him in days that are past ; 
 The wicked who fight against Zion 
 
 Will surely be smitten at last. 
 
 3 We'll sing of his goodness and mercy; 
 
 We'll praise him by day and by night, 
 liejoice in his glorious Gospel, 
 And bask in its hfe-givmg light; 
 
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 Thus on to eternal perfection 
 The honest and faithful wiU <xo ; 
 
 While they who reject this glad message, 
 Shall never such happiness know. 
 
 HYMN 153. (L.M.) 
 
 t O Lord, our Father, let thy grace, 
 Shed its glad beams on Jacob's race, 
 Restore that long-lost, scattered band, 
 And call them to their native land. 
 
 Their mis'ry let thy mercy heal. 
 Their tresxsass hide, their pardon seal ; 
 O God of Israel, hear our prayer. 
 And grant that they thy love may share. 
 
 3 How long shall Jacob's offspring prove 
 The sad suspension of thy love ? 
 And shall thy wrath forever bum ? 
 And wilt thou ne'er to them return ? 
 
 i Thy quick'ning Spirit now impart -, 
 Awake to joy eacli grateful heart, 
 While Israel's rescued tribes in thee 
 Their life and full salvation see. 
 
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 HYMN 154. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Do we not know that solemn word, 
 That we are buried with the Lord — 
 Baptized into his death, and then 
 Put off the "body of our sin ? 
 
 2 Our souls receive diviner breath, 
 Raised 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 ransomed souls again ; 
 The hateful lusts wc sei'ved before, 
 Shall have dominion now no more. 
 
 HYMN 155. (8's,7's,4.) 
 
 Zion stands with hills surrounded^- 
 Zion, kept by poAver divine 5 
 
 AW her foes shall be confounded, 
 Though the world in arms combine- 
 
 Happy Zion, 
 What a favored lot is thine! 
 
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 Every human tie may perish, 
 
 Friend to friend unfaithful prove, 
 
 Mothers cease their own to cherish, 
 Heaven and earth at last remove ; 
 
 But no changes 
 Can attend Jehovah's love. 
 
 3 In the furnace God may prove thee, 
 
 Thence to bring thee forth more bright, 
 But can never cease to love thee. 
 Thou art precious in his sight ; 
 
 God is with thee — 
 Thou Shalt triumph in his might. 
 
 HYMN 156. (8's&7's.) 
 
 Now he's gone, we'd not recall him 
 From a paradise of bliss, 
 
 Where no evil can befall him, 
 To a changing world like this. 
 
 His loved name will never perish, 
 Nor his mem'ry crown the dust; 
 
 For the Saints of God will cherish 
 The remembrance of the just. 
 
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 HYMN 157. (P.M.) 
 
 Hark ! ten thousand thousand voices 
 
 Sing the song of jubilee! 
 Earth, through all her tribes, rejoices- 
 
 Broke her long captivity. 
 Hail, Emanuel! Great Deliverer ! 
 
 Hail, Emanuel ! praise to thee ! 
 Now the theme, in pealing thunders. 
 
 Through the universe is rung ; 
 Now, in gentler tones, the wonders 
 
 Of redeeming grace are sung. 
 
 Wider now, and louder rising. 
 
 Swells and soars th' enrax)tured stram ! 
 Earth's unnumbered tongues comprising; 
 
 Hark! the Conqueror's praise again. 
 Hail, Emanuel! Great Deliverer ! 
 
 Stones shall speak if we refrain ; 
 Thus, while heart and pulse arc beating, 
 
 To his name let praise arise. 
 Till from earth the soul retreating, 
 
 Johis the chorus of the skies. 
 
 3 Then in loftier, sweeter numbers. 
 We shall sing Emanuel's praise; 
 Freed from all that now encumbers. 
 Nobler songs our voices raise. 
 
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 Hail, Emanuel! Great Deliverer ! 
 
 Live forever in our lays. 
 While our crowns of glory casting 
 
 At his feet, in rapture lost, 
 We, in anthems everlasting, 
 
 Mingle with th' angelic host. 
 
 4 But, till that great consummation— 
 
 That bright Sabbath of mankind, — 
 Till each distant tribe and nation 
 
 Taste the bliss by God designed, — 
 Speed the Gospel! Let its tidings 
 
 Gladden every human mind ; 
 Be its silver trumpets sounded, 
 
 Let the joyous echoes roll, 
 Till a sea of bliss unbounded 
 
 Spreads o'er earth from pole to pole! 
 
 5 Then shall come the great Messiah, 
 
 In Millennial glory crowned ; 
 "Israel's hope," and "earth's desire," 
 
 Now triumphant and renowned. 
 Hail, Messiah ! Reign forever ! 
 
 Heaven to earth reflects the sound : 
 Heaven and earth, with all their regions, 
 
 At his footstool prostrate fall ; 
 Heaven and earth, with all their legions, 
 
 Crown Emanuel Lord of all ! 
 
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 HYMN 15S. (L.M.) 
 
 1 All you that love Immanuers name, 
 Whose spirits burn, with ardent flame, 
 To see his glory, learn his praise. 
 And follow him in all his ways. 
 
 2 'Tis you, ye children of the light. 
 The spirit and the bride invite; 
 Come, come, ye subjects of his grace, 
 Where he reveals his smiling face. 
 
 3 Come to his Church, enter his gates ; 
 For you his gracious presence waits ; 
 Here peace and pardon are bestowed — 
 Great gifts! and worthy of a God. 
 
 HYMN 159. (CM.) 
 
 1 Mourn not the dead who peaceful lay 
 Their wearied bodies down — 
 Who leave the frail and mortal clay 
 To seek a fadeless crown. 
 
 2 Dry up the unavailing tear ; 
 Repress the selfish sigh ; 
 Know that the spirit ransomed here 
 Yet lives, and ne'er shall die. 
 
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 3 When winter spreads lier shroud of snow 
 
 O'er nature's silent face, 
 Upon the landscape hid below 
 No signs of life we trace. 
 
 4 Above, around, peals Heaven's praise 
 
 From many a varied form ; 
 But the hard, crusted earth betrays 
 Not e'en a living worm. 
 
 5 Yet spring upon it gently breathes ; 
 
 And changing form and hue. 
 With it a thousand garlands wreathes 
 Teeming with life anew. 
 
 6 So death is but the wintry snow 
 
 Which veils the spirit's bloom, 
 That soon with radiant life shall glow, 
 Enfranchised from the tomb. 
 
 7 As from that snowy shroud there springs 
 
 A brighter, lovelier earth ; 
 So vanquished death his trophies brings 
 To grace a nobler birth. 
 
 8 Then why the sorrowing lip and eye. 
 
 The aching heart and head; 
 Eemember, He who cannot lie 
 Hath said, "Moum not the dead." 
 
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 HYMN 160. (-l-G's&2-8's.) 
 
 1 Beliolcl the Lamb of God I 
 In his divine array, 
 
 Go down into the flood, 
 
 His Father to obey. 
 In Jordan's stream to be baptized, 
 Tliough by a carnal world despised. 
 
 2 Can we pretend to know 
 More fully God's design ? 
 Can we pretend to show 
 A conduct moi*e divine ? 
 
 Can we neglect this ordinance 
 Without an insult to our prince ? 
 
 o Jesus, we will obey 
 
 Thy practice and command : 
 Behold us here to-daj^ ! 
 . We in thy presence stand. 
 Devoted to thy blessed will. 
 Ready thy jileasure to fulfil. 
 
 4 We sink beneath the wave — 
 The water we go through— 
 The emblem of thy grave 
 And resurrection too; 
 We die, are buried, rise again. 
 In hopes with thee to live and reign. 
 
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 Great Father, cast thine e5''e, 
 And drive away our fear, 
 Our every want supply, 
 Give grace to persevere ; 
 And then rejoicing we will go 
 To do our Father's will below. 
 
 HYMN 101. (L.M.) 
 
 1 'Twas the commission of our Lord, 
 "Go, teach the nations, and baptize!" 
 The nations have received the word, 
 Shice he ascended to the skies. 
 
 2 He sits upon th' eternal hills, 
 With grace and pardon in his hands. 
 And sends his cov'nant with the seals, 
 To bless the distant heathen 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 the Gospel means. 
 
 4 Our souls he washes in his blood, 
 As water makes the body clean ; 
 And the good Spirit from our God 
 Descends like purifyhig laiu. 
 
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 5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee, 
 And seal our cov'nant with thee, Lord 
 Oh, may the great Eternal Three, 
 In heaven our solemn vows record ! 
 
 HYMN 162. (L.M.) 
 
 1 In ancient times a man of God 
 Came preaching in the wilderness; 
 He did baptize in Jordan's flood, 
 Kequiring fruits of righteousness. 
 
 2 Saying, Repent, the time's fulfilled, 
 The Son of God will soon appear ; 
 Make straight his paths and do his will, 
 For lo ! his kingdom now is near. 
 
 3 I now baptize with water here 
 ¥or the remission of your sins ; 
 But he shall send the Spirit's power, 
 To witness to your souls within. 
 
 4 Thus was Messiah's way prepared, 
 When first he came unto his own ; 
 And by this means, when he appeared, 
 The ready bride her Savior owned. 
 
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 5 E'en so, bi this the latter day, 
 Before he comes on earth to reign, 
 His servants must prepare his way, 
 And all his paths make straight again. 
 
 6 Come, then, ye wand'ring sheep who stray, 
 Arise, return unto your fold f 
 
 Come, he baptized without delay, 
 And thus pursue the paths of old. 
 
 HYMN 163. (CM.) 
 
 1 Father in heaven, we do believe 
 
 The promise thou hast made; 
 The word with meekness we receive, 
 Just as thy Saints have said. 
 
 2 We now repent of all our sin, 
 
 And come with broken hearts, 
 And to thy cov'nant enter in, 
 And choose the better part. 
 
 3 We'll now be buried in the stream, 
 
 In Jesus' blessed name, 
 And rise, while light shall on us beam— > 
 The Spirit's heavenly flame. 
 
 i Lord, accept our huiuble prayer, 
 And all our sins forgive; 
 New life impart from this good hoiir, 
 And bid the sinner live, 
 
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 5 Baptize us -with the Holy Ghost, 
 And seal us as thme own, 
 That in thy kingdom we may stand. 
 And with thy Saints he one. 
 
 HYMN 164. (L.M.) 
 
 1 How foolish to the carnal mind. 
 The ord'nances of God appear ; 
 Men count them as a puff of wind, 
 And gaze with a contemptuous sneer. 
 
 2 What! buried now beneath the flood, 
 To wash away our guilt and sin ; 
 Are not some other means as good ? 
 Nay, better ! why appear so mean ? 
 
 3 Thus they despise the proffered grace. 
 And die and perish in their sins ; 
 
 So the Assyrian leper thought — 
 What ! wash in Jordan and be clean ? 
 
 4 Nay, in a rage he turned away. 
 And would remain a leper still ; 
 Bat Jo! his humble sei rant's sway 
 Prevailed at last, and turned his wHl. 
 
 5 He washed in Jordan's rolling flood, 
 And found the fouj disease I'cmoved; 
 
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 The virtue of the word of God, 
 Thus hy experience Naaman proved, 
 
 6 Poor sinners now would fain perform 
 Some great and meritorious deed ; 
 Bow to the systems mortals form, 
 That from their sins they may he freed. 
 
 7 But why not yield to simple means ? 
 The Gospel is the power of God ; 
 'Twill save the vilest from their sins, 
 Who yield obedience to his word. 
 
 HYMN 165. (CM.) 
 
 1 Lo! on the water's brink we stand. 
 To do the father's will; 
 To be baptized by his command, 
 And thus the word fulfil. 
 
 3 O Lord, we've sinned, but we repent. 
 And put our sins away, — 
 With joy receive the message sent 
 In this the latter day. 
 
 3 Thou wilt accept our humble prayer. 
 And all our sins forgive; 
 For Jesus is the sinner's friend; 
 He died that we might live. 
 
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 4 We lay our sinful bodies now, 
 
 Beneath the op'ning wave ; 
 Then rise to life divinely new, 
 As from the bursting grave. 
 
 5 So when the trump of God shall blow, 
 
 The Samts shall burst the tomb. 
 Immortal beauty crown their brow, 
 With an immortal bloom. 
 
 HYMN 166. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Come all ye sons of God, who have received 
 
 the Priesthood, 
 Go spread the Gospel wide, and gather in 
 his people ; 
 The latter-day Work has begun, to gather 
 scattered Israel in, 
 And bring them back to Zion, to praise 
 the Lamb. 
 
 2 Come all ye scattered sheei), and listen to 
 
 your Shepherd ; 
 While you the blessings reap, which long 
 have been predicted ; 
 By Prophets long it's been foretold, he'll 
 gather you into his fold ; 
 And brmg you home to Zjon, to praise tho 
 Lamb, 
 
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 3 Kcpcnt and be baptized, and have your sins 
 remitted ; 
 And get tlie Spirit's seal— O then you'll be 
 united : 
 Go, cast upon Him all your care, he will 
 regard your humble prayer, 
 And bring you home to Zlon, to praise the 
 Lamb. 
 
 i And when your grief is o'er, and you've 
 ended your aflliction ; 
 Your spirits then will soar to await the 
 resurrection ; 
 O, then His presence you'll enjoy, in heavenly 
 bliss your time employ, 
 A thousand years in Zion, to praise the 
 Lamb. 
 
 HYMN 167. (4-6's & 2-8's.) 
 
 1 Kepent ye Gentiles all, 
 And come and be baptized; 
 It is the Savior's call; 
 He's spoken from the skies, 
 
 And sent the message we declare, 
 His second coming to prepare. 
 
 2 Be buried with your Lord, 
 And rise divinely new, 
 'Tis his eternal word, — 
 The ancient path pursue, 
 
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 The promised blessing now secure, 
 The Spirit's seal, forever sure. 
 
 Ye souls with sin distressed, 
 Who fam would find relief; 
 Come, on his promised rest, 
 He will assuage your grief, 
 He'll send his Spirit from on high. 
 When with the Gospel you comply 
 
 Come, be adopted in. 
 With Israel's chosen race; 
 And, cleansed from every sin, 
 Enjoy the promised grace; 
 The cov'nant stands for ever sure. 
 To all who to the end endure. 
 
 HYMN 1(58. (CM.) 
 
 1 Let those who Avould be Saints indeed, 
 
 Eear not what others do ; 
 But each to each one's self take heed, 
 And righteousness pursue. 
 
 2 What though the storm-clouds gather 
 
 dark,— 
 Look up and trust in God : 
 To keep your eye upon the mark, 
 Hold fast the "iron rod." 
 
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 3 Fear not the darkness of the night, 
 
 But move with careful tread, 
 Till morning breaks, and azure light 
 The canopy o'erspreads. 
 
 4 Sell not your birth-right for a moss 
 
 Of pottage, nor betray 
 Your holy cov'nants for a kiss ; 
 'Tis now a proving day. 
 
 5 The wheat has cleared the threshing floor — 
 
 The sieve is shaking now ; 
 And when the sifting time is o'er. 
 Will glory wreathe your brow. 
 
 (i And Zion's furnace, too, will biini. 
 That when the chaff shall fly. 
 The dross will be consumed in turn. 
 The gold to purify. 
 
 7 In his own time God will remove 
 
 Whatever now oflends : 
 When he chastises, 'tis in love, 
 To all who prove his friends. 
 
 8 Maintain the freedom you have won — 
 
 Virtue is liberty: 
 Take not the yoke of bondage on — 
 The pure in heart are free. 
 
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 HYMN 169. (8's & T's.) 
 
 1 Sister, tliou wast mild and lovely, 
 
 Gentle as the summer breeze, 
 Pleasant as the air of evening, 
 When it floats among the trees. 
 
 2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber — 
 
 Peaceful in the grave so low ; 
 Thou no more wilt join our number ; 
 Thou no more our songs shalt know. 
 
 3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us. 
 
 Here thy loss we deeply feel ; 
 But 'tis God that hath bereft us, — 
 He can aU our sorrows heal. 
 
 4: Yet again we hope to meet thee, 
 
 When death's glcomy night has fled; 
 Then on earth with joy to greet thee, 
 Where no bitter tears arc shed. 
 
 HYMN 170. (CM.) 
 
 1 Think gently of the erring one! 
 O, let us not forget, 
 However darkly stained by sin, 
 He is our brother yet ! 
 
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 2 TTeir of the same inheritance, 
 Child of the self-same God, 
 He hath but stumbled in the path 
 We have in weakness trod. 
 
 3 Speak gently to the erring ones ! 
 
 We yet may lead them back. 
 With holy words, and tones of love, 
 From misery's thorny track. 
 
 4 Forget not, brother, thou hast smned, 
 
 And sinful yet may'st be ; 
 Deal gently with the erring heart, 
 As God hath dealt with thee. 
 
 HYMN 171. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Creation speaks with awful voice- 
 Hark I 'tis a universal groan 
 Re-echoes through the vast extent 
 
 Of worlds unnumbered, called to mourn. 
 
 2 For sickness, sorrow, pain and death, 
 With awful tyranny have reigned : 
 While all eternity has shed 
 
 Her tears of sorrow o'er the slain. 
 
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 3 But hark ! again a voice is heard 
 Eesoundiug through the solemn gloom — 
 A mighty conqu'ror has appeared, 
 
 In triumph rising from the tomb. 
 
 4 No longer let creation mourn ; 
 
 Te sons of sorrow, dry your tears; 
 Life — life — eternal life is ours, — 
 Dismiss your doubts, dispel your fears. 
 
 5 The King shall soon in clouds descend. 
 With all the heavenly host above; 
 
 The dead shall rise and hail their friends, 
 And always dwell with those thej^ love. 
 
 6 No tears, no sorrow, death, nor pain, 
 Shall e'er be known to enter there ; 
 But perfect peace, immortal bloom. 
 Shall reign triumphant everywhere! 
 
 HYMN 172. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The morning flowers display their sweets. 
 And gay their silken leaves unfold, 
 As careless of the noon-tide heats. 
 As fearless of the evening cold. 
 
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 2 Nipt by the wind's unkindly blast, 
 Parched by the sun's director ray, 
 The momentary glories waste. 
 The short-lived beauties die away. 
 
 3 So blooms the human face divine. 
 When youth its pride of beauty shows, 
 Fairer than spring the colors shine. 
 And sweeter than tlie virgin rose. 
 
 4 Or worn by slowly rolling years. 
 Or broke by sickness in a day, 
 The fading glory disappears. 
 The short-hved beauties die away. 
 
 5 Yet these, new-rising from the tomb. 
 With lustre brighter far shall shine! 
 Revive with ever-during bloom, 
 Safe from diseases and decline. 
 
 6 Let sickness blast, let death devour, 
 If heaven but recompense our pains 5 
 Perish the grass and fade the flower. 
 If firm the word of God remains.^ 
 
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 HYMN ITS. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Let earth's inhabitants rejoice, 
 
 And gladly hail their gracious hour,- 
 Again is heard a Prophet's voice, 
 And all may feel the Gospel's power. 
 
 2 Soon will the blissful time arrive 
 
 Which holy men of old foretold. 
 When man no more with man would strive, 
 But all in each a friend behold. 
 
 3 Oppression will no more be found. 
 
 Nor tyrant hold relentless sway ; 
 But love to God and man abound 
 Throughout a long Millennial day. 
 
 HYMN 174. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Ye differing, jarring sects attend. 
 
 The voice of inspiration hear ; 
 Now may your doubtings have an end, 
 And unity and peace appear. 
 
 2 Break off your chains of slavish dread 
 
 Let chilling unbelief give way; 
 For Gospel light begins to spread 
 And usher in eternal day. 
 
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 S Soon will mankind behold aright 
 The perfect "Law of liberty-," 
 And every nation, with delight, 
 Share in a glorious jubilee. 
 
 HYMN 175. {Tb.) 
 
 1 Now we'll sing with one accord, 
 For a Prophet of the Lord, 
 Bringing forth his precious word, 
 Cheering Saints as anciently. 
 
 When the world in daikness lay, 
 Lo ! he sought the better way, 
 And he heard the Savior say, 
 "Go and prune my vineyard, Son !' 
 
 3 And an angel, surely then, 
 For a blessing unto men, 
 Brought the Priesthood back again. 
 
 In its ancient purity. 
 
 4 Even Joseph he inspired. 
 Yea, his heart he truly fired. 
 With the light that he desired. 
 
 For the work of righteousness. 
 
 5 And the Book of Mormon, true. 
 With its Covenant, ever new, 
 
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 For the Gentile, and the Jevr, 
 He translated sacredly. 
 
 6 God's commandments to manldnd, 
 For believing Saints designed, 
 And to bless the seeking mind, 
 
 Came through him from Jesus Christ. 
 
 7 Precious are the years to come, 
 While the righteous gather home, 
 For the great Millennium, 
 
 Where they'll rest in blessedness. 
 
 8 Prudent in this world of •woes, 
 They will triumph o'er their foes, 
 While the realm of Zion grows 
 
 Purer for eternity. 
 
 HYMN 176. (lJ3's & ll's.) 
 
 1 Awake! O ye people, the Savior is coming; 
 He'll suddenly come to his temple, we hear ; 
 Kepentance is needed of all that are living. 
 To gain them a lot of inheritance near. 
 
 2 To-day will soon ]3ass and that unknown to- 
 
 morrow 
 May leave many souls in a more dreadful 
 sorrow 
 
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 Than came by the flood, or tliat fell on Go- 
 morrah, — 
 
 Tea, weeping and waiUng and gnashing of 
 teeth. 
 
 3 Be ready, O islands, the Savior is coming; 
 
 • He'll bring again Zion, the Prophets declare; 
 Repent of your sins, and have faith in re- 
 demption. 
 To gain you a lot of mheritance there. 
 
 4 A voice to the nations in season is given, 
 To show the return of the glories of Eden, 
 And call the elect from the four winds of 
 
 Heaven, 
 Tor Jesus is coming to reign on the earth. 
 
 HYMN 177. (P.M.) 
 
 From the regions of glory an angel descended. 
 And told the strange news how the babe was 
 
 attended, — 
 Go, shepherds, and visit this heavenly 
 
 stranger. 
 Beneath that bright star, there's your Lord 
 
 in a manger! 
 
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 Hallelujah to the Laml% 
 Whom our souls may rely on ; 
 
 We shall see him on earth, 
 
 When he brings again Zion. 
 
 2 Glad tidings I hiing unto you and each 
 
 nation — 
 Glad tidings of joy, now behold your salva- 
 tion ; 
 Arise, all ye pilgrims, and lift up your voices, 
 And shout, the Redeemer, while heaven re- 
 joices. 
 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
 3 Let gioiy to God in the highest be given, 
 And glory to God 1x3 re-echoed in heaven I 
 Around the whole world let us tell the glad 
 
 story, 
 And sing of his love, his salvation and glory. 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
 4 The kingdom is yours by the will of the 
 
 Father, 
 For his word has gone forth that the righteous 
 
 he'll gather ; 
 Before all the wicked will perish by fire. 
 The heavens shall shine with the coming 
 
 Messiah. 
 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
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 HYMN 178. (3-8's&6.) 
 
 Hark! from afar, a funeral knell 
 Moves on the bicezc— its echoes swell 
 
 The chorus for the dead ! 
 A consort's moans are m the sound, 
 And sobs of children weeping round 
 
 A parent's dying bed ! 
 
 2 He's gone! his work on earth is done, 
 His battle's fought, his race is run; 
 
 Blest is the path he trod. 
 For he espoused the glorious cause, 
 In prompt obedience to the laws 
 
 Of the eternal God. 
 
 3 He sleeps; his troubles here are o'er: 
 He sleeps where earthly ills no more 
 
 Will break the slumb'rer-s icot! 
 His dust is laid beneath the sod ; 
 His spirit has returned to God, 
 
 To mi'igle with the blest. 
 
 4 Death sunders every tender tie — 
 Pierced by his shaft, life's prospects lie 
 Like masts by tempests cleft! 
 
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 But hope points forward to a scene 
 Where sorrow will not intervene, 
 Nor friends of friends be 'reft. 
 
 5 The Savior conquered death, although 
 It slays our friends, and lays them Ioav; 
 
 Clothed in immortal bloom, 
 When Jesus Christ shall come to reign. 
 They'll burst their icy bands in twain, 
 
 And triumph o'er the tomb. 
 
 HYMN 179. (6's & T's D.) 
 
 1 Let us pray, gladly pray. 
 
 In the house of Jehovah, 
 Till the righteous can say, 
 
 *'0, our warfare is over!" 
 Then we'U dry up our tears, 
 
 Sweetly praising together, 
 Through the great thousand years, 
 
 Face to face with the Savior. 
 
 2 What ft joy will be there. 
 
 At the great resurrection. 
 As the Saints meet in air, 
 
 In their robes of jjerfection ; 
 Then the Lamb, then the Lamb, 
 
 With a God's mandatory, 
 AS I AM, THAT I AM, 
 
 Fills the world with his glory, 
 
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 'S We then cai\ live in peace, 
 
 With a joy on the mountains, 
 As the earth doth increase, 
 
 With a joy by the fountams ; 
 For the world will be blest. 
 
 With a joy to rely on, 
 From the east to the west. 
 
 Through the glory of Zion. 
 
 HYMN 180. (C.M.D.) 
 
 1 Let Zion in her beauty rise ; 
 
 Her light begins to shine : 
 Ere long her King will rend the skies, 
 
 Majestic and divine. 
 The Gospel's spreading through the land, 
 
 A people to prepare. 
 To meet the Lord and Enoch's band, 
 
 Triumphant in the air. 
 
 2 Ye heralds sound the Gospel trump. 
 
 To earth's remotest bound ; 
 Go, spread the news from pole to pole. 
 
 In all the nations round, 
 That Jesus in the clouds above, 
 
 With hosts of angels too. 
 Will soon appear, his Saints to save, 
 
 His enemies subdue. 
 
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 But ere that great and solemn day, 
 
 The stars from heaven will fal\ 
 The moon be turned mto blood, 
 
 The waters into gall, 
 The sun with blackness will be clothed. 
 
 All nature look affi'ight ! 
 While men — leboliious, wicked men, 
 
 Gaze heedless on the sight. 
 
 The earth shall reel, the heavens shake. 
 
 The sea move to the no.'th, 
 The earth roU up like as a scroll, 
 
 When God's command goes forth; 
 The mountains sink, the vaPeys lise, 
 
 j^nd all become a plain; 
 The islands aua the continents 
 
 Will then unite again. 
 
 5 Alas ! the day Avill then arrive 
 
 When rebels to God's grace 
 Will call for rocks to fall on them 
 
 And hide them from his face. 
 Not so with those who keep his law, 
 
 They'll joy to meet their Lord 
 In clouds above, with those who slept 
 
 In Christ, their sure reward. 
 
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 That glorious rest will then commence. 
 
 Which proj)het8 did foretell, 
 When Christ will reign with Saints on earth, 
 
 And in their presence dwell ; 
 A thousand years-, O, glorious day! 
 
 Dear Lord, preimre my heart 
 To stand with thee on Zion's mount, 
 
 And never more to part. 
 
 'i Then when the thousand years are past. 
 
 And Satan is unbound, 
 O Lord, preserve us from his grasi?, 
 
 By fire from heaven sent down, 
 Until our great last change shall come, 
 
 T' immortalize this clay, 
 Then wc in the celestial world 
 
 AVill spend eternal day. 
 
 HYMN 181. (L.M.) 
 
 1 My soul is full of peace and love; 
 I soon shall see Christ from above ; 
 And angels too, the hallowed throng, 
 Shall jom with rac in holy song. 
 
 3 The Spirit's power has sealed my peace, 
 And filled my soiil with heavenly grace ; 
 Transported, I, with peace and love, 
 Am waiting for the throne above. 
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 3 Prepare my heart, prepare my tougue, 
 To join this glorious, heaveulj' throng, 
 To hail the Bridegroom from above, 
 And join the band in songs of love. 
 
 4 Let all my powers of soul combme 
 To hail my Savior all divine ; 
 To hear his voice, attend his call. 
 And crown him Kmg and Lord of all. 
 
 HYMN 182. (13's & ll's, D.) 
 
 1 Now let us rejoice in the day of salvation, 
 No longer as strangers on earth need we 
 
 roam ; 
 Good tidings are sounding to us and each 
 
 nation, [come : 
 
 And shortly the hour of redemption will 
 When all that was promised the Saints will 
 
 be given, [even, 
 
 And none will molest them from mom until 
 And earth will appear as the garden of Eden, 
 And Jesus will say to all Israel, Come home. 
 
 2 We'll love one another, and never dissemble, 
 Bat cease to do evil, and ever be one; 
 
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 And wliilc the ungodly arc fearing, and 
 tremble, [wiUeome: 
 
 We'll watcli for the da}^ when the Savior 
 When all that was in-omiscd the Saints will 
 be given, [even, 
 
 And none will molest them from mom until 
 And earth will appear as the garden of Eden, 
 And Jesus will say to all Israel, Come home. 
 
 3 In faith we'll rely on the arm of Jehovah 
 To guide through these last days of trouble 
 
 and gloom ; 
 And after the scourges and harvest are over. 
 We'll rise with the just when the Savior doth 
 
 come. 
 Then all that was promised the Saints will 
 
 be given, [heaven. 
 
 And they will be crowned as the angels of 
 And earth will appear as the garden of Eden, 
 And Christ and his people will ever be one. 
 
 HYMN 183. (CM.) 
 
 The glorious day is rolling on,— 
 
 All glory to the Lord! 
 When fair as at creation's dawn. 
 
 The earth will be restored. 
 
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 3 A perfect bai-vcst thou 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, fragrant with perfume, 
 Adorn the verdant plain. 
 
 i The Samts 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 ours ? 
 Yes, if, through faith in Jesus' name. 
 We conquer Satan's x^owers; 
 
 G If we, like Jesus, bear the cross. 
 Like him despise the shame. 
 And count all earthly things but dross. 
 For his most holy name. 
 
 7 Then, whUe the powers of darkness rage, 
 With glory in our view. 
 In Jesus' strength let us engage, 
 To press to Zion too. ■ 
 
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 8 For Zion will like Eden bloom, 
 And Jesus come to reign ; 
 The Saints, immortal from the tonil), 
 With angels meet again. 
 
 HYMN 184. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Behold, the great Redeemer eomes 
 To bring his ransomed peojile home ; 
 He conies to save his scattered sheep ; 
 He comes to comfort those who weep. 
 
 2 He comes all blessings to impart 
 Unto the meek and contrite heart; 
 
 He comes, he comes! his Saints admire! 
 He comes to bum the proud by fire. 
 
 3 He comes to bless the huml)le poor; 
 He comes creation to restore ; 
 
 He comes the earth to purify; 
 He comes, but not again to die. 
 
 4 He comes, he eomes unto his own ; 
 He comes to reign on David's throne ; 
 He comes to stand on Zion's hill ; 
 He eomes the Scriptures to fulfil. 
 
 5 He comes to tread the wicked down ; 
 He comes the martyrs soon to crown ; 
 
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 He comes to diy the monrncrs' tears -, 
 He comes to reign a thousaud 3'ears. 
 
 6 He comes on Olive's Mount to stand ; 
 He comes all Israel to defend ; 
 
 He comes to lay the smncr low; 
 
 He comes that Judah may him know. 
 
 7 He comes to show his hands and side; 
 He comes to wed his read3'- hride; 
 
 He comes to rci;[;ii as King of kings ; 
 He comes, and all creation shigs. 
 
 HYMN 185. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Behold, the Savior comes! 
 
 Ye Saints, your hearts jirepare; 
 
 To Zion's mountain gather home. 
 
 For soon you'll meet him there. 
 
 2 The signs which he foretold 
 Already do appear : 
 
 Blood, smoke and fire, we oft hehold, 
 And these bespeak him near. 
 
 S Then let us lift our heads 
 
 "With joy, and sing his praise ; 
 The fig-tree putting forth its huds 
 Bespeaks the latter days. 
 
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 HYMN 180. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Earth is tbc place where Christ will reign 
 With all his Saints a thousand years; 
 He'll end their sorrows and their pahis, 
 Dismiss their woes, and dry their tears. 
 
 3 "tic'll burst the portals of the tomh. 
 And bring their sleeping dust to light; 
 He'll clothe them with immortal bloom, 
 Arrayed in garments clean and white. 
 
 3 Hem cleanse the earth from wicked men, 
 And bind old Satan with a chain ; 
 
 He'll raise the meek and humble, then, 
 To thrones of power, and bid them reign. 
 
 4 Hosannah to the Son of God, 
 Who soon will come to earth agam, 
 To smite the wicked with his rod, 
 And o'er the earth exalted reign ! 
 
 HYMN 187. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Behold the Mount of Olives rend ! 
 And on its top Messiah stand, 
 His chosen Israel to defend. 
 And save them with a mighty hand. 
 
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 2 The mountains sink, the valleys rise, 
 And all the land becomes a plain ; 
 He lirinG;s deliverance to the Jews, 
 While all their enemies are slain. 
 
 3 But lo ! what pen can paint the scene ! 
 His wounded hands and side they see. 
 Where once the nails and spear have been ! 
 This our Messiah ! Can it be ? 
 
 4 Whence, then, these wounds? Ah! who 
 
 has pierced 
 Our great Deliv'rer's heart and hands? 
 "These are the wounds I once received 
 Amid my kindred and my friends." 
 
 5 Tims the Messiah stands revealed, 
 And they their blest deliv'rcr own; 
 They're humbled Avhen at last they find 
 Jesus — Messiah — both are one. 
 
 6 Like Joseph's brethren, now they mourn. 
 And humbly own a Savior slain ; 
 
 They crown him king on David's throne. 
 That o'er the nations he may reign. 
 
 HYMN. 188 (L.M.) 
 
 1 Hosannah to the great Messiah, 
 The long expected Savior King, 
 
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 He'll come and cleanse the earth ])y fire, 
 And gather scattered Israel in. 
 
 2 On Zion's mount his throne shall he, 
 His sanctuary stand secure, 
 His sceptre o'er the nations sway, 
 And all creation him adore. 
 
 8 He'll judge with justice for the poor; 
 He will with equity reprove; 
 He'll smite the wicked with his power — 
 Oi)pression from the earth remove. 
 
 4 Princes and kings, and dukes and lords. 
 And mighty men of great renown, 
 Shall pray, though not unto the Lord, 
 But to the rocks and hills how down. 
 
 5 Ye rocks and mountams, on us fall, 
 To hide us from the great Messiah ; 
 For lo! the day of wrath has come. 
 The Lord's great day of dreadful ire. 
 
 C) The poor and meek shall then rejoice ; 
 The Saints in peace possess the land ; 
 The sheep shall hear the Shepherd's voice, 
 And with him on Mount Zion stand. 
 
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 HYMN 189. (7'e.) 
 
 1 Jesus, once of humble birtli, 
 Now in glory comes to earth ; 
 Onee he suffered grief and pain, 
 Now he comes on earth to reign. 
 
 2 Once a meek and lowly Lamh, 
 Now the Lord, the great I AM ; 
 Once u^jon the cross he bowed. 
 Now his chariot is the cloud. 
 
 3 Once he groaned in hlood and tears, 
 Now in glory he appears ; 
 
 Once rejected by his own, 
 
 Now their King he shall be known. 
 
 4 Once forsaken, left alone. 
 Now exalted to a throne ; 
 Once all things he meekly bore. 
 But he now will bear no more. 
 
 HYMN 190. (P.M.) 
 
 1 This earth shall be a blessed place, 
 
 To Saints celestial given. 
 Where Christ again shall show liis face. 
 With the redeemed of Adam's race, 
 
 In clouds descend from heaven. 
 
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 2 Yes, wlieu he comes on earth again, 
 
 The wicked bum as stubble ; 
 Thus all his enemies ai'e slain, 
 And o'er the nations he shall reign, 
 
 And end the scenes of trouble. 
 
 3 The trump of war is heard no more, 
 
 Bxit all their strife is ended, 
 While Jesus shall all things restore 
 To order, as they were before, 
 
 And peace o'er all extended. 
 
 4 Sing, O ye heavens ! let earth rejoice, 
 
 While Saints shall flow to Zion, 
 And rear the Temple of his choice. 
 And in its courts unite their voice. 
 
 In praise to Judah's Lion. 
 
 5 Hosanna to the reigii of peace. 
 
 The day so long expected ; 
 "When earth shall find a full release. 
 The groanings of creation cease, 
 
 The righteous well protected. 
 
 6 Come, sound his praise in joyful strains, 
 
 Who dwell beneath his banner; 
 He'll bind old Satan fast in chains. 
 And wide o'er earth's extended plams 
 
 The nations shout Hosanna, 
 
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 HYMN 191. (7's & 6'8.) 
 
 1 At first, the 1)abc of Bethlehem, 
 
 Of meek and humble mien ; 
 But next, the Lord from heaven, 
 In glory shall be seen. 
 
 2 The first, so meek and lowly, 
 
 Upon au ass he rode ; 
 The second, crowned with glory, 
 Returned to his abode. 
 
 3 The first was persecuted, 
 
 And into Egypt fled, 
 A pilgrim and a stranger, — 
 Not where to lay his head ; 
 
 4 The second, in his Temple 
 
 All suddenly appears. 
 And all his Saints come with him, 
 To reign a thousand years. 
 
 5 The first, a man of sorrows. 
 
 Rejected by his ovm ; 
 And Israel left in blindness 
 To wander forth forloni ; 
 
 G The second brings deliv'rance; 
 They crown him as their King ; 
 
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 They own him as their SaTior, 
 And johi liis x^raise to sing. 
 
 7 The first was all compassion, 
 
 And healing his employ ; 
 The second, clothed in vengeance, 
 The wicked shall destroy. 
 
 8 The first claimed no proud kingdom 
 
 Of this wide, wicked world ; 
 The last,— all kmgs shall own him, 
 Or from their thrones be hurled. 
 
 9 Let Jews and Gentiles mingle — 
 
 Messiah, Jesus, own; 
 His first and second coming 
 Will show that both arc one. 
 
 HYMN 192. (4-6's & 3-S's.) 
 
 Come, O thou King of khigs ! 
 
 We've waited long for thee ; 
 
 With healing in thy wings. 
 
 To set thy people free ; 
 Come, thou desire of nations, come : 
 Let Israel now be gathered home. 
 
 Come, make an end of sin. 
 And cleanse the earth by fire; 
 
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 And riglitcousness bring in, 
 Tliat Saints may tune the Ija-e, 
 With songs of joy — a happier strain, 
 To welcome in thy peaceful reign. 
 
 Hosannas now shall sound 
 
 From all the ransomed throng, 
 
 And glory echo round, 
 
 A new triumphal song 
 The wide expanse of heaven fill, 
 With anthems sweet from Zion's hill. 
 
 Hail ! Prince of Life and Peace ! 
 
 Thrice welcome to thy throne! 
 
 While aU the chosen race 
 ^ Their Lord and Savior own. 
 The heathen nations how the knee, 
 And every tongue sounds praise to thee. 
 
 HYMN 193. (7's & G's, D.) 
 
 FarcAvell, all earthly honors ; 
 
 Ibidj'ou all adieu-. 
 Farewell, all sinful pleasures ; 
 
 I want no more of you. 
 I want my habitation 
 
 On that eternal soil, 
 Bej'^ond the powers of Satan, 
 
 "\Vtierc sin can ne'er defile. 
 
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 3 1 waut my name cngrayen 
 
 Among the righteous ones, 
 Crymg, holy, holy Father, 
 
 And wear a righteous crown. 
 For such eternal riches, 
 
 I'm wilUng to pass through 
 All needful tribulations. 
 
 And count them my just due. 
 
 3 I'm willing to he chastened. 
 
 And bear my daily cross ; 
 I'm willing to be cleansed 
 
 From every kind of dross. 
 I see a fiery furnace, 
 
 I feel its piercing flames ; 
 The fruits of it are holy, 
 
 The gold will still remain. 
 
 4 All earthly tribulations 
 
 Are but a moment here ; 
 Then, oh ! if we prove faithful, 
 
 A righteous crown we'll wear : 
 We shall be counted holy. 
 
 And feed on angels' food, 
 llcjoicing in bright glory, 
 
 Before the throne of God. 
 
 5 There Christ himself has promised 
 
 A mansion to prepare ; 
 
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 And all who serve him faithfully, 
 The victor's wreath shall wear; 
 
 Bright croAvns shall then he given 
 To all the ransomed throng. 
 
 And glory ! glory ! glory ! 
 Shall he the conq'ror's song. 
 
 HYMN 194. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Kedeemer of Israel, 
 
 Our only delight, 
 On whom for a blessmg we call ; 
 Our shadow by day, 
 
 And our pillar by night, 
 Our King, our Deliv'rcr, our all ! 
 
 2 We know he is comuig 
 
 To gather his sheep, 
 And lead them to Zion m love ; 
 For why in the valley 
 
 Of death should they weep, 
 Or in the lone wilderness rove ! 
 
 3 How long we have wandered 
 
 As strangers in sin, 
 And cried in the desert for thee! 
 Our foes have rejoiced 
 
 When our sorrows they've seen ; 
 But Israel wiU shortly be free. 
 
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 4 As cliildieu of Zion, 
 
 Good tidings for us, 
 The tokens already appear ; 
 Tear not, and be just. 
 For tlie kingdom is ours ; 
 The hour of redemption is near. 
 
 HYMN 195. (L.M.) 
 
 1 What wondrous things we now behold, 
 By Prophets seen in days of old. 
 In visions which th' Almighty Lord 
 Confirmed by his unchanging word. 
 
 3 The second time he'd set his hand, 
 To gather Israel to their land ; 
 Fulfil the cov'nants he had made. 
 And pour his blessings on their head. 
 
 3 Then Ephraim's sons, a warlike race. 
 Shall seek their rest and dwell in peace ; 
 And earth's remotest parts abound, 
 With joys of everlasting sound. 
 
 4 Yes, Abra'm's children then shall be 
 Like sands in number by the sea : 
 While kindreds, tongues and nations all, 
 Combine to make their numbers full. 
 
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 5 The dawnine; of that day has come, 
 See! Abra'm's sons arc gath'rino; home; 
 And daughters too, with joyful lays, 
 Are hast'mng here to join in praise. 
 
 6 O God, our Father and our King, 
 Inspire the theme our voices sing ; 
 Let all our powers of soul combine. 
 To smg thy praise in songs divine. 
 
 HYMN 196. (7's.) 
 
 1 In the sun, and moon, and stars. 
 Signs and wonders there shall be ; 
 Earth shall quake with inward wars, 
 Nations with pcrplelsity. 
 
 3 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep. 
 
 Tossed with stronger tempests rise 
 Wilder storms the moim tarns sweep ; 
 Louder thunders shake the skies. 
 
 3 Dread alarms shall shake the proud. 
 Pale amazement, restless fear-, 
 Joy, ye samts, in yonder cloud 
 See your Savior King appear! 
 
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 HYMN 197. (J:-6's & 2-8' s.) 
 
 Ye ransomed of our God, 
 
 To Zion now return, 
 
 And seek a safe attode, 
 
 Before the wicked bum ; 
 The year of Jubilee draws near ; 
 Jesus on earth will soon appear. 
 
 Let Israel now return 
 
 Unto their ancient home, 
 
 Possess the Holy Land, 
 
 And build Jerusalem 
 And there await the Jubilee ; 
 They shall the King of glory sec. 
 
 Let Gentiles throng the way 
 
 To Zion's happy land ; 
 
 Those who the truth obey 
 
 Shall in his presence stand, 
 Shall shine with the celestial light, 
 And walk with Jesus Christ in wliite. 
 
 Let Joseph's remnants come 
 
 To Zion's sacred hill, 
 
 And throng the house of God, 
 
 And learn to do his will. 
 That Zion may arise and shine 
 With light celestial and divine. 
 
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 Let Saints in every clime. 
 Their waiting hearts prepare, 
 Erom every tribe and tongue. 
 To Zion's mount repair; 
 
 The marriage of the Lamb is near; 
 
 The great Bridegroom will soon appear. 
 
 HYMN 198. (L.M.) 
 
 1 A holy angel from on high, 
 
 The joyful message has made known, 
 "Which brings our longing spirits nigh, 
 To bow and worship near the throne. 
 
 2 Mercy and truth together meet. 
 
 And joy and peace with fond embrace ; 
 The earth and heaven each other greet. 
 Their offspring, truth and righteousness. 
 
 3 Lo! from the heavens comes righteousness, 
 And truth from earth exulting springs ; 
 These joined in one shall Israel bless, 
 Borne as it were on angels' wings. 
 
 4 Wide round the earth the echo flies, 
 From their long sleep the nations wake ; 
 The righteous shout with glad surprise, 
 While the ungodly fear and quake. 
 
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 5 Thus truth shall spread through every cluuc, 
 And Israel's tribes be gathered home, 
 And watch for the appomtcd time 
 To see the great Messiah come. 
 
 IIYMN 199. (L.M.) 
 
 1 What wondrous scenes mme eyes behold ! 
 What glories burst upon my view ! 
 When Ephraim's records I unfold, 
 
 AU things appear divinely new. 
 
 2 Angels to earth good news have borne. 
 Which fills our souls with joy and peace; 
 Good news to comfort those who mourn 
 And bring the captive fuU release. 
 
 3 Isi'ael, so long oppressed and grieved, 
 In every land, in every clime, 
 
 Shall hear the word of God, and live ! 
 Tliis is the time, the chosen time. 
 
 4 The scattered sheep, who once were sold. 
 In dai'kness o'er the mountains far, 
 Shall now return unto their fold, 
 
 And there their waiting hearts prepare. 
 
 5 When lo ! their Shepherd shall descend , 
 With aU the glorious, heavenly throng*, 
 
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 Destroy tlie wolves, the sheep defend, 
 From every woe, from every "wrong. 
 
 6 Glory to God ! we tnne the lyre 
 In loud hosannas to his name ; 
 Let Jews and Gentiles join the choir, 
 And round the earth the ncAvs x^roclaim. 
 
 IIYMN 200. (4-C's ci^ 2-8's.) 
 
 1 An angel from on high, 
 The long, long silence hrolce ; 
 Descendhig from the sky. 
 These gracious words he spoke — 
 
 Lo ! in Cumorah's lonely hill, 
 A sacred, record lies concealed. 
 
 2 Sealed by Moroni's hand. 
 It has for ages lain. 
 
 To wait the Lord's command, 
 From di;st to speak again. 
 It shall again to light come forth, 
 To usher in Christ's reign on earth. 
 
 ?j It speaks of Joseph's seed. 
 
 And makes the remnant IcnoAvn 
 Of nations long since dead. 
 Who once had dwelt alone. 
 
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 The fulness of the Gospel, too, 
 Its pages will reveal to view. 
 
 The time is now fulfilled — 
 
 The long expected day -, 
 
 Let earth obedient yield, 
 
 And darkness flee away ! 
 Open the seals, he wide unfurled 
 Its light and glorj' to the world. 
 
 Lo, Israel flUed with joy. 
 
 Shall now be gathered home ; 
 
 Their wealth and means emploj'' 
 
 To build Jerusalem ; 
 While Zion shall arise and shine, 
 And fill the earth with truth divine. 
 
 HYMN 201. (CM.) 
 
 1 Behold, the mountain of the Lofd 
 In latter days shall rise, 
 On mountain tops above the hills, 
 And draw the wond'ring eyes. 
 
 3 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. 
 
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 3 The rays that shmc 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 rage, nor hostile feuds 
 
 Disturb those peaceful years ; 
 To plow-shares men shall beat their swords- 
 To pmning-hooks their spears. 
 
 6 No longer host cncount'ring host 
 
 Shall crowds of slain deplore ; 
 They'll hang the trumpet in the hall, 
 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. 
 
 HYMN 202. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb ; 
 Take this new treasure to thy trust! 
 
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 And give these sacred relics room 
 To slumlici- in tlie silent dust. 
 
 2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear, 
 Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woes 
 Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, 
 While angels watch the soft repose. 
 
 3 So Jesus slept; God's dying Son 
 
 Passed through the grave anjd blessed the bed! 
 Rest here, blest Samt, till from his throne 
 The morning breaks to pierce the shade. 
 
 4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn ! 
 Attend, O earth, his sov'reign word ! 
 Restore thy trust ; a glorious form 
 Shall then arise to meet the Lord . 
 
 IIYMN 203. (CM.) 
 
 1 Lord, when iniquities abound, 
 
 And blasphemy grows bold, 
 When faith is hardly to be found, 
 And love is waxing cold, — 
 
 2 Is not thy chariot hastening on? 
 
 Ilast thou not giv'n the sign ? 
 
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 May we not tinist and live iii)on 
 A promise so divine ? 
 
 3 "Tcs," saitli the Lord "now will I rise, 
 
 And make oppressors flee ; 
 
 I will appear to their snrprise, 
 
 And set my servants free." 
 
 4 Thy word, like silver seven times tried, 
 
 Through ages shall endure ; 
 The men, that in Thy truth confidp, 
 Shall find the promise sure. 
 
 HYMN 204. (L.P.M.) 
 
 1 Judges, who mle the world hy laws. 
 Will ye despise the righteous cause 
 
 When the oppressed before you stand ? 
 Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, 
 And let rich sinners go secure, 
 
 While gold and greatness hril)e 3'our 
 hand? 
 
 2 Have ye forgot, or never Icnew, 
 That God will judge the judges, too? 
 
 High in the heavens His justice reigiis ; 
 Yet you invade the rights of God, 
 And send your l)old decrees abroad, 
 
 To bind the conscience in your chains! 
 
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 S Til' Almighty thunclers from the sl-cj — 
 Their grandeur melts, their titles die; — 
 
 They perish like dissolving frost ; 
 As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, 
 Before the sweeping tempest flies, 
 
 So shall their hopes and names he lost. 
 
 4 Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord 
 Safety and joy to Saints afl[brd ; 
 
 And all that hear shall join and saj', — 
 "Sure there's a God that rules on high, 
 A God that hears his children cry, 
 And will their sufTrings well repay." 
 
 HYMN 205. (L.M.) 
 
 1 This child we dedicate to Thee, 
 O God of grace and purity! 
 Shield him from sin and threatening wrong, 
 And let thy love his life prolong. 
 
 3 O may thy Spirit gently draw 
 nis willing soul to keep thy law ; 
 May virtue, piety and truth, 
 Dawn even with his dawning j^outh. 
 
 o Grant him a pure and steadfast heart, 
 That from the truth will ne'er depart; 
 Faithful to every law that's given, 
 Oh ! may he share the joj's of heaven. 
 
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 in^MN 206. (CM.) 
 
 1 Lord, let thy Holy Spirit now 
 
 Shine forth in every heart, 
 That, as to worship thee we've met, 
 "We may rejoicing part. 
 
 2 Speak through thy servants, Lord, and may 
 
 Thy truth each bosom swell, 
 "Wliile every lip and every heart 
 Unite thy love to tell. 
 
 IIYMN 207. (CM.) 
 
 1 Once more, my soul, the rising day 
 
 Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
 Now let my heart its tribute paj' 
 To Him who rules the skies. 
 
 2 Night unto night his name repeats, 
 
 And day renews the sound; 
 Wide as the heavens on which he sits. 
 To turn the seasons round. 
 
 3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame ; 
 
 My tongue shall sing his jiraise ; 
 And I will glory m his name, 
 While he extends my days. 
 
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 i And when my mortal course is clouc, 
 And I must jaeld my breath, 
 O, may my soul, bright as the sun, 
 Shiuc o'er the night of death. 
 
 HYMN 308. (S.M.) 
 
 1 Sec how the morning sun 
 Pursues his shining way, 
 
 And wide proclaims his Maker's praise 
 With every hright'ning ray. 
 
 2 Tluis would my rising soul 
 Of heaven's Parent sing, 
 
 And spread the truth, from i?olc to i)ole, 
 Of Jesus, my great King. 
 
 3 In faith I laid me down 
 Beneath his guardian care ; 
 
 I slept, and I awoke and found 
 That he was just as near. 
 
 4 O Lord, I want to live 
 So humbly unto thee; 
 
 That in thy presence I may spend 
 A blest eternity. 
 
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 Give mc thy Spirit, then, 
 To guide me tlirough this day, 
 That I may be upright and just, 
 And always watch and pray. 
 
 HYMN 309. (L.M.) 
 
 1 "Waked from my bed of slumber sweet. 
 Refreshed in body and in mind, 
 The morning light with joy I greet, 
 And offer up a song divine. 
 
 2 Thy praise, O God, shall be my theme, 
 "While day and night their course pursue, 
 Till time shall end its transient dream — 
 Through endless day the theme renew. 
 
 3 Thy mercy has presei-ved my soul. 
 Through toils and dangers, griefs and fears ; 
 And still upon this earthly ball 
 Thou lengthen'st out my days and years. 
 
 4 O, grant me, then, thy Spirit's power 
 To guide my feet in ways of peace ; 
 Preserve me thine each day and hour. 
 Till from a Avorld of sin released. 
 
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 5 Then when ray mortal life is closed, 
 Eternal glory mine shall be ; 
 And, all arrayed in spotless white, 
 I shall the King of Glory see. 
 
 HYMN 310. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, let us sing an evening hymn, 
 
 To calm our minds for rest ; 
 And each one try, with single eye, 
 To praise the Savior best. 
 
 2 Yea, let us sing a sacred song. 
 
 To close the passing day; 
 With one accord call on the Lord, 
 And ever watch and pray. 
 
 3 O, thank the Lord for grace and gifts 
 
 Renewed in latter days — 
 For truth and light to guide us right 
 In wisdom's pleasant ways ; 
 
 4 For every line we have received. 
 
 To turn our hearts above — 
 
 For every word and every good 
 
 That fill our souls with love. 
 
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 5 O, let us raise a holier strain, 
 
 For blessings great as ours ; 
 And be prepared, while angels guard 
 Us through our slumb'ring hours. 
 
 6 O, may we sleep and wake in joy, 
 
 While life with us remains ; 
 And then go home beyond the toml«, 
 Where peace for ever reigns. 
 
 HYMN 311. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Glory to thee, my God, this night. 
 For all the blessmgs of the Ught; 
 Keep me, O keep me, King of kuigs. 
 Under the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 2 Forgive me. Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The sins that I this day have done ; 
 That with the world, myself and thee, 
 I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 
 
 3 Teach me to live that I may dread 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 Triumphant rise to endless day. 
 
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 4 Oh ! may my soul on thee repose, 
 
 And may sweet sleep mme eyelids close — 
 Slaep that shall me more vig'rous make, 
 To serve my God when I awake. 
 
 5 If in the night I sleepless lie, 
 
 My soul with heavenly thoughts supply ; 
 Let no ill dreams disturb my rest. 
 Nor powers of darkness me molest. 
 
 € Let my blest guardian, while I sleep, 
 His watchful station near me keep ; 
 My heart with love celestial fill, 
 And guard me from th' approach of ill. 
 
 7 May he celestial joys rehearse, 
 
 And thought in thought with me converse; 
 Or, in my stead, all the night long. 
 Sing to my God a grateful song. 
 
 S Lord, let my soul forever share 
 The bliss of thy paternal care ; 
 'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above 
 To see thy face and sing thy love. 
 
 9 Oh, when shall I, in endless day. 
 Forever chase dark sleep away; 
 And hymns divine with angels sing, — 
 Glory to thee, Eternal King! 
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 HYMN 212. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Haste glorious day when Christ shall come 
 To reigii supreme o'er land and sea, 
 When Saints shall aU be gathered home, 
 And earth be ruled with equity. 
 
 HYMN 213. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Great God ! to thee my evening song 
 "With humble gratitude I raise; 
 
 let thy mercy tune my tongue. 
 And fill my heart with hvely praise. 
 
 2 My days, unclouded as they pass, 
 And every onwardjrolling hour. 
 Are monuments of wondrous grace, 
 And witness to thy love and power. 
 
 3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, 
 Too oft regardless of thy love, 
 Ungrateful can from thee depart 
 
 And from the path of duty rove. 
 
 4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood 
 
 Of Christ, my Lord ; his name alone 
 
 1 plead for pardon, gTacious God, 
 And kind acceptance at thy throne. 
 
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 5 With hope in him mhie eyelids close, 
 "With sleep refresh my feeble frame ; 
 Safe iu thy care may I repose, 
 And wake with praises to thy name. 
 
 HYMN 214. (CM.) 
 
 1 Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray! 
 I am for erer thine ! 
 I fear before thee all the day : 
 Oh! may I never sin. 
 
 3 And while I rest my weary head, 
 From cares and business free, 
 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed 
 With my own heart and thee. 
 
 3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; 
 
 And when my work is done. 
 Great God, my faith, my hope relies 
 Upon thy grace alone. 
 
 4 Thus, with my thoughts composed to peace, 
 
 I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; 
 Thy hand in safety keeps my days. 
 And will my slumbers keep. 
 
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 HYMN 215. (S.M.) 
 
 The day is past and gone, 
 The evenmg shades appear ; 
 O, may we all remember well 
 The night of death draws near. 
 
 We lay our garments by. 
 While we retire to rest ; 
 So death will soon disrobe us all 
 Of what we here possess. 
 
 Lord, keep us safe this night 
 Secure from all our fears ; 
 May angels guard us while we sleep. 
 Till morniag light appears. 
 
 And when we early rise 
 And view th' unwearied sun, 
 May we set out to win the prize, 
 And after glory run. 
 
 And when our days are past, 
 And we from time remove, 
 O, may we in thy kingdom rest. 
 Where all is peace and love. 
 
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 HYMN 210. (8's.) 
 
 1 Adieu, my dear brethren, adieu ; 
 Reluctant we give you the hand. 
 No more to assemble with you, 
 Till we on Mount Zion shall stand. 
 
 2 Your acts of benevolence past, 
 Your gentle compassionate love. 
 Henceforth in our mem'ry shall last, 
 Though far from your sight we remove. 
 
 o Our hearts swell with tender regret, 
 And sigh at each parting embrace, 
 While heaven our course must direct, 
 And others succeed in our place. 
 
 4 When trav'ling the Gospel to preach, 
 Our course among strangers we steer; 
 Repentance and faith we will teach 
 To all that are willing to hear. 
 
 5 O Shepherd of Israel, draw near ; 
 Thy glorious presence display ; 
 Our parting reflections to cheer, 
 And help us thy voice to obey. 
 
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 6 Help us to refrain from cacli ill ; 
 Press forward for glory and peace ; 
 Oar sacred engagements fulfil, 
 Till thou shall command our release. 
 
 7 Then may we to Zion repair, 
 And wait our blest Master to see, 
 To spend the Millennium there, 
 From sin and from sorrow set free. 
 
 8 How cheerful the thoughts of that rest. 
 With Jesus our Savior to reign, 
 
 Till we shall be changed with the blest, 
 And glory celestial obtain. 
 
 HYMN 317. (7's & 6's.) 
 
 1 Farewell, our friends and brethren 
 Here take the parting hand ; 
 We go to preach the Gospel 
 In every foreign land. 
 
 i Farewell our wives and children. 
 Who render life so sweet ; 
 Dry up your tears — be faithful 
 Till we again shall meet. 
 
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 3 Farewell, ye scenes of cliildhood. 
 And fancies of our youth ; 
 We s:o to combat error 
 With everlasting truth. 
 
 2 Farewell, all carnal pleasures, 
 
 Which gild the scenes of mirth - 
 Your days are surely numbered 
 To trouble man on earth. 
 
 5 Farewell, farewell our country ; 
 
 Our home is now abroad, 
 To labor in the vineyard, 
 In righteousness for God. 
 
 6 The gallant ships are readj-^ 
 
 To bear us o'er the sea, 
 
 To gather up the blessed, 
 
 That Zion may be free. 
 
 HYMN 218. (7's & 6's D. ) 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountains, 
 From India's coral strand, 
 
 Where Afric's sunny fountains, 
 RoU do-vvn their golden sand ; 
 
 From many an ancient river, 
 From many a palmy plain, 
 
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 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! oh, salvation 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 Has learnt Messiah's name. 
 
 i 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 ransomed nature. 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain. 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign. 
 
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 HYMN 219. (ll's.) 
 
 1 How often in sweet meditation my mind, 
 Where solitude reigned, and aside from 
 
 mankind, 
 Has dwelt on the hour when the Savior did 
 
 deign 
 To call me, his sen\ant, to publish his name. 
 
 2 To lift up my voice and proclaim the glad 
 news, 
 First unto the Gentiles, and then to the Jews, 
 That Jesus, Messiah, in clouds will descend. 
 Destroy the ungodly, the righteous defend. 
 
 3 How rich is the treasure, ye Priests of the 
 
 Lord, 
 Entrusted to us, as made known by his 
 
 word, 
 The plan of salvation, the Gospel of grace, 
 To publish abroad unto Adam's lost race. 
 
 4 O, gladly we'll go to the isles and proclaim, 
 And nations unknown then shall hear of His 
 fame ; 
 
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 Yea, kingdoms and countries, both Gentiles 
 
 and Jews, 
 Shall see us and he^ir us pr-x'laim the glad 
 
 news. 
 
 5 And millions shall turn to the Lord, and re- 
 joice 
 
 That they have made Jesus, the Savior, their 
 choice ; 
 
 From north and the south, from the east and 
 the west, 
 
 We'll bring home our thousands in Zion to 
 rest. 
 
 As clouds see them fly to their glorioiis 
 
 home — 
 As doves to their windows in flocks see them 
 
 come. 
 While empires shall tremble, and kingdoms 
 
 decay, 
 As the visions of Daniel in plainness portray. 
 
 7 And Israel shall flourish and spread far 
 
 abroad, 
 Till earth shall be full of the knowledge of 
 
 God; 
 And thus shall the stone of the mountain 
 
 roll forth. 
 Extend its dominion, and fill the whole earth. 
 
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 HYMN 220. (C.M.D.) 
 
 1 The gallant ship is under weigh 
 
 To bear me off to sea. 
 And yonder floats the streamer gay 
 
 That says she waits for me. 
 The seamen dip the ready oar, 
 
 As rippled waves oft tell, 
 They bear me swiftly from the shore ; 
 
 My native land, farewell ! 
 
 3 I go, but not to plough the main 
 
 To ease a restless mind ; 
 Nor yet to toil on battle's plain, 
 
 The victor's wreath to find. 
 'Tis not for treasures that are hid 
 
 In mountain or in dell, — 
 'Tis not for joys like these I bid 
 
 My native land farewell. 
 
 3 I go to break the fowler''s snare, 
 To gather Israel home ; 
 I go the name of Christ to bear 
 In lands and isles unknoAvn ; 
 And soon my pilgrim-feet shall tread 
 
 On land where errors dwell. 
 Whence light and truth have long since 
 fled,— 
 My native land farewell ! 
 
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 I go, an erring child of dust, 
 
 Ten thousand foes among; 
 Yet on his mighty arm I trust, 
 
 Who makes the feeble strong. 
 My sun, my shield, forever nitrh, 
 
 He will my fears dispel: 
 This hope supports me Avhen I sigh. 
 
 My native land, farewell! 
 
 5 I go devoted to his cause. 
 
 And to his will resigned ; 
 His presence will supply the loss 
 
 Of all I leave behind : 
 His promise cheers the sinking heart, 
 
 And lights the darkest cell,— 
 To exiled pilgrims grace imparts: 
 
 My native land, farewell! 
 
 6 I go, — it is my Master's call; 
 
 He's made m}' duty plain; 
 No danger can the heart appal 
 
 When Jesus stoops to reign. 
 And now the vessel's side Ave've made, 
 
 The sails their bosoms swell ; 
 Thy beauties in the distance fade: 
 
 My native land, farcAvell! 
 
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 HYMN 231. (S's, 7's & i.) 
 
 1 Yes, my native land, I love thee. 
 
 All thy scenes, I love them well: 
 Friends, connections, happy country. 
 Can I bid you all farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave thee. 
 Far in distant lands to dwell ? 
 
 2 Home! thy joys are passing lovely — 
 
 Jo3's no stranger heart can tell : 
 Happy home ! 'tis sure I love thee, 
 Can I, can I say farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave thee, 
 Far in distant lands to dwell ? 
 
 3 Holy scenes of joy and gladness 
 
 Every fond emotion swell ; 
 Can I banish heartfelt sadness, 
 While I bid my home farewell ? 
 
 Can I leave thee, 
 Far in distant lands to dwell ? 
 
 4 Yes, I hasten from you gladly, 
 
 From the scenes I love so well: 
 Far away, ye billows, bear me ; 
 Lovely, native land, farewell ! 
 
 Pleased I leave thee. 
 Far in distant lands to dwell. 
 
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 5 In the deserts let me labor, 
 
 On the mountains let me tell 
 
 How he died, the blessed Savior, 
 
 To redeem a world from hell. 
 
 Let me hasten 
 Far in distant lands to d-well. 
 
 6 Bear me on, thou restless ocean ; 
 
 Let the winds my canvass swell : 
 Heaves my heart with warm emotion, 
 While I go far hence to dwell. 
 
 Glad I bid thee, 
 Native land, farewell, farewell! 
 
 HYMN 223. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Farewell, my kind and faithful friend — 
 The partner of my early youth. 
 
 While from my home my stops I bend, 
 To warn mankind and teach the truth. 
 
 2 How oft, in silent evening mild, 
 I to some lonely place repair! 
 
 Thy love and kindness call to mind. 
 And lift my voice in humble prayer. 
 
 3 O Lord, extend thine arms of love, 
 Around the partner of my heart; 
 For thou hast spoken from above. 
 And called me from my all to part. 
 
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 i Preserve her soul in i>erfect peace, 
 From sickness, sorrow, grief and pain ; 
 Until our pilo-rima^e shall cease. 
 And we on Zion's hill shall reign. 
 
 5 How gladly would my soul retire 
 AYith thee, to spend a peaceful life 
 In some sequestered, humble vale, 
 Far from the scenes of noise and strife, 
 
 6 TV^here men should grieve our souls no more, 
 Nor rage of sin disturb our peace ; 
 
 Our troubles, toils and suflTrmgs o'er. 
 Their Ues and persecution cease. 
 
 HYMN 223. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Behold ! the harvest wide extends, 
 The fields are white o'er all the plam; 
 The tares in bundles must be bound, 
 Wuue we with care secure the grain. 
 
 2 Shall we repine when Jesus calls, 
 Or count it sacrifice we make, 
 
 To spend our lives as pilgrims here, 
 Or lose them for the Gospel's sake ? 
 
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 S When Jesus Christ has done the same, 
 Without a place to lay his head, — 
 A pilorim on the earth he came. 
 Until for us his blood was shed. 
 
 4 Shall \re behold the nations doomed 
 To sword and famine, blood and fire, 
 Yet not the least exertion make, 
 But from the scene in peace retire? 
 
 5 No ; while his love for me extends, 
 The pattern makes my duty plain; 
 I'll sound to earth's remotest ends, 
 His Gospel to the sons of men ! 
 
 6 Farewell, my kind and faithful friend. 
 Until we meet on earth again ; 
 
 For soon our pili^rimage shall end, 
 And the Messiah come to reign. 
 
 HYMN 22i. (13's & ll's.) 
 
 1 Adieu to the city where long I have 
 
 wandered 
 To tell them of judgments and warn them to 
 
 flee; 
 How often in sorrow their woes I have 
 
 pondered ! 
 Perhaps in aflEiiction they'll think upon me. 
 
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 2 With tears of compassion, in silence retiring. 
 The last ray of hope for your safety expiring, 
 A feeling of pity this bosom inspiring,— 
 Sing this lamentation, and think upon me. 
 
 3 How often at evening your halls have re- 
 
 sounded 
 With th' pure testimony of Jesus so free ; 
 While the meek were rejoicing, the proud 
 
 were confounded, 
 The poor had the Gospel : they'll think upon 
 
 me. 
 
 4 W^hen empires shall tremble at Israel's re- 
 
 turning, 
 And earth shall be cleansed by the spirit of 
 
 burning ; 
 When proud men shall perish, and priests, 
 
 with their learning, 
 Sing this lamentation, and think upon me. 
 
 5 When th' Union is severed, and liberty's 
 
 blessings 
 Withheld from the sons of Columbia,once free; 
 When bloodshed and war and famine distress 
 
 them, 
 Eemember the warning, and think upon me. 
 
 6 When this mighty city shall crumble to ruin. 
 And sink as a millstone, the merchants un- 
 doing, 
 
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 The ransomed the hischway of Zion pursumg, 
 -Sing this lamentation, and think upon me. 
 
 HYMN 225. (8's7's&4.) 
 
 1 Come, thou glorious day of promise, 
 
 Come and spread thj- cheerful ray, 
 "When the scattered sheep of Israel 
 Shall no longer go astray ; 
 
 When hosannas. 
 With united voice they'll cry. 
 
 2 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry? 
 
 Shall thy wrath forever bum ? 
 Else, redeem thine ancient people; 
 
 Their transgressions from them turn. 
 King of Israel, 
 Come and set thy people free. 
 
 3 O, that soon thou wouldst to Jacob, 
 
 Thy enlivening Spirit send ! 
 Of their unbelief and mis'ry 
 
 Make, O Lord, a speedy end. 
 Lord, Messiah! 
 Prince of Peace o'er Israel reigii. 
 
 HYMN 226. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Farewell, ye servants of the Lord, 
 To whom we oft have preached the word ; 
 
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 May you improve the wisdom e:iveu, 
 And lead ten thousand souls to heaven. 
 
 2 Farewell, ye Saints of latter days, 
 
 With whom we've met in prayer and praise, 
 In whose kind hearts the truth has shone. 
 By which we're gathered all in one. 
 
 3 Farewell, kind friends, whose hearts are true. 
 We can no longer stay with you ; 
 
 Arise, the voice of truth obey, 
 
 O, come and wash your sins away. 
 
 4 Farewell to all whose stubborn wiU 
 Binds them in chains of darkness still ; 
 Our voice no longer you shall hear, 
 Till Jesus shall in clouds appear. 
 
 5 Then you shall see and hear and know 
 What you rejected here below ; 
 Though you may sink in endless pain, 
 Yet truth eternal will remain. 
 
 HYMN 227. (6-7's.) 
 
 When shall we all meet again ? 
 When shall we our rest obtain ? 
 When our pilgrimage be o'er, 
 Parting sighs be known no more. 
 
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 When Mount Zion we regain, 
 There may we all meet again. 
 
 2 We to foreign climes repair ; 
 Truth's the message which we bear — 
 Truth which angels oft have borne — 
 Truth to comfort those who mourn : 
 Truth eternal will remain ; 
 On its rock we'll meet again. 
 
 8 Now the bright and morning star 
 Spreads its glorious light afar — 
 Kindles up the rising dawn 
 Of that bright Millennial mom : 
 When the Saints shall rise and reign, 
 In the clouds we'll meet again. 
 
 4 When the sons of Israel come, 
 When they buUd Jerusalem, 
 When the House of God is reared, 
 And Messiah's way prepared. 
 When from heaven he comes to reign, 
 There may we all meet again. 
 
 5 When the earth is cleansed by fire. 
 When the wicked's hopes expire. 
 When in cold oblivion's shade, 
 Proud oppressors all are laid. 
 Long will Zion's mount remain ; 
 There may we all meet again. 
 
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 HYMN 228. (ll's.) 
 
 1 To leave my dear friends, and from neighbors 
 
 to part, 
 And go from my home, give me sorrow of 
 
 heart, 
 With the thoughts of absenting myself far 
 
 away 
 From the House of my God where I've 
 
 chosen to pray. 
 
 2 But Jesus now calls me a message to bear, 
 To kingdoms and countries and islands afar; 
 His presence will bless me and be with me 
 
 there, 
 His Spirit inspire me, in answer to prayer. 
 
 2 Then why should I linger with fondest de- 
 sire. 
 O'er home and the raptures its comforts in- 
 spire ? 
 For sweeter, oh, sweeter, the message I bear, 
 To comfort the mourner, in answer to prayer. 
 
 4 Dear friends, I must leave you and bid you 
 adieu. 
 And pay my devotion in parts to me new ; 
 But still I'll remember in pilgrimage there. 
 The joys that we tasted in answer to prayer. 
 
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 5 And oft when the day's busy bustle -vrill close. 
 As nature lies sleeping in silent repose, 
 To some lone retreat I will fondly repair. 
 Remember my kindred, and pray for them 
 there. 
 
 HYMN 229. (4-6^s & 2-8's.) 
 
 When time shall be no more. 
 Its jOys and sorrows fled ; 
 When all its cares are o'er, 
 And numbered with the dead, 
 Unveiled, eternal truth shall shine. 
 In its own image, all divme. 
 
 The Saints in robes of light 
 Shall walk the golden street. 
 Shall bow before His throne. 
 Or worship at his feet, — 
 Shall sit on thrones, exalted high. 
 Enthroned in might and majesty. 
 
 O, sinner, wouldst thou stand 
 
 In that blest company ? 
 
 Obey the Lord's command. 
 
 And from thy sins be free ; 
 I shall be there and look for thee ; 
 Farewell! till then, remember me. 
 
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 HYMN 230. (P.M.) 
 
 An angel came do\vn from the mansions of 
 
 glory, 
 And told that a record was hid in Cumorah, 
 Containuag the fullness 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. 
 
 3 A heavenly treasure, a book full of merit, 
 It speaks from the dust by the power of the 
 
 Spirit ; 
 A voice from the Savior, that Samts can 
 
 rely on, 
 To watch for the day when he brings again 
 Zion. 
 O Israel! O Israel! &c. 
 
 3 O, listen, ye isles, and give ear every nation, 
 For great things await you in this genera- 
 tion ; 
 The kingdom of Jesus in Zion shall flourish, 
 The righteous will gather, the wicked must 
 perish. 
 O Israel! O Israel! &c. 
 
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 HYMN 331. (7's&6'8.) 
 
 1 If you could hie to Kolob, 
 
 In th' twinkling of an eye. 
 And then continue onward. 
 With that same speed to fly, 
 
 2 D'ye think that you could ever, 
 
 Through all eternity, 
 Find out the generation 
 "Where Gods began to be ? 
 
 3 Or see the grand beginning, 
 Where space did not extend ? 
 Or view the last creation, 
 Where Gods and matter end ? 
 
 4 Methinks the Spirit whispers — 
 "No man has found 'pure space,* 
 Nor seen the outside curtains 
 Where nothmg has a place. 
 
 5 The works of Gods continue, 
 And worlds and lives abound ; 
 Improvement and progression 
 Have one eternal round. 
 
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 6 There is no end to matter ; 
 
 There is no end to space ; 
 Tliere is no end to spirit ; 
 There is no end to race ; 
 
 7 There is no end to virtue ; 
 
 There is no end to might ; 
 There is no end to wisdom ; 
 There is no end to light ; 
 
 8 There is no end to nnion ; 
 
 There is no end to youth ; 
 
 There is no end to priesthood -, 
 
 There is no end to truth ; 
 
 9 There is no end to glory ; 
 
 There is no end to love ; 
 There is no end to being: — 
 Grim Death sleeps not above. 
 
 HYMN 232. (CM.) 
 
 1 To Him who reigns on high, 
 Whom heavenly hosts adore, 
 The sovereign Lord of earth and sky, 
 Be glory evermore. 
 
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 2 Let Saints their voices raise, 
 
 His wond'rous love to sing; 
 Conspire with one accord to praise 
 Their Father and their King. 
 
 3 Extol the wisdom great 
 
 That framed salvation's scheme, 
 Which not alone could man create, 
 But fallen man redeem. 
 
 4 Sing of the glorious time 
 
 When all will own his sway, 
 And sing his praise in songs sul)lime, 
 In realms of endless day. 
 
 HYMN 233. (S's.) 
 
 1 A poor wayfarmg man of grief 
 Hath often crossed me on my way ; 
 Who sued so humbly for relief, 
 That I could never answer, Nay. 
 
 2 I had not power to ask his name, 
 Whither he went or whence he came ; 
 Yet there was something in his eye 
 That won my love, I knew not why. 
 
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 3 Once, when my scanty meal was spread, 
 He entered — ^not a word he spake ! 
 Just perishing for want of bread ; 
 I gave him all; he blessed it, brake, 
 
 •l And ate, but gave me part again ; 
 Mine was an angel's portion then ; 
 For while I fed with eager haste, 
 The crust was manna to my taste. 
 
 5 I spied him where a fountain burst 
 
 Clear from the rock ; his strength was gone — 
 The heedless water mocked his thirst; 
 He heard it, saw it hurrjang on — 
 
 6 I ran and raised the sufi'rer up ; 
 
 Thrice from the stream he drained my cup, 
 Dipped, and returned it running o'er ; 
 I drank and never thirsted more. 
 
 7 'Twas night; the floods were out; it blew 
 A winter-hurricane aloof; 
 
 I heard his voice abroad, and flew 
 To bid him welcome to my roof. 
 
 8 I warmed and clothed and cheered my guest ; 
 I laid him on my couch to rest ; 
 
 Then made the earth my bed, and seemed 
 In Eden's garden while I dreamed. 
 
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 9 Stript, wonnded, beaten nigh to death, 
 I found him by the highway side ; 
 I roused his pulse, brought back his breath, 
 Revived his spirit, and supplied 
 
 10 Wine, oil, refreshment, — he was healed ; 
 I had myself a wound concealed ; 
 
 But from that hour forgot the smart. 
 And peace bound up my broken heart. 
 
 11 In prison I saw him next, — condemned 
 To meet a traitor's doom at mom ; 
 The tide of lying tongues I stemmed. 
 And honored him 'mid shame and scorn. 
 
 12 My friendship's utmost zeal to try. 
 He asked if I for him would die; 
 
 The flesh was weak, my blood ran chill. 
 But the free spirit cried, *'I will!" 
 
 13 Then in a moment to my view. 
 The stranger darted from disguise ; 
 The tokens in his hands I knew ; 
 The Savior stood before mine eyes. 
 
 14 He spake, and my poor name he named — 
 " Of me thou hast not been ashamed ; 
 These deeds shall thy memorial be ; 
 Fear not, thou didst them unto me." 
 
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 HYMN 234. (6's & 7's, D.) 
 
 1 Come, all ye sons of Zion, 
 
 And let us praise the Lord ; 
 His ransomed are returning, 
 
 According to his word ; 
 In sacred songs and gladness 
 
 They walk the narrow way, 
 And thank the Lord who brought them 
 
 To see the latter day. 
 
 3 Come, ye dispersed 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, 
 To gather up the righteous 
 
 In these the latter days. 
 
 3 Rejoice, rejoice, O Israel! 
 
 And let your joys abound ; 
 The voice of God shall reach you 
 
 Wherever you are found. 
 And call you back from bondage, 
 
 That you may sing his praise 
 In Zion and Jerusalem, 
 
 In these the latter days. 
 
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 4 Then gather up for Zion, 
 
 Ye Saints throughout the laud, 
 And clear the way before you, 
 
 As God shall give command. 
 Though wicked men and devils 
 
 Exert their power, 'tis vain, 
 Since He who is eternal, 
 
 lias said you shall obtain. 
 
 HYMN 2S5. (6-7's.) 
 
 1 Earth, with her ten thousand flowers, 
 Air, with all its beams and showers, 
 Heaven's infinite expanse, 
 Sea's resplendent countenance, 
 All around and all above 
 Bear this record — God is love. 
 
 2 Sounds among the vales and hills 
 In the woods and by the rills, 
 Of the breeze and of the bird. 
 By the gentle murmur stirred ; 
 Sacred songs, beneath, above, 
 Have one chorus — God is love. 
 
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 All the hopes that sweetly start 
 From the fountain of the heart, 
 All the bliss that ever comes 
 To our earthly human homes 
 AU the voices from above 
 Sweetly whisper — God is love. 
 
 HYMN 236. (8's, 7's, & 4.) 
 
 1 Guide us, O thou great Jehovah, 
 
 Saints unto the promised land ! 
 We are weak, but thou art able ; 
 Hold us with thy powerful hand. 
 
 Holy Spirit, 
 Feed us till the Savior comes. 
 
 2 Open, Jesus, Zion's fountains, — 
 
 Let her richest blessings come ; 
 Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 
 Guard us to this holy home. 
 
 Great Redeemer, 
 Bring, O, bring the welcome day ! 
 
 8 When the earth begins to tremble. 
 Bid our fearful thoughts be still ; 
 When thy judgments spread destruction, 
 Keep us safe on Zion's hill, 
 
 Singing praises — 
 Songs of glory unto thee. 
 
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 HYMN 237. (ll's.) 
 
 1 How firm a foundation, ye Saints of the 
 
 Lord, 
 Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! 
 What more can he say than to you he hath 
 
 said — 
 You who unto Jesus for refusie have fled 'f 
 
 2 In every condition, in sickness, in health, 
 In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth. 
 At home or abroad, on the land or the sea, 
 As thy days may demand, so thy succor 
 shall be. 
 
 3 Fear not, I am with thee; O, be not dismayed. 
 Tor I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; 
 I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause 
 
 thee to stand. 
 Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand. 
 
 4 When through the deep waters I call thee to 
 go, 
 The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o'erflow, 
 Tor I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless. 
 And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 
 
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 5 When throiigli fiery trials thy pathway shall 
 
 lie, 
 My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply, 
 The flame shall not hurt thee ; I only design 
 Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. 
 
 6 E'en down to old age, all my people shall 
 
 prove 
 My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love; 
 And then, when gray hairs shall their 
 
 temples adorn, 
 Like lambs shall they still in my bosom be 
 
 borne. 
 
 7 The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose 
 I will not, I cannot desert to his foes-, 
 That soul, though all hell should endeavor 
 
 to shake, 
 I'll never, no never, no never forsake ! 
 
 HYMN 338. (6,6,8,D.) 
 
 1 How pleasant 'tis to see 
 Kindred and friends agree, 
 Each in his proper station move, 
 And each fulfil his part, 
 With sympathizing heart. 
 In all the cares of life and love. 
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 'Tis ftke the ointment shed 
 
 On Aaron's sacred head, 
 Divinely rich, divinely sweet : 
 
 The oil through all the room 
 
 Diffused a choice perfume, 
 Ran through his robes and blest his feet. 
 
 Like fruitful showers of rain 
 
 That water all the plain, 
 Descending from the neighb'ring hills. 
 
 Such streams of pleasure roll 
 
 Through every friendly soul. 
 Where love like heavenly dew distils. 
 
 HYMN 239. (6,6,8,D.) 
 
 How pleased and blest was I 
 
 To hear the people cr^^ 
 "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. 
 
 Zion, thrice happy place. 
 
 Adorned with wondrous grace, 
 And walls of strength embrace thee round 
 
 In thee our tribes appear. 
 
 To praise and pray and hear 
 The sacred Gospel's joyful sound. 
 
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 There, David's greater Son 
 
 Has fixed his royal throne : 
 He sits for grace and judgment there ; 
 
 He bids the Saints be glad, 
 
 He makes the sinners sad, 
 And humble souls rejoice with fear. 
 
 May peace attend thy gates. 
 
 And joy within thee wait, 
 To bless the soul of every guest ! 
 
 The man that seeks thy peace, 
 
 And wishes thine increase, 
 A thousand blessmgs on him rest. 
 
 My tongue repeats her vows, 
 
 " Peace to this sacred house ! 
 For here my friends and kindred dwell:" 
 
 And since my glorious God 
 
 Makes thee his blest abode. 
 My soul shall ever love thee well. 
 
 HYMN 240. (L.M.) 
 
 Know this, 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. 
 
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 2 He'll call, persuade, direct aright, — 
 Bless him -svith wisdom, love, and light,- 
 In nameless ways be erood 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 heasts may think of heaven or hell. 
 
 4 May we no more our powers abuse, 
 But ways of truth and goodness choose ; 
 Our God is pleased when we improve 
 His grace, and seek his perfect love. 
 
 5 It is my free will to believe ; 
 
 'Tis Gbd's free will me to receive : 
 To stubborn willers this I'll tell, 
 'Tis aU free grace and aU free will. 
 
 6 Those who despise grow harder stDl; 
 Those who adhere, he turns their will : 
 And thus despisers sink to heU, 
 While those who heed in glory dwell. 
 
 7 But if we take the downward road. 
 And make in hell our last abode, 
 Our God is clear, and we shall know 
 We've plunged ourselves in endless woe. 
 
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 PIYMN 341. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The gi-eat and glorious Gospel ligiit 
 Has ushered forth unto my sight, 
 Which in my soul I have received, 
 From bondasre and from death relieved. 
 
 2 With Saints below and Saints above 
 I'll join to praise the God I love; 
 Like Enoch too, I will proclaim 
 A loud hosanna to his name. 
 
 8 Hosanna ! let the echo fly 
 From pole to pole, from sky to sky ; 
 And Saints and angels join to sing. 
 Till all eternity shall ring. 
 
 4 Hosanna ! let the voice extend, 
 Till time shall cease and have an end- 
 Till all the thrones of heaven above 
 Shall join the Saints in songs of love. 
 
 5 Hosanna ! let the trump of God 
 Proclaim his wonders far abroad, 
 And earth and air and skies and seas 
 Conspire to sound aloud his praise. 
 
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 HYMN 242. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The happy day has rolled on, 
 
 The truth restored is now made known, 
 The promised Angel's come again 
 To introduce Messiah's reign. 
 
 2 The Gospel trump again is heard, 
 
 The truth from darkness has appeared; 
 The lands which long benighted lay, 
 Have now beheld a glorious day — 
 
 3 The day by prophets long foretold, 
 The day which Abra'ra did behold ; 
 The day that Saints desired so long. 
 When God his strange work would perform ; 
 
 4 The day when Saints again shall hear 
 The voice of Jesus in their ear-. 
 And angels, who above do reign, 
 Come down to converse hold with men. 
 
 HYMN 243. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, listen to a Prophet's voice, 
 And hear the word of God, 
 And in the way of truth rejoice. 
 And sing for joy aloud. 
 
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 We've found the way the Prophets went, 
 
 Who lived in days of yore ; 
 Another Prophet now is sent, 
 
 This knowledge to restore. 
 
 2 The gloom of sullen darkness, spread 
 Through earth's extended s;iace, 
 Is hanished by our living head, 
 And God has shown his face. 
 
 S Through erring schemes in days now past, 
 The world has gone astray-, 
 Yet Saints of God have found at last 
 The strait and narrow way. 
 
 4 'Tis not in man they put their trust, 
 
 Or on his arm rely ; 
 Full well assured, all are accursed, 
 Who Jesus Christ deny. 
 
 5 The Savior to his people said, 
 
 Let all my words obey, 
 And signs shall follow you on earth, 
 Down to the latest day. 
 
 6 The sick, on whom the oil is poured 
 
 And hands in meekness laid, 
 
 Are by the power of God restored, 
 
 Through faith, as Jesus said. 
 
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 7 No more iu slavish fear we mourn, 
 
 Nor yoke of bondag-e wear ; 
 No more beneath delusion groan, 
 Nor superstitious fear. 
 
 8 Of every dispensation past, 
 
 Of every promise made ; 
 The first be last, the last be first— 
 The livmg and the dead. 
 
 9 Saviors shall to Mount Zion come — 
 
 Their thousands brmg to rest; 
 Throughout the great Millennium, 
 Eternally be blest. 
 
 HYMN 2W. (12's (fell's.) 
 
 1 The Spirit of God like a fire is burning ! 
 
 The latter-day glory begms to come forth; 
 
 The visions and blessmgs of old are return- 
 ing, 
 
 The angels are coming to visit the earth. 
 
 We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of 
 heaven — 
 
 Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb! 
 
 Let glory to them in the highest be given, 
 
 Henceforth and forever: Amen and Amen! 
 
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 2 The Lord is extending tlie Saints' under- 
 
 standing, 
 
 Kestoring their judges and all as at first ; 
 
 The knowledge and power of God are ex- 
 panding ; 
 
 The vail o'er the earth is beginning to burst. 
 We'll sing and we'll shout, &c. 
 
 3 We'll call in our solemn assemblies in spirit, 
 To spread forth the kingdom of heaven 
 
 abroad, [inherit 
 
 That we through our faith may begin to 
 
 The visions and blessings and glories of God. 
 
 We'll sing and we'll shout, &c. 
 
 4 We'll wash and be washed, and with oil be 
 
 anointed, 
 Withal not omitting the washing of feet; 
 For he that receiveth his penny appointed 
 Must surely be clean at the harvest of w^heat. 
 We'll sing and we'll shout, &c. 
 
 5 Old Israel, that fled from the world for his 
 
 freedom, [amain : 
 
 Must eome with the cloud and the pillar 
 
 A Moses and Aaron and Joshua lead him, 
 
 And feed him on manna from heaven again. 
 
 We'll sing and we'll shout, &c. 
 
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 5 How blessed the day when the lamb and the 
 
 lion 
 Shall lie down together without any ire, 
 And Ephraim l:)e crowned with his blessing 
 
 in Zion, 
 As Jesus descends with his chariots of fire ! 
 We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of 
 
 heaven — 
 Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb! 
 Let glory to them in the highest be given, 
 Henceforth and forever; Amen and Amen! 
 
 HYMN 345. (ll's.) 
 
 1 The sun that declines in the far western sky 
 Has rolled o'er our heads till the summer's 
 
 gone by, 
 And hushed are the notes of the warblers of 
 
 spring, 
 That in the green bower did exultingly sing. 
 
 2 The changes for autumn already appear — 
 A harvest of plenty has crowned the glad 
 year. 
 
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 While soft smiling zephyrs from orchards 
 
 and bowers, 
 Bring odors of joy from the fruit and the 
 
 flowers. 
 
 3 As the summer of youth passes swiftly 
 
 away, 
 And the locks on our temples are silvered 
 
 with grey, 
 So the fair smiling landscape and flowery 
 
 lawn. 
 Though losing their ])eauty, their glory put 
 
 on. 
 
 4 O, when the sweet summer of life shall have 
 
 fled— 
 Her joys and her sorrows entombed with the 
 
 dead ; 
 Then may we, by faith, arise, like good 
 
 Enoch 
 And be crowned with the just in the midst 
 
 of the skies ; 
 
 5 Descend with the Savior in glory profound, 
 And reign in perfection when Satan is 
 
 bound ; 
 "While love and sweet union together shall 
 
 blend. 
 And peace, gentle i^eace, like a river extend. 
 
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 HYMN ^6. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The towers of Zion soon shall rise 
 
 A bove the clouds and reach the skies — 
 Attract the gaze and wond'ring eyes 
 Of all that worship, gloriously. 
 
 2 The Saints shall see their cities stand 
 Upon the consecrated land, 
 
 And Israel, num'rous as the sand. 
 Inherit them eternally. 
 
 3 Oh 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 will the vail of heaven rend, 
 The Sou Ah-Man m power descend, 
 A vast eternity to spend 
 
 In perfect peace and righteousness. 
 
 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 
 Which on Mount Zion will appear, • 
 When earth shall rest from wickedness. 
 
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 HYMN ^47. (P.M.) 
 
 1 There's a feast of fat things for the righteous 
 
 preparing, 
 That the good of this world all the Saints 
 
 may be sharing ; 
 For the harvest is ripe, and the reapers have 
 
 learned 
 To gather the wheat that the tares may he 
 
 humed. 
 Come to the supper, come to the supper. 
 Come to the supper of the great Bridegroom. 
 
 2 Go forth, all ye servants, unto every nation, 
 And lift up your voices and make procla- 
 mation — 
 To cease from all evil and leave off all mirth, 
 Tor the Savior is coming to reign on the 
 earth. 
 
 Come lo the supper, &c. 
 
 3 Go, set forth the judgments to come and the 
 sorrow, 
 For after to-day, oh! there cometh to- 
 morrow, 
 
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 When the vricked, ungodly, rebellious and 
 
 proud, 
 ShaE he humed up as stubble — oh cry it 
 
 aloud. 
 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
 4 Go, pass throughout Europe and Asia's dark 
 
 regions, 
 To China's far shores, and to Afric's black 
 
 legions ; 
 And proclaim to all people, as you're passing 
 
 The fig trees are leafing, the summer is nigh. 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
 5 Go, call on the great men of fame and of 
 
 power, 
 The king on his throne and the brave in his 
 
 tower ; 
 And inform them all kingdoms must fall but 
 
 the one 
 As clear as the moon and as fair as the sun. 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
 6 Go, cry to all quarters, and then to the 
 
 islands, 
 To Gentiles and Jews, and proclaim to the 
 heathens. 
 
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 And exclaim to old Israel in every land, 
 Repent ye! the kingdom of heaven's at 
 hand. 
 
 Come to the supj^er, &c. 
 
 7 Go, carry glad tidings, that none need donht 
 
 whether 
 The lamb and the lion shall lie do-^vn together. 
 For the venom will cease when the devil is 
 
 iDOund, [round. 
 
 And peace, like a river, extend the world 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
 8 Go, publish the Gospel, the truth of the 
 
 Savior, [find favor 
 
 That the poor and the meek may begin to 
 And rejoice in their coming Redeemer and 
 
 friend. 
 And lo ! he is with yon henceforth to the end. 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
 9 O go and invite them, regardless of trouble, 
 The rich and the learned, the wise and the 
 
 noble, 
 That the guests may be ready when Jesus 
 
 shall come, 
 To welcome forever the holy Bridegroom, 
 Come to the supper, &c. 
 
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 10 Go, gather the willing, and push them 
 
 together. 
 Yea, push them to Ziou, (the Saints' rest 
 
 forever, ) 
 Where the best that the heavens and earth 
 
 can afford 
 Will grace the first marriage and feast of 
 
 the Lord. 
 
 11 Go, welcome his people, let nothing pre- 
 
 clude you — 
 Come, Joseph and Simeon and Reuben and 
 
 Judah ; 
 Come, Napthali, Issachar, Levi and Dan, 
 Gad, Zebulon, Asher, and come Benjamin. 
 Come to the supper, &c, 
 
 12 Be faithful and just to the end of your 
 
 calling, 
 
 Till Babylon the great — she is fallen! is 
 fallen! 
 
 Then return, and receive the just servant's 
 reward, 
 
 And sit down to the feast of the house of 
 the Lord, 
 
 Come to the supper, come to the supper. 
 
 Come to the supper with the great Bride- 
 groom. 
 
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 HYMN 24S. (P.M.) 
 
 1 This earth was once a garden jilace, 
 With all her glories common ; 
 And men did live a holy I'ace, 
 And worship Jesus face to face, 
 In Adam-ondi-Ahman. 
 
 3 We read that Enoch walked with God, 
 Above the power of mammon ; 
 While Zion spread herself abroad. 
 And Saints and angels sang aloud, 
 In Adam-ondi-Ahman. 
 
 3 Her land was good and greatly blest. 
 
 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 
 Aflbrds the Saints a holy home. 
 
 Like Adam-ondi-Ahman. 
 
 HYMN 249. (L.M. or 6-8's.) 
 
 1 Though in the outward Church below 
 The wheat and tares together grow, 
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 Jesus, ere long, will weed the crop, 
 And pluck the tares in anger up ; 
 For soon the reapino; time will come, 
 And angels shout the harvest home. 
 
 2 Will it relieve their horrors there 
 To recollect their stations here — 
 
 How much they heard, how much they knew, 
 How much among the wheat they grew ? 
 
 3 No; this will aggravate their case; 
 They perished under means of grace ; 
 To them the word of life and faith 
 Became an mstrument of death. 
 
 4 T\'e seem alike when thus we meet. 
 Strangers might think we all were wheat ; 
 But to the Lord's all-searching eyes, 
 Each heart appears without disguise. 
 
 5 The tares are spared for ririous ends — 
 Some for the sake of praying friends ; 
 Others, the Lord, against their wiU, 
 Employs his counsels to fulfil. 
 
 6 But though they grow so tall and strong, 
 His plan will not require them long: 
 
 In harvest, when he saves his own. 
 The tares shall into hell be thrown. 
 
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 7 Oh ! awful thought ! and is it so ? 
 Must all mankind the harvest know 
 Is ev'ry man a wheat or tare ? 
 Me for that haiTcst, Lord, prepare. 
 
 HYMN 250. (12's & ll's D.) 
 
 1 What fair one is this, from the wilderness 
 
 trav'ling-, 
 Looking for Christ, the beloved of her heart? 
 O, this is the Church, the fair bride of the 
 
 Savior, 
 Which with every idol is willing to part. 
 While men in contention are constantly 
 
 howling, 
 And Babylon's bells are continually tolling, 
 As though all the craft of her merchants was 
 
 failing. 
 And Jesus was coming to reign on the earth. 
 
 2 There is a sweet sound in the Gospel of 
 heaven. 
 
 And people are joyful when they understand ; 
 
 The Saints on their way home to glory are 
 even 
 
 Determined by goodness to reach the blest 
 land. 
 
 Old formal professors are crying "delusion," 
 
 And high-mmded hypocrites say, "'tis con- 
 fusion-." 
 
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 While grace is poured out in a blessed effu- 
 sion, 
 
 And Saints are rejoiriug to see priestcraft 
 faU. 
 
 3 A blessing! a blessing! the Savior is coming. 
 As Prophets and pilgrims of old have de- 
 clared ; 
 And Israel, the favored of God, is beginning 
 To come to the feast for the righteous pre- 
 pared. 
 In the desert are fountains continually 
 
 springing. 
 The heavenly music of Zion is ringing, 
 The Saints all their tithes and their ofTrings 
 
 are bringing, — 
 They thus prove the Lord and his blessings 
 receive, 
 
 1 The name of Jehovah is worthy of praising, — 
 And so is the Savior an excellent theme, — 
 The Elders of Israel a standard are raising, 
 And calling all nations to come to the same : 
 These Elders go forth and the good news are 
 
 telling, 
 Their vrords find a place in the hearts of the 
 
 willing, 
 And thus is the vision of Daniel fulfilling. 
 The Stone of the mountain will soon fill the 
 
 earth . 
 
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 HYMN 251. (8's.) 
 
 1 When Joseph his brethren beheld 
 Afflicted and trembling with fear, 
 His heart with compassion was filled : 
 From weeping he could not forbear, 
 
 2 A-while his behavior was rough, 
 To bring their past sins to their mind ; 
 But when they were humbled enough, 
 He hastened to show himself kind. 
 
 3 How little they thought it was he, 
 Whom they had ill treated and sold ! 
 How great their confusion must be, 
 As soon as his name he had told ! 
 
 *'I am Joseph, your brother," he said, 
 "And still to my heart you are dear; 
 You sold me and thought I was dead, 
 Bat God for your sakes sent me here." 
 
 5 Though greatly distressed before. 
 When charged with purloining the cup. 
 They now were confounded much more ; 
 Not one of themdared to look up. 
 
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 6 "Can Joseph, whom we would have slain, 
 Forgive us the evil we did '? 
 And will he our households maiutaui ? 
 Oh, this is a brother indeed!" 
 
 HYMN 252. (L.M.) 
 
 1 When restless on my bed I lie, 
 
 Still courting sleep, which still will fly. 
 Then shall reflection's brighter j)ower 
 Illume the lone and midnight hour. 
 
 2 If hushed the breeze and calm the tide, 
 Soft will the stream of mem'ry glide; 
 And all the past, a gentle train 
 Waked by remembrance, live again. 
 
 3 If the loud wind, the tempest high 
 And darlcncss wrap the sullen sky, 
 I muse on life's tempestuous sea, 
 And sigh, O Lord, to come to thee. 
 
 4 Tossed on the deep and swelling wave, 
 Oh, mark my trembling soul and save! 
 Give to my view that harbor near, 
 Where thou wilt chase each 2:rief and fear. 
 
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 HYMN 253. (CM.) 
 
 1 Hark ! listen to the trumpeters ! 
 
 They sound for volunteers ; 
 On Zion's bright and flowery mount 
 Behold the officers. 
 
 2 Their horses white, their armor bright, 
 
 With courage bold they stand, 
 EnUsting soldiers for their King, 
 To march to Zion's land. 
 
 S It sets my heart all in a flame 
 A soldier brave to be; 
 I will enlist, gird on my arms. 
 And fight for liberty. 
 
 4 We want no cowards in our bands. 
 
 Who will our colors fly ; 
 We call for valiant-hearted men, 
 Who're not afraid to die. 
 
 5 To see our armies on parade. 
 
 How martial they appear! 
 All armed and drest in uniform, 
 They look like men of war. 
 
 6 They follow their great General, 
 
 The great Eternal Lamb — 
 His garments stained in his own blood- 
 King Jesus is his name. 
 
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 7 The trumpets sound, the armies shout,- 
 
 They drive the hosts of hell; 
 How dreadful is our God t' adore — 
 The great Emanuel. 
 
 8 Sinners, enlist "vrith Jesus Christ, 
 
 Th' eternal Son of God, 
 And march -with us to Zion's land, 
 Beyond the swelling flood. 
 
 9 There on a green and flowery mount, 
 
 Where fruits immortal grow ; 
 With angels all arrayed in white. 
 We'll our. Redeemer know. 
 
 10 We'll shout and sing forever more 
 
 In that eternal world. 
 While Satan and his army too 
 Shall down to heU be hurled. 
 
 11 Lift up your heads, ye soldiers bold. 
 
 Redemption's drawing nigh ; 
 We soon shall hear the trumpet sound 
 That shakes the earth and sky. 
 
 12 In fiery chariots we shall rise, 
 
 And leave the world on fire; 
 And all surround the throne of love, 
 And join the heavenlj' choir. 
 
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 HYMN 254. (P.M.) 
 
 1 The pure testimony poured forth iu the 
 Spirit, 
 Cuts like a keen two-edged sword ; 
 And hj^pocrites now are most sorely tor- 
 mented, 
 Because they're condemned by the word. 
 The pure testimony discovers the dross, 
 While wicked professors make light of the 
 
 cross: 
 But Babylon trembles for fear of her loss. 
 
 2 Is not the time come for the Church to be 
 gathered 
 Into the one Spirit of God ? 
 Baptized by one Spirit into the one Body, 
 Partaking Christ's flesh and his blood ? 
 They drink in one Spirit, which makes them 
 
 all see 
 They're one in Christ Jesus wherever they be, 
 The Jew and the Gentile, the bond and the 
 * free. 
 
 3 Then blow ye the trumpet in pure tsstimony, 
 And let the world hear it again ! 
 
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 O, come ye from Babylon, Egypt and Sodom, 
 
 And make your way orcr the plain ; 
 And gird on your armor, ye Saints of the 
 
 Lord, 
 For Christ vrill direct you hy his living word; 
 The pure testimony will cut like a sword. 
 
 4 The great prince of darkness is must'ring 
 his forces 
 To make you his pris'ners again, 
 By flatt'ries, reproaches and vile persecution, 
 
 That you in his cause may remain ; 
 But shun his temptations wherever they lay, 
 And mind not his sei^vants whatever they 
 
 say; 
 The pure testimony will give you the day. 
 
 5 The world will not persecute those who are 
 like them. 
 But hold them the same as their own; 
 The pure testimony cries out, separation. 
 
 And calls you your lives to lay down. 
 Come out from their spirit, and practices too. 
 The track of your Savior keep still in your 
 
 view; 
 The pure testimony will cut the way through. 
 
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 6 A battle is coming lictween the two king- 
 cloms, 
 The armies are gathering round ; 
 The pure testimony and vile persecution, 
 
 Will soon in close battle be found ; 
 Then wash all your robes in the Lamb's 
 
 cleansing blood, 
 And keep, as did Jesus, the Spirit of God : 
 Bj^ the pure testimony are all things subdued. 
 
 HYMN 255. (LM.) 
 
 1 Afflicted Sahit, to Christ draw near-. 
 Thy Savior's gracious promise hear : 
 His faithful word declares to thee 
 
 That "as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 2 Let not thy heart despond and say, 
 *' How shall I stand the trying day ?" 
 He has engaged by firm decree 
 
 That "as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 3 Should persecution rage and flame. 
 Still trust in thy Redeemer's name ; 
 In fiery trials thou shalt see 
 
 That "as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 4 If faith be weak and foes be strong. 
 And if the conflict should be long. 
 
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 Thy Lord will make the tempter flee, 
 For "as thy clay, thy strength shall be." 
 
 5 When called to bear the weighty cross 
 Of sore affliction, pain or loss, 
 
 Or deep distress, or poverty, 
 
 Still, "as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 6 When ghastly death appears in view, 
 Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue; 
 He comes thy spirit to set free, 
 
 And "as thy day, thy strength shall be." 
 
 HYMN 256. (6-7's.) 
 
 1 DanieFs wisdom may I know, 
 Stephen's faith and patience show, 
 John's divine compassion feel, 
 Moses' meekness, Joshua's zeal, 
 Run like the ^^nwearied Paul, 
 Win the prize and conquer all. 
 
 Mary's love may I possess, 
 Lydia's tender-heartedness ; 
 Peter's ardent spirit feel, 
 James' faith b}' works reveal ; 
 Like young Timothy, may I 
 Every sinful passion fly. 
 
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 3 Job's suhmission let me show, 
 David's true devotion know; 
 Samuel's call, O may I hear, 
 Lazarus' happy portion share ! 
 Let Isaiah's hallowed fire 
 
 All my new-born soul inspire. 
 
 4 Mine be Jacob's wrestling prayer, 
 Gideon's valiant steadfast care, 
 Joseph's purity impart, 
 Isaac's meditative heart ; 
 Abra'm's friendship let me prove, 
 Faithful to the God of love. 
 
 5 Most of all, may I pursue 
 That example Jesus drew ; 
 In my life and conduct shoAV 
 How he lived and walked below -, 
 Day by day, through grace conferred 
 Imitate my dearest Lord. 
 
 6 Then shall I these worthies meet, 
 With them bow at Jesus' feet, 
 "With them praise the God of love, 
 "With them share the joys above, 
 "With them range the blissful shore. 
 Meet them all to part no more. 
 
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 HYMN 257. (L.M.) 
 
 1 When Joseph saw his brethren moved 
 With keenest sorrow and distress, 
 He could no longer hide his love — 
 No more his feelings could suppress. 
 
 2 The mj'stery he did unfold, 
 
 Then fell upon their necks in tears, — 
 I am your brother whom ye sold ; 
 Dismiss your doubts, dispel 3^our fears 
 
 'Twas God that sent me by command 
 To save you from the famine sore. 
 To bring you into Eoypt's land. 
 Where you shall never hunger more. 
 
 4 What mingled feelings seized their breasts! 
 Sui-prise and grief, and joy and love, 
 
 And shame and sorrow and distress, 
 Alternate did their feelings move. 
 
 5 Lo ! this a lively type shall be 
 
 Of Joseph's remnant long unknown; 
 
 The gentiles shall their glory see. 
 
 When to their brethren they're made known. 
 
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 6 A curse, a liy-word long tbej^'ve been, 
 Afflicted by the gentile race, 
 Plundered and driven, sold and slain, 
 Or brought to shame and deep disgrace. 
 
 7 But lo! their origin revealed 
 Brings blessings on the gentile -vvoi'Id ; 
 Their ancient records long concealed. 
 Are like a banner now unfurled. 
 
 HYMN 25S. (CM.) 
 
 1 Ye wond'ring nations, no"vv give ear 
 Unto the angeFs cry, 
 For lo! from heaven he has appeared, 
 To brmg salvation nigh. 
 
 3 He's brought the ancient records forth, 
 Unloosed the mighty seal ; 
 His glory soon shall fill the earth. 
 And wondrous things reveal. 
 
 3 The things of worth in ages gone. 
 
 Its pages clear unfold ; 
 And things to come, now rolling on, 
 The wise may well behold. 
 
 4 Its opening wonders burst to view, 
 
 All glorious and sublime; 
 Point out the path that men pursue 
 Down to the end of time. 
 
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 5 The meek and humble shall rejoice, 
 The "wise shall understand ; 
 All Israel now shall know his yoice, 
 And gather to their land. 
 
 HYMN 259. (CM.) 
 
 1 I saw a mis^hty an2:el fly; 
 To earth he bent his way, 
 A messa2;e bearing from on high, 
 To cheer the sons of day. 
 
 2 Truth is the tidings which he bears — 
 The Gospel's joyful sound. 
 To calm our doubts, to chase our fears, 
 And make our joys abound. 
 
 3 He cries, and with a mighty Toice, 
 Ye nations, lend an ear ; 
 And isles and continents rejoice ; 
 The great Redeemer's near. 
 
 4 He cries, let every tongue attend, 
 And thrones and empires all, 
 Fear God, and make the Lord your friend, 
 The King, the Lord of all. 
 
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 5 Fear God, and ^vorsh^p Him who made 
 The heavens, earth and sea -, 
 Fear him on whom your sins were laid- 
 Who died to make you free. 
 
 HYMN 260. (8's 7's & 4.) 
 
 1 Go, re messengers of glory ; 
 
 Run, ye legates of the skies ; 
 Go and tell the pleasing story, 
 That a glorious angel flies. 
 
 Great and mighty. 
 With a message from the skies. 
 
 2 Go to every tribe and nation. 
 
 Visit every land and clime, 
 Sound to all the proclamation, 
 Tell to all the truth sublime. 
 
 That the Gospel 
 Does in ancient glory shine. 
 
 S Go ! to all the Gospel carry, 
 Let the joyful news abound ; 
 Go ! till every nation hear ye, 
 Jew and Gentile hear the sound: 
 
 Let the Gospel 
 Echo all the earth around. 
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 Bearing seed of heavenly virtue, 
 Scatter it o'er all the earth-. 
 
 Go ! Jehovah will support you. 
 Gather all the sheaves of worth ; 
 
 Then, with Jesus, 
 Reign m glory on the earth. 
 
 HYMN 361. (4-6's&2-8's.) 
 
 All hail the glorious day, 
 
 By Prophets long foretold. 
 
 When, with harmonious lay. 
 
 The sheep of Israel's fold 
 On Zion's hill his praise proclaim, 
 And shout hosanna to his name. 
 
 When Israel from afar 
 
 And Judah scattered wide 
 
 Shall to their land repair, 
 
 And there in peace abide, — 
 Directed by Jehovah's hand. 
 Shall dwell in peace in Zion's land. 
 
 From Zion's heavenly mount 
 
 Shall healing waters flow, 
 
 And near this holy fount 
 
 Will trees immortal grow, 
 Wliose heavenly balm the kuagdoms feel- 
 Whose leaves will all the nations heal. 
 
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 Jerusalem shall be 
 
 Our great Redeemer's tliroue; 
 
 O'er all the earth and sea, 
 
 His glory be made known ; 
 Nations and kings Messiah greet, 
 And lay their honors at his feet. 
 
 Strike, strike the golden lyre, 
 
 And ye, his angels, sing: 
 
 Let joy your bosoms fire. 
 
 And heaven with glory ring ; 
 From earth and air and sea and skies 
 Let the Redeemer's praise arise. 
 
 HYMN 262. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The glorious plan which God has given, 
 To bring a ruined world to heaven, 
 Was framed m Christ by the new birth. 
 Was sealed in heaven, was sealed on earth. 
 
 2 As in the heavens they all agree, 
 The record's given there by Three ; 
 On earth three witnesses are given, 
 To lead the sons of earth to heaven. 
 
 3 Jehovah, God the Father's one-, 
 Another, His Eternal Son ; 
 
 The Spirit does with them agree, — 
 The witnesses in heaven are three. 
 
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 4 Nor are we in the second birth, 
 Left Avithout witnesses on earth, 
 To grope, as in eternal night, 
 About the way to endless light. 
 
 5 Buried beneath the liquid wave, 
 To know the Spirit's power to save, 
 And feel the virtue of His blood, 
 Are witnesses ordained of God. 
 
 In heaven they all agree in One, 
 The Father, Spirit, and the Son ; 
 On earth these witnesses agree. 
 The water, blood, and Spirit, three. 
 
 One great connectmg link is given 
 Between the sons of earth and heaven: 
 The Spirit seals us here on earth. 
 In heaven records our second birth. 
 
 8 If we on earth possess those three. 
 Mysterious, saving unity. 
 The Book of Life will record bear, — 
 Our names are surely written there. 
 
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 HYMN 263. (S's & 7's.) 
 
 1 Truth reflects upon our senses, 
 
 Gospel light reveals to some : 
 If there still should be oflenees, 
 Woe to them by whom they come. 
 
 2 Judge not, that you be not judged. 
 
 Was the counsel Jesus gave ; 
 Measure given, large or grudged. 
 Just the same you must receive. 
 
 3 Jesus said. Be meek and lowly, 
 
 For 'tis high to be a judge: 
 ' If I would be pure and holy, 
 I must love without a grudge. 
 
 4 It requires a constant labor 
 
 All his precepts to obey ; 
 
 If I truly love my neighbor, 
 
 I am in the narrow wa3^ 
 
 5 Once I said unto another. 
 
 In thine eye there is a mote; 
 
 If thou art a friendly brother. 
 
 Hold, and let me pull it out. 
 
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 6 But I could uot see it fairly. 
 
 For my sight vras very dim ; 
 AYhen I came to search more clearly, 
 In mine eye there was a beam. 
 
 7 If I love my brother dearer, 
 
 And his mote I would erase. 
 Then the light should shine the clearer. 
 For the eye's a tender place. 
 
 8 Others I have oft reproved, 
 
 For an object like a mote ; 
 Now I wish this beam removed. 
 Oh! that tears would wash it out. 
 
 9 Charity and love are healing; 
 
 These will give the clearest sight; 
 When I saw my brother's failing, 
 I was not exactly right. 
 
 10 Now I'll take no farther trouble, — 
 Jesus' love is all my theme ; 
 Little motes are but a bubble, 
 When I thmk upon the beam. 
 
 HYMN 2&4. (3-7's&4.) 
 
 1 Stars of morning, shout for jo}-; 
 Sing redemption's mystery; 
 Holy, Holy, Holy cry, 
 And praise the Lamb ! 
 
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 3 Ethiopia, stretch th}'- hand ; 
 Come, ye tribes of ever}- land, 
 Countless as the ocean's sand, 
 To praise the Lamb. 
 
 3 Bend thy bow and come, good Lord ; 
 Send thy Spirit with thy word -, 
 
 Be thy saving work restored. 
 Thou bleeding Lamb. 
 
 4 My believing spirit fill ; 
 Faith demands — it is thy will ; 
 All things now are possible — 
 
 It shall be done. 
 
 5 Thus may we each moment feel ; 
 Love him, serve him, praise him still. 
 Till we meet on Zion's hill, 
 
 To praise the Lamb. 
 
 6 Savior, let thy kingdom come. 
 Now the man of sin consume ; 
 Brmg the blest Millennium, 
 
 Exalted Lamb. 
 
 HYMN 265. (ll's&13's.) 
 
 1 Let Judah rejoice in this glorious ncAvs, 
 For the sound of glad tidings will soon 
 reach the Jcavs, 
 
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 And gave them far, far from oppression and 
 
 fear, 
 And deliv'rance proclaim to their sons far 
 
 and near. 
 
 2 Long, long thou hast -wandered an exile 
 
 forlorn, 
 And all that have seen thee have laughed 
 
 thee to scorn ; 
 Thou naught but affliction and sorrow hast 
 
 seen; [has heen. 
 
 Heart-rending and cheerless thy path^way 
 
 3 In vain 'midst the nations for friends didst 
 
 thou seek; [cause thou wast weak; 
 
 They have robbed thee and spoiled thee be- 
 No bosom has pitied, no fnend has been near, 
 Thy woe-stricken spirit to comfort and cheer. 
 
 4 But the days of thy mourning are near at an 
 
 end, [and friend, 
 
 When Messiah will come, thy Eedeemer 
 To cheer thee, and bless thee, and dry up 
 
 thy tears, [fears. 
 
 And calm thy sad bosom, and chase all thy 
 
 5 Yes, Messiah, the hope of all Israel will 
 
 come, [thee home ; 
 
 And from islands and continents Leather 
 
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 Whom thy fathers rejected, thy Savior shall 
 
 be,— [^ree. 
 
 He -will strike off thy fetters, and bid thee be 
 
 6 Thou shalt from affliction forever be free; 
 The sons of oppressors shall bow down to 
 
 thee ; [Jew, 
 
 Ten men shall take hold of the skirt of the 
 And say, "With you we'll go, for Jehovah's 
 
 with you." 
 
 7 Old Israel shall come from his place of 
 
 retreat; [feet; 
 
 He shall worship Messiah, and bow at his 
 And all Abra'am's seed from the nations 
 
 shall come, [home. 
 
 And shall find in the land of their fathers a 
 
 8 As the Red Sea once severed was by Moses' 
 
 rod, 
 So again thou shalt witness the power of thy 
 
 God, [flow. 
 
 Thy Moses shall speak, and the waters shall 
 And thy tribes on dry land shall in glory 
 
 pass through. 
 
 9 Thou shalt build, thou shalt plant, and in- 
 
 habit and eat, [wheat; 
 
 And thy soul shall be fed on the finest of 
 
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 In the valley of Aehor thy herds shall lie 
 
 down ; [renown. 
 
 Thou Shalt be 'midst the nations a plant of 
 
 10 Thy olive shall flourish, thy fig-trees shall 
 
 grow, [tains shall flow ; 
 
 And with wine, milk and honey thy moun- 
 'Neath the fig-tree and vine, in their cool 
 
 spreading shade. 
 Thou Shalt worship thy God, and none 
 
 make thee afraid. 
 
 11 Thy Messiah will come, and his right will 
 
 maintain, 
 Over thee and all nations in majesty reign*. 
 Thou Shalt with his presence forever be blest. 
 And from pain, grief and sorrow eternally 
 
 rest. 
 
 HYMN 266. (L.M.) 
 
 1 When earth in bondage long had lain, 
 And darkness o'er the nations reigned, 
 And all man's precepts proved in vain, 
 A perfect system to obtain. 
 
 2 A voice commissioned from on high, 
 Hark, hark! it is the angel's cry, 
 
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 Descending from the throne of light, — 
 His garments shining clear and -white. 
 
 3 He comes the Gospel to reveal 
 In fulness to benighted man ; 
 Lo! from Cumorah's lonely hill, 
 There eomes a record of God's will. 
 
 4 Translated by the power of God, 
 His voice bears record to his word ; 
 Again an angel did appear. 
 
 As witnesses do record bear-, 
 
 5 Restored the Priesthood, long since lost, 
 In truth and power as at the first: 
 Thus men commissioned from on high, 
 Came forth and did repentance ciy, 
 
 6 Baptizing those who did believe, 
 That they the Spirit might receive, 
 In fulness, as in days of old. 
 
 And have one Shepherd and one fold . 
 
 HYMN 267. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Te Gentile nations, cease your strife, 
 And listen to the words of life; 
 Turn from yoar sins with one accord ; 
 Prepare to meet your coming Lord. 
 
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 2 Let Judah's remnants, far and near, 
 The glorious proclamation hear ; 
 For Israel and the Gentiles too 
 
 The -vvay to Zion shall pursue. 
 
 3 Their voices and their tonnes employ 
 In songs of everlasting joy; 
 
 The mountains and the hills rejoice; 
 Let all creation hear His voice. 
 
 4 From north to south, from east to Tvest, 
 In thee all nations shall be blest, 
 When Abra'm and his seed shall stand 
 Unnumbered on the promised land. 
 
 HYMN 2P>3. (L.M.) 
 
 1 The solid rocks were rent in twain, 
 When Christ the Lamb of God was slain ; 
 The sun in darkness veiled his face, 
 
 The mountains moved, and left their place. 
 
 2 The whole creation groaned in pain, 
 Till the Messiah rose again ! 
 
 Then nature ceased her dreadful groan, 
 The sun unveiled his face and shone. 
 
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 3 The righteous that were spared alive, 
 With joy and wonder did believe, 
 And soon together they convened. 
 Conversing on the things they'd seen, 
 
 4 Which had been given for a sign. 
 When lo! they heard a voice divine; 
 And as the heavenly voice they heard, 
 The Lord of glory soon appeared. 
 
 5 With joy and wonder all amazed 
 Upon their glorious Lord they gazed, 
 And wist not what the vision meant. 
 But thought it was an angel sent, 
 
 6 While in their midst he smiling stood. 
 Proclaimed himself the Son of God, 
 And said, "Come forth and feel and see, 
 That you may witness bear of me." 
 
 7 And when they all had felt and seen 
 Where once the nails and spear had been, 
 Hosanna ! rose with loud acclaim, — 
 They blessed and praised his holy name. 
 
 S He then proceeded to make plain 
 His Gospel to the sons of men ; 
 The prophecies he did unfold, 
 Yea, things that were in days of old. 
 
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 9 And every thing: that should transpire, 
 Till elements should melt with fire ; 
 Gave them commandment to record 
 The sayings of their risen Lord. 
 
 10 That generation should be blest, 
 And with him in his kingdom rest ! 
 But oh ! what scenes of sorrow rolled 
 When he the future did unfold ! 
 
 11 Four generations should not pass. 
 Until they'd turn from righteousness, 
 The Nephite nation be destroyed, 
 The Lamanites reject his word. 
 
 12 The Gospel taken from their midst, 
 The record of their fathers hid ; 
 They dwindle long in unbelief. 
 And ages pass without relief, 
 
 13 Until the Gentiles from afar, 
 Should smite them in a dreadful war. 
 And take possession of their land. 
 
 And they should have no power to stand. 
 
 14: But as their remnants wander far, 
 In darkness, sorrow and despair, 
 Lo ! from the earth their record comes 
 To gather Israel to their homes. 
 
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 15 First to the Gentile 'tis revealed ; 
 The prophecy must be fulfilled, 
 That they may know and understand, 
 His Gospel, and no more contend. 
 
 16 Hear, O ye Gentiles ! and repent, 
 To you is this salvation sent ; 
 God to the Gentiles lifts his hand 
 To oather Israel to their land. 
 
 HYMN 369. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Oh, Avho that has searched in the records of 
 
 old. 
 And read o'er the last scenes of woe — 
 Four-and-twenty with Mormon were left to 
 
 behold 
 Their nation lie mmild'ring below. 
 
 2 The Nephites destroyed, theLamanites dwelt 
 
 For ages in sorrow unknovm ; [last, 
 
 Generations have passed, till the Gentiles at 
 Have divided their lands as their own. 
 
 3 O, who that has seen o'er the wide spread- 
 
 ing plain, 
 The Lamanites wander forlorn, 
 While the Gentiles in pride and oppression 
 
 divide 
 The land they could once caU their own, — 
 
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 4 And who that believes does not lou^ for the 
 hour 
 When sin and oppression shall cease, 
 And truth, like the rainbow, display through 
 the shower, 
 That bright written promise of peace ? 
 
 5 O, thou sore afflicted and sorrowful race 
 The days of thy sorrow shall end ! 
 The Lord has pronounced you a remnant of 
 his, 
 Descended from Abra'm his friend. 
 
 6 Thy stones with fair colors most glorious 
 shall stand, 
 And sapphires all shining around, 
 Thy windows of abates, in this glorious land, 
 And thy gates with carbuncles abound. 
 
 7 With songs of rejoicing to Zion return, 
 And sorrow and sighing shall flee! 
 The powers of heaven among you come do^vn, 
 And Christ in the centre will be. 
 
 S And then all the watchmen shall see eye to 
 eye, 
 When the Lord shall bring Zion asain, 
 
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 The wolf and the kid down together shall 
 lie, 
 And the lion shall dwell with the laml3. 
 
 9 The earth shall he filled with the knowledge 
 of God, 
 And nothing shall hurt nor destroy; 
 And these are the tidings we have to pro- 
 claim, 
 Glad tidings abounding with joy. 
 
 HYMN 270. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Hark! listen to the gentle breeze, 
 O'er hill or valley, plain or grove; 
 It whispers in the ears of man 
 
 The voice of freedom, peace and love. 
 
 2 The flowers that bloom o'er aU the land 
 In harmony and order stand ; 
 
 Nor hatred, pride, nor envy know — 
 In freedom, peace and love they grow. 
 
 3 The birds their numerous notes resound 
 In songs of praise the earth around ; 
 Their voices and their tongues employ 
 In songs of freedom, love and joy. 
 
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 4 And then behold the crystal stream 
 With multitudes of fishes teem ; 
 In silent joy they live and move 
 
 In freedom, union, peace and love. 
 
 5 The mountains hi^h, the rivers clear, 
 Where heaven sheds the devry tear, 
 In silence or with gentle roar, 
 
 The God of love and peace adore. 
 
 t) The earth and air, the sea and sky. 
 The Holy Spirit from on high. 
 And angels who above do reign. 
 Cry "Peace on earth, good will to men.' 
 
 7 But most of all, a Savior's love 
 Was manifested from above ; 
 He died, and rose to life again, 
 Our freedom, love and peace to gain. 
 
 S But man, vile man, alone seems lost. 
 With hatred, pride and envy tossed ! 
 His hardened soul does seldom move 
 In freedom, union, peace and love. 
 
 9 For him let all creation mourn ; 
 O'er him did Enoch's bosom j'carn, 
 Till he was promised from above 
 A day of freedom, peace and love. 
 
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 HYMN 271. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Another day has fled and gone, 
 The sun declines m western skies, 
 
 The l)irds retired have ceased their song, 
 Let ours m pure devotion rise. 
 
 2 The moon her beauteous course resumes, 
 And sheds her light o'er land and sea ; 
 The gentle dews in soft perfumes 
 
 Fall sweetly over herb and tree. 
 
 3 While here in meditation sweet 
 Those happy hours I call to mind 
 When with the Saints I oft have met, 
 Our hearts in pure devotion joined. 
 
 4 Those friends afar I call to mind : 
 When shall we meet again below ? 
 Their hearts affectionate and kind, 
 How did they soothe my grief and wee! 
 
 5 As flow' rets in their brightest bloom, 
 Are withered by the chilling blast. 
 
 So man's fond hopes are like a dream — 
 His days how fleet, how swift they pass ! 
 
 6 But why this melancholy moan. 
 
 Or sicrh for those who will not come ? 
 Tor Israel surely will return 
 To Zion and Jerusalem. 
 
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 There is a source of pure delight, 
 Which ever shall support my heart; 
 In Zion's land revealed to sight, 
 "Where Saints -will meet no more to part. 
 
 HYMN 273. (L.M.) 
 
 1 How fleet the preciouB moments roll ! 
 How soon the harrest will be o'er! 
 The watchmen seek their final rest, 
 And lift a warning roice no more ! 
 
 2 Another year has rolled away, 
 
 And took its thousands to the tomb ; 
 Its sorrows and its joys are fled. 
 To hasten on the general doom. 
 
 3 The moments that we labor here 
 Are passing swiftly on the wing. 
 
 And soon the leaves and tendrils thrive — 
 A token of returning sprmg. 
 
 i The fullness of the Gospel shines 
 With glorious and resplendent rays; 
 The earth and heavens show forth their 
 As tokens of the latter days. [signs 
 
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 HYMN 2T3. (L.M.) 
 
 1 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. 
 
 2 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. 
 
 3 Let Europe's towns and cities hear 
 The Gospel tidings angels bring ; 
 Let Gentile nations far and near 
 Prepare their hearts His praise to sing. 
 
 4 India and Afric's sultry plains 
 Must hear the tidings as they roll, 
 Where darkness, death and sorrow reigr^ 
 And tyranny has held control. 
 
 5 Listen ye isles in every zone — 
 
 For every land must hear the sound ! 
 Nations and tongues before unknown, 
 Though long since lost, shall soon be found, 
 
 6 And then again shall Asia hear. 
 Where angels first the news revealed ; 
 Eternity the record bear. 
 
 And earth a joyful tribute yield. 
 
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 7 The nations catch the pleasmg soun J, 
 And Je";v and Gentile swell the strain 
 Hosanna o'er the earth resound ; 
 Messiah then will come to reiuii. 
 
 HYMN 274. (CM.) 
 
 1 Lift up jour heads, ve scattered Saints, 
 
 Redemption draweth nigh; 
 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 ; 
 Men's hearts are failing them for fear. 
 Redemption's drawing nigher. 
 
 4 Earthquakes are bellowing 'neath the 
 
 ground, 
 And tempests through the air; 
 The trumiDct's blast, with fearful sound, 
 Proclaims th' alarm of war. 
 
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 5 The Saints are scattered to and fro 
 
 Through all the earth abroad ; 
 The Gospel trump again to hlow, 
 And then behold their God. 
 
 6 Rejoice, ye servants of our Lord, 
 
 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 strams, 
 And on Mount Zion stand. 
 
 Glory to God! ye Saints rejoice! 
 And sigh and groan no more ; 
 
 But listen to the Spirit's voice- 
 Redemption's at the door. 
 
 HYMN 275. L.M.) 
 
 Torn from our friends and captive led, 
 'Mid armed legions bound in chains. 
 That peace for which our fathers bled 
 Is gone, and dire confusion reigns. 
 
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 Z Zion, our peaceful, happy home, 
 "Where oft ttc joined m praise and prayer 
 A desolation has become, 
 And grief and sorrow linger there. 
 
 3 Her rirgins sigh, her widows mourn, 
 Her children for then* parents weep ; 
 In chains her Priests and Prophets groan, 
 While some in death's embraces sleep. 
 
 4: Exultingly her savage foes 
 Now ravage, steal and plunder, where 
 A virgin's tears, a widow's woes. 
 Became their song of triumph there. 
 
 5 How long, O Lord, wilt thou forsake 
 The Saints who tremble at thy word ? 
 Awake, O arm of God, awake. 
 And teach the nations thou ai-t God, 
 
 6 Descend with all thy holy throng; 
 The year of thy redeemed bring near; 
 Haste, haste the day of vengeance on -, 
 Bid Zion's children dry their tears. 
 
 7 Deliver, Lord, thy cajjtive Saints, 
 
 And comfort those who long have mourned 
 Bid Zion cease her dire complaints, 
 And all creation cease to g-roan. 
 
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 HYMN 276. (ll's) 
 
 1 This morning in silence I ponder and mourn 
 O'er the scenes that have passed, no more to 
 
 return : [fears, 
 
 How vast are the labors, the troubles and 
 Of eight hundred millions •who've toiled 
 
 through the year. 
 
 2 "Row many ten thousands were slain by their 
 
 foes, [their woes, 
 
 "While widows and orphans have mourned o'er 
 "While pestilence, famine and earthquakes 
 
 appear, [past year ! 
 
 And signs in the heavens throughout the 
 
 3 How many were murdered and plundered 
 
 and robbed. 
 How many oppressed and driven and mobbed! 
 How oft have the heavens bedewed with 
 
 their tears 
 The earth o'er the scenes they beheld the 
 
 past year. 
 
 4 But the day-star has dawned o'er the land of 
 
 the blest, [rest, 
 
 The first beams of morning, the morning of 
 When, cleansed from pollution, the earth 
 
 shall appear [year. 
 
 As the garden of Eden, and peace crown the 
 
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 5 Then welcome the new y(ar, I hail with 
 
 delight [flight ! 
 
 The season approaching with time's rapid 
 "While each fleeting moment brmgs near and 
 
 more near, 
 The day long expected, the millennial year. 
 
 6 I praise and adore the eternal I AM : 
 Hosanna, hosanna, to God and the Lamb! 
 Who order the seasons that glide o'er the 
 
 sphere, 
 And crown with such blessings each happy 
 new year. 
 
 HYNM 2T7. (ll's.) 
 
 1 'Mid scenes of confusion and creature com 
 
 plaints, 
 How sweet to my soul is communion with 
 
 Saints, — 
 To find at the banquet of mercy there's room. 
 And feel, in the presence of Jesus, at home. 
 
 Home, home, sweet, sweet home ! 
 Receive me, dear Savior, in glory, my home. 
 
 2 Sweet bonds, that unite all the children of 
 
 peace, 
 And thrice precious Jesus, whose love can- 
 not cease. 
 
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 Though oft from thy presence in sadness I 
 
 roam, 
 I long to hehold thee in glory at home. 
 
 3 I sigh from this body of sin to he fi'ce, 
 "Which hinders my J03' and communion with 
 
 thee; [maj^ foam, 
 
 Though now my temptations like hillows 
 All, all will he peace when I'm with thee at 
 
 home. 
 
 4 While here in the valley of conflict I stay, 
 O, give me submission and strength as my 
 
 day; 
 In all my afiiictions to thee would I come, 
 Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home. 
 
 5 Whate'er thou deny, O give me thy grace. 
 The Spirit's sure witness, and smiles of thy 
 
 face; 
 Indulge me with rtatience to wait at thy 
 
 throne. 
 And find, even now, a sweet foretaste of 
 
 home. 
 
 6 I long dearest Lord, in thy beauties to shine, 
 No more as an exile in sorrow to pine, 
 And in thy fair image arise from the tomb, 
 "With glorified millions to praise thee at home. 
 
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 HYMN 278. (6-8's.) 
 
 1 Dovra by the river's verdant side, 
 Low by the solitary tide, 
 
 There, while the peaceful waters slept, 
 We pensively sat down and wept, 
 And on the bending willows hung 
 Our silent harps, through grief unstrung. 
 
 2 For they who wasted Zion's bowers. 
 And laid in dust her ruined towers, 
 In scorn their weary slaves desire 
 To strike the chords of Israel's lyre. 
 And in their impious ears to sing 
 The sacred songs of Zion's king. 
 
 3 How sh»U we tune those lofty strains 
 On Babylon's polluted plams, 
 When low in ruin on the earth 
 Remains the place that gave us birth. 
 And stem destruction's iron hand 
 Still sways our desolated land ! 
 
 4 O, never shall our harps awake, 
 Laid in the dust for Zion's sake ; 
 Forever on the wiUows hung, 
 
 Their music hushed, their chords unstrung, — 
 
 Lost Zion ! city of our God, 
 
 While groaning 'neath the tyrant's rod. 
 
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 5 Still inoiild'rhig lie thy levelled walls, 
 And ruin stalks along thy halls ; 
 And brooding o'er thy ruined towers, 
 Such desolation sternly lowers -, 
 
 For when we muse upon thy woe, 
 How fast the gushing sorrows flow ! 
 
 6 And while wc toil through wretched life. 
 Drinking the bitter cup of strife. 
 Until we yield our weary breath, 
 
 And sleep released from woe, in death, 
 Will Zion in our mem'ry stand— 
 Our lost, our ruined native land. 
 
 HYMN 279. (L.M.) 
 
 1 O Zion, when I think of thee, 
 
 I long for pinions like the dove. 
 And mourn to think that I should be 
 So distant from the land I love. 
 
 2 A captive exile, far from home, 
 For Zion's sacred walls I sigh ; 
 
 With ransomed kindred there to come, 
 And see Messiah eye to eye. 
 
 3 While here, I wftlk on hostile ground -, 
 The few that I can call my friends 
 Are, like myself in fetters bound. 
 And weariness our steps attends. 
 
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 4 But yet we hope to see the day 
 When Zion's children shall return — 
 When all our griefs shall flee away, 
 And we again no more shall mourn. 
 
 5 The thought that such a day will come, 
 Makes e'en the exile's portion sweet: 
 Though now we wander far from home, 
 In Zion soon we all shall meet. 
 
 HYMN 2S0. (6-irs.) 
 
 1 Children of Zion, awake from your sadness, 
 For soon all your foes shall oppress you no 
 
 more ; [gladness ; 
 
 Bright o'er your hills dawns the day-star of 
 Arise! for the night of 3'our sorrow's near o'er. 
 Children of Zion, awake from your sadness ; 
 For soon all jonv foes will oppress you no 
 
 more. 
 
 2 Strong are your foes, but his arm will subdue 
 
 them 
 And scatter their armies to regions afar: 
 They'll flee like the chafi" from the scourge 
 
 that pursues them ; 
 Vain are their strength and their chariots of 
 
 war. 
 
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 Children of Zion, awake from your sadness, 
 For soon all your foes shall oppress you no 
 more. 
 
 3 Children of Zion, His power will save you; 
 O, loudly extol it o'er land and o'er sea : 
 Shout! for the foe'U be destroyed that en- 
 slaved you, 
 Th' oppressor will vanish, and Zion be free. 
 Children of Zion, awake from your sadness, 
 For soon all your foes shall oppress you no 
 
 more: 
 Shout! for the foe'll be destroyed that en- 
 slaved you, 
 Th' oppressor will vanish, and Zion be free. 
 
 HYMN 281. (L.M.) 
 
 1 I have no home, where shall I go ? 
 While I am left to weep below ; 
 
 My heart is i>ained, my friends are gone, 
 And here I'm left on earth to mourn. 
 
 2 I see my people lying round, 
 
 All lifeless here upon the ground — 
 Young men and maidens in their gore, 
 "VVhich does increase my sorrows more. 
 
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 3 My father looked upon this scene 
 And in his -writings has made plain, 
 How every Nephite's heart did fear, 
 When he beheld his foe draw near. 
 
 4 TTith axe and bow they fell upon 
 Our men and women, sparing none, 
 And left them prostrate on the ground : 
 Lo! here they now are bleeding round. 
 
 5 Ten thousand that were led by me 
 Lie round this hill called Cumorah ; 
 Their spirits from their bodies fled. 
 And they are numbered with the dead. 
 
 6 Well might my father, in despair. 
 Cry, All ye fair ones, once how fair, 
 How is it that you've fallen "? oh ! 
 My soul is tilled with pain for you. 
 
 7 My life is sought, where shall I flee ? 
 Lord, take me home to dwell with thee, 
 Where all my sorrows will be o'er, 
 And I shall sigh and weep no more. 
 
 8 Thus sang the son of Mormon, when 
 He gazed upon his Nephite men 
 And women, too, who had been slain, 
 And left to moulder on the plain ! 
 
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 HYMN 282. (ll's & lO's.) 
 
 1 Praise to the man wlio commnnecl with 
 Jehovah ; 
 Jesus anointed "that Prophet and Seer," 
 Blessed to open the last dispensation ; 
 Eanirs shall extol him and nations revere. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Hail to the Prophet, ascended to heaven ; 
 Traitors and tyrants now fight him in 
 vain ; 
 Minglino- with Gods, he can plan for his 
 hrethren ; 
 Death cannot conquer the hero again. 
 
 2 Praise to his mem'ry, he died as a martyr; 
 
 Honored and blest he his ever great name ; 
 Long shall his blood, which was shed by 
 assassins, 
 Stain Illmois, while the earth lauds his 
 fame. 
 
 Hail to the Prophet, &c. 
 
 3 Great is his glory, and endless his Priest- 
 
 hold ; 
 Ever and ever the keys he will hold : 
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 Faithful and true, he -will enter his kingdom. 
 Crowned in the midst of the Prophets of 
 old. 
 
 Hail to the Prophet, dec. 
 
 4 Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven ; 
 
 Earth must atone for the blood of that 
 
 man: 
 
 Wake up the world for the conflict of justice ; 
 
 Millions shall know "brother Joseph" 
 
 again. 
 
 Hail to the Prophet, &c. 
 
 HYMN 2S3. (12's.) 
 
 1 Come to me, will ye come to the Saints that 
 
 have died, 
 To the next better world, where the righteous 
 
 reside, — 
 TVhere the angels and spirits in harmony be, 
 In the joys of a vast Paradise ? Come to 
 
 me. 
 
 3 Come to me, where the truth and the virtues 
 prevail, 
 Where the union is one, and the years never 
 fail. 
 
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 Where the heart can't conceive, nor the 
 
 natural eye see 
 What the Lord has prepared for the jnst: 
 
 Come to me. 
 
 3 Come to me vrhere there is no destruction nor 
 
 war, [ajar ; 
 
 Neither tyrants, nor mobhers, nor nations 
 
 Where the system is perfect, and happiness 
 
 free, [me. 
 
 And the life is eternal with God : Come to 
 
 4 Come to me, will ye come to the mansions 
 
 above. 
 Where the bliss and the knowledge, the light 
 
 and the love, 
 And the glory of God shall eternally be ? 
 Death, the wages of sin, is not here : Come 
 
 to me. 
 
 5 Come to me; here are Adam and Eve at the 
 
 head [the dead -, 
 
 Of a multitude quickened and raised from 
 
 Here's the knowledge that was, or that is, or 
 
 will be, [to me. 
 
 In the gen'ral assembly of worlds : Come 
 
 6 Come to me; here's the myst'ry that man 
 
 hath n ot seen— [the Queen ; 
 
 Here's our Father in heaven, and Mother, 
 
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 Here are -worlds that have been, and the 
 
 worlds yet to be; 
 Here's eternity — endless: Amen. Come to 
 
 me. 
 
 7 Come to me, all ye faithful and blest of 
 
 Nauvoo ; 
 
 Come, ye Twelve, and ye High Priests, and 
 Seventies, too; 
 
 Come, ye Elders, and all of the great com- 
 pany, 
 
 "When you've finished your work on the 
 earth: Come to me. 
 
 8 Come to me; here's the future, the present 
 
 and past; 
 Here is Alpha, Omega, the first and the last ; 
 Here's the "Fountain," the "River of 
 
 Life," and the "Tree!" 
 Here's your Prophet and Seer, Joseph 
 
 Smith : Come to me. 
 
 HYMN 284. (8's & 9's.) 
 
 1 The Lord imparted from above 
 
 The "Word of "Wisdom" for our blessing ; 
 But shall it unto many prove 
 A gift that is not worth possessing ? 
 
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 2 Have we not been divinely taught 
 
 To heed its voice and highly prize it? 
 Then who shall once indulge the thought 
 It can be better to despise it ? 
 
 3 Has self-denial grovm a task ? 
 
 Or has that word been vainly spoken ? 
 Or why, I fain would humbly ask, 
 "Why is that word so often broken ? 
 
 4 It is a strait and narrow way 
 
 That leads to the celestial city ; 
 That high-taught Saints should go astray, 
 Through Gentile customs, is a pity. 
 
 5 O, that Saints would all regard 
 
 Each gracious word that God has given, 
 And prize the favor of the Lord 
 Above all things beneath the heaven. 
 
 HYMN 285. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Awake, ye Saints of God, awake ! 
 Call on the Lord in mighty prayer. 
 That he will Zion's bondage break. 
 And bring to naught the fowler's snare. 
 
 2 He will regard his people's cry, 
 
 The widow's tear, the orphan's moan ; 
 The blood of those that slaughtered lie. 
 Pleads not in vain before His throne! 
 
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 3 Though Zion's foes have counseled deep, 
 Although they hind with fetters strong, 
 The God of Jacob does not sleep; 
 His vengeance vrill not slumber long. 
 
 i Then let your souls be stayed on God ; 
 A glorious scene is drawing nigh ; 
 Though tempests gather like a flood, 
 The storm, though fierce, will soon pass by. 
 
 5 With constant faith and fervent prayer, 
 With deep humility of soul, 
 
 With steadfast mind and heart prepare, 
 To see th' eternal purpose roll. 
 
 6 Oiir God in judgment will come near, 
 His migh ty arm he will make bare ; 
 For Zion's sake he will appear; 
 Then O, ye Saints, awake, prepare ! 
 
 Awik e to righteousness, be one, 
 Or, saith the Lord, you are not mine ! 
 Yea, like the Father and the Son, 
 Let all the Saints in union join. 
 
 HYMN 286. (CM.) 
 
 The glorious Gospel light has shone 
 
 In this the latter day 
 With such intelligence, that none 
 
 From truth need turn awav. 
 
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 2 Among the things which have been sealed, 
 
 And from the world kept hid, 
 The Lord has to his Saints revealed 
 As anciently he did ; — 
 
 3 And through the Priesthood now restored, 
 
 Has e'en prepared the way 
 Through which the dead may hear his word, 
 And all its truths obey. 
 
 4 As Christ to spirits went to preach 
 
 Who were in prison laid. 
 So many Saints have gone to teach 
 The Gospel to the dead. 
 
 5 And we for them can be baptized, 
 
 Yes, for our friends most dear, 
 That they ean with the just be raised, 
 When GabrieFs trump they hear. 
 
 6 That they may come with Christ again 
 
 When he to earth descends, 
 A thousand years with him to reign. 
 And with their earthly friends. 
 
 7 Now, O ye Saints, rejoice to-day 
 
 That you can saviors b€, 
 For all your dead who will obey 
 The Gospel and be free. 
 
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 Then let ns rise without restraint 
 And act for those ■vve love ; 
 
 For they are giving their consent, 
 And wait for us to move. 
 
 HYMN 287. (S's & 7's.) 
 
 1 Wake, O wake, the world from sleeping! 
 
 Watchman, watchman, what's the hour ? 
 Hark ye, only hear him saying, 
 'Tis the last, the eleventh hour! 
 
 CHOPwUS. 
 
 We're the true born sons of Zion, 
 Who with us that can compare '? 
 
 We're the royal branch of Joseph, 
 The bright and glorious morning star. 
 
 2 Lo! the Lion'sleft his thicket; 
 
 Up, ye watchmen, be in haste; 
 The destroyer of the Gentiles 
 Goes to lay their cities waste. 
 
 We're the true bom sons, <fcc. 
 
 -3 Bring the remnants from their exile, 
 For the promise is to them ; 
 Japhet's ruled the world his time out; 
 lie must leave the "tents of Shem." 
 We're the true bom sons, &c. 
 
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 4 Comfort \'e the house of Israel; 
 
 They are pardoned, gather them ; 
 Hear the •watchman's proclamation, — 
 Jews, rebuild Jerusalem. 
 
 We're the true born sons, &c. 
 
 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!" 
 
 We're the true born sons, &c. 
 
 6 Sound the trumpet with the tidings — 
 
 Call in all of Abra'm's seed ; 
 
 Though the Gentiles may reject it, 
 
 Christ will come in very deed. 
 
 We're the true bom sons, &c. 
 
 HYMN 3SS. (9's & 8's.) 
 
 1 Ho, ho, for the Temple's completed ; 
 
 The Lord hath a place for his head -, 
 The Priesthood in power now lightens 
 The way of the living and dead ! 
 
 2 See, see, 'mid the world's dreadful splendor 
 
 Christianity, folly and sword. 
 The "Mormons," the diligent "Mormons," 
 Have reai'ed up this house to the Lord ! 
 
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 3 Bj the spirit and wisdom of Joseph, 
 
 "Whose blood stains the honor of state, 
 By tithing and sacrifice daily, 
 The poor learn the way to be great. 
 
 4 Mark, mark, for the Gentiles are fearful, 
 
 Where the work of the Lord is begun; 
 Already, this monument finished, 
 Is counted one miracle done. 
 
 5 Gaze, jgaze at the flight of the righteous, 
 
 From the fire-shower of ruin at hand. 
 Their prayers and their sufi^rings are wrath- 
 ing, 
 Jehovah to sweep off the land. 
 
 i) Sing, sing, for the hour of redemption. 
 The day for the poor Saint's reward, 
 Is coming for temporal enjoyment. 
 
 All shming with ci'owns from the Lord. 
 
 7 Watch, watch, for the blessing of Jesus 
 
 Is richer the further 'tis fetched; 
 The wonderful chain of our union 
 Is tightened the longer 'tis stretched. 
 
 8 Shout, shout, for the armies of heaven 
 
 Will purify earth at a word, — [faithful. 
 The "Twelve," with the Saints that are 
 Enter into the joys of their Lord! 
 
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 HYMN 289. (P.M.) 
 
 Weep, weep not for me, Zion ; 
 Kejoice now and sing ye aloud ; 
 Pray, pray that Judah's fierce lion 
 May quickly descend in a cloud. 
 Haste, liaste ; oh, quickly descend in a cloud. 
 
 ' To smite with a rod of his power, 
 To lay Zion' 8 enemies low ; 
 While frowns on his countenance lower, 
 They sink to perdition and woe : 
 
 Yes, yes, they sink to perdition and woe. 
 
 Long, long, dear Samts, we have wan- 
 dered. 
 Yet, yet we will not complain ; 
 Though oft our all has been plundered, 
 The loss is our infinite gain : 
 Yes, yes, the loss is our infinite gain. 
 
 Cease, cease your sighing and weeping ; 
 Mourn, mourn ye not, neither repine ; 
 Now I'm in heaven's blest keeping ; 
 With Jesus I ever shall shine : 
 Yes, yes, with Jesus 1 ever shall shine. 
 
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 5 Mobs, mobs, of all you've bereft me— 
 Home, friends, and pleasures so sweet ; 
 Now, now from your powers I'm free. 
 You and I never shall meet: 
 
 No, no; you and I never shall meet. 
 
 6 Go, go ye wretches who've slain me, 
 Now, now your power is o'er; 
 Though in the tomb they have laid me, 
 I'm resting on Zion's bright shore. 
 
 Yes, yes, I'm resting on Zion's bright shore. 
 
 7 Weep, weep not, Zion's fair maidens; 
 Brave sons, weep, weep not for me ; 
 Crowned now, with glory I'm laden, 
 Now happy I ever shall be : 
 
 Yes, yes, now happy I ever shall be. 
 
 8 Sad, sad were the hours of parting ; 
 Then, then fell many a tear; 
 
 Soon, soon you'll be over the smarting. 
 And meet with the holy ones here. 
 Haste, haste to meet with the holy ones here. 
 
 9 Heaves, heaves each bosom with sorrow ; 
 Anguish, how fervent the pain ! 
 
 Soon, soon will come the blest morrow. 
 When you will see Joseph again. 
 Then, then you will see Joseph ugam. 
 
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 10 Theu,then how happj the meeting;! 
 Joy, joy each bosom will fill ! 
 With Joseph and Hyrum then greeting 
 On Zion's thrice sanctified hill : 
 
 Yes, yes, on Zion's thrice sanctified hill. 
 
 HYMN 290. (P.M.) 
 
 1 The Seer, the Seer, Joseph the Seer ! 
 I'll smg of the Prophet ever dear; 
 His equal now cannot be found, 
 By searching the wide world around. 
 TVith Gods he soared in the realms of day, 
 And men he taught the heavenly way. 
 The earthly Seer! the heavenly Seer! 
 I love to dwell on his memory dear-. 
 The chosen of God and the friend of man, 
 He brought the Priesthood back again ; 
 He gazed on the past, on the present too, 
 And opened the heavenly world to view. 
 
 2 Of noble seed, of heavenly birth, 
 He came to bless the sons of earth; 
 With keys by the Almighty given, 
 He opened the full rich stores of heaven ; 
 O'er the world that was wrapt in sable night, 
 Like the sun, he spread his golden light. 
 
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 He strove, oh, how he strove to stay 
 The stream of crime in its reckless way ! 
 With a miffhty mind and a nol^le aim, 
 He ursed the wayward to reclaim ; 
 'Mid the foaming billoAvs of angry strife, 
 He stood at the helm of the ship of life. 
 
 3 The Saints, the Saints, his only pride, 
 For them he lived, for them he died ! 
 Their joys were his, their sorrows too-, 
 He loved the Saints— he loved Nauvoo. 
 Unchanired in death, with a Savior's love 
 He pleads their cause in the courts above. 
 The Seer, the Seer! Joseph the Seer! 
 
 O, how I love his memory dear ! 
 
 The jast and wise, the pure and free, 
 
 A father he was and is to me. 
 
 Let fiends now rage in their dark hour — 
 
 No matter, he is beyond their power. 
 
 4 He's free ! he's free ! the Prophet's free ! 
 He is where he will ever be ; 
 
 Beyond the reach of mobs and strife, 
 
 He rests unharmed in endless life ; 
 
 His home's m the sky, he dwells with the 
 
 Gods, 
 Far from the furious rage of mobs. 
 He died ! he died for those he loved; 
 He reigns, he reigns in the realms above ; 
 
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 He waits -with the just who have gone before. 
 To welcome the Saints to Zion's shore. 
 Shout, shout, ye Saints ; this boon is given — 
 We'll meet our martyr'd Seer in heaven. 
 
 HYMN 291. (CM.) 
 
 1 TVhen all thy mercies, O my God, 
 
 My rising soul surveys, 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love and praise. 
 
 2 O, how shall words with equal warmth. 
 
 The gratitude declare, 
 That glows within my ravished heart! 
 But thou canst read it there. 
 
 3 Thy Providence my life sustained, 
 
 And all my wants redressed, 
 When in the silent womb I lay, 
 Or hung upon the breast. 
 
 4 To all my weak complaints and cries 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear. 
 Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learned 
 To form themselves m prayer. 
 
 5 Unnumbered comforts to my soul 
 
 Thy tender care bestowed, 
 
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 Before my infant heart conceived 
 From whom those comforts flowed. 
 
 6 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth 
 
 With heedless steps I ran, 
 Thine arm unseen conveyed me safe, 
 And led me up to man. 
 
 7 Through hidden dangers, toils and death 
 
 It gently cleared my way, 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to he feared than they. 
 
 PART SECOND. 
 
 8 When worn hy sickness, oft hast thou, 
 
 With health renewed my face ; 
 And, when in sin and sorrow sunk, 
 Revived my soul with grace. 
 
 9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly hliss 
 
 Has made m.y cup run o'er; 
 And, in a kind and faithful friend, 
 Has doubled all my store. 
 
 10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
 My daily thanks employ, 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heajt 
 That tastes those gifts with joy. 
 
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 11 Through every period of my life 
 
 Thy goodness I'il pursue, 
 And after death in distant Avorlds 
 The glorious theme renew. 
 
 12 When nature fails, and day and night 
 
 Divide their works no more. 
 My ever grateful heart, O Lord, 
 Thy mercy shall adore. 
 
 13 Through all eternity, to thee 
 
 A joyful song I'll raise; 
 
 But oh, eternity's too short 
 
 To utter all thy praise. 
 
 HYMN 292. (7's & P.'s.) 
 
 1 O, stop and tell me, Red Man, 
 
 Who are you, why you roam, 
 And how you s:et your living; 
 Have you no God— no home ? 
 
 2 With stature straight and portly, 
 
 And decked in native i>ride. 
 With feathers, paints and brooches: 
 He willmgly replied, — 
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 3 I once was pleasant Ephraim, 
 "When Jacob for me prayed ; 
 But oh, how blessings vanish, 
 When man from God has strayed ! 
 
 i Before your nation knew us. 
 Some thousand moons ago, 
 Our fathers fell in darkness, 
 And wandered to-and-fro. 
 
 5 And long they've lived by hunting 
 
 Instead of work and arts, 
 And so our race has dwindled 
 To idle Indian hearts. 
 
 6 Yet hope within us lingers. 
 
 As if the Spirit spoke — 
 He'll come for your redemption. 
 And break your gentile yoke. 
 
 7 And all your captive brothers 
 
 From every clime shall come. 
 And quit their savage customs. 
 To live with God at home. 
 
 8 Then joy will fill our bosoms, 
 
 And blessings crown our days, 
 To live in pure religion, 
 And slug our Maker's pi-aise. 
 
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 HYMN 393. (P.M,) 
 
 1 The time is far spent— there is little remain- 
 ing 
 
 To publish glad tidings by sea and by land; 
 Then hasten, ye heralds! go fonvard pro- 
 claiming- 
 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven's at 
 hand. 
 
 3 Shrmk not from your duty, however un- 
 pleasant, 
 But foIloTV the Savior, your pattern and 
 friend ; 
 Our little afflictions, though painful at 
 present. 
 Ere long, -with the righteous, in glory will 
 end. 
 
 3 "What though, if the favor of Ahman pos- 
 sessing, 
 This world's bitter hate you are called to 
 endure, — 
 The angels are vraiting to crown you with 
 blessings ; 
 Go brethren! be faithful, the promise is 
 sure. 
 
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 4 All, all things are known to the mmd of 
 Jehovah, 
 There's nothing concealed from his all- 
 searching eye ! 
 Then, fear not! the hairs of jotir heads are 
 all numbered, 
 And even the ravens are heard -when they 
 cry. 
 
 5 Be fixed in your purpose, for Satan will try 
 you ; 
 The -weight of your calling he perfectly 
 knows : 
 Tour path may be thorny, but Jesus is nigh 
 you ; 
 His arm is sufficient, though demons 
 oppose. 
 
 6 Press on to the mai'k of eternal perfection, 
 Determined to reap the celestial reward, 
 That you may come forth in the first resur- 
 recti on, 
 And feast at the supper of Jesus the 
 Lord. 
 
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 HYMN 29i. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Ye who are called to labor and minister for 
 
 God, 
 Blest with the royal Priesthood, and called 
 
 by his word 
 To preach among the nations the news of 
 
 Gospel grace. 
 And publish on the mountains, salvation, 
 
 trath and peace ; 
 
 2 O let not vain ambition or worldly glory stain 
 Your mmds so -pnve and holy, but quit your- 
 selves like men ; 
 While lifting up your voices like trumpets 
 
 long and loud. 
 Say to the slumbering nations, "Prepare to 
 meet your God." 
 
 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, — 
 
 Your Savior will be with you always unto 
 the end. 
 
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 4 Aud 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 ; 
 Eemember that your Savior like sorrows did 
 
 endure. 
 
 5 Kich blessings do await you, and God will 
 
 give you faith ; 
 You shall be crowned with glory and triumph 
 
 over death ; 
 And soon you'll come to Zion, bearing your 
 
 many sheaves. 
 No more to taste of sorrow, but glorious 
 
 crowns receive. 
 
 HYMN 395. (4-6's & 2-S's.) 
 
 yMlhail! the new-born year! 
 Thrice Avelcome to the Saints, 
 Whose coming Lord is near, 
 To end their long complaints: 
 Sweet hope still perching on thy wing, 
 Anticipates a happier spring. 
 
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 When life shall spiino- anew, 
 
 And vegetation bloom, 
 
 And flowers of varied hue 
 
 Will spread a rich perfume. 
 While happy birds fill every grove ^ 
 With songs of joy and life and love. 
 
 These but a type shall be 
 
 Of glories more sublime; 
 
 A wondrous jubilee 
 
 Hangs on the wings of time ; 
 Near and more near redemption comes ; 
 Near and more near the sinner's doom. 
 
 Come, tune your songs anew, 
 And join in hymns of praise 
 To Him whose power we view 
 In these eventful days ! 
 Whose arm shall make the nations yield, 
 Shall conquer death, and win the field. 
 
 All hail thou glorious King 
 
 Of righteousness and peace! 
 
 Thy promises we sing, 
 
 And hope for quick release: 
 Let Zion find her promised rest. 
 And nations in her courts be blest. 
 
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 HYMN 206. (L.M.D.) 
 
 1 O, give me buck my Prophet dear, 
 And Patriarch, O give them back. 
 The Saints of Latter-days to cheer, 
 And#ad them in the Gospel track. 
 But oh! they're gone from my embrace- 
 From earthly scenes their spirits fled -, 
 Tyro of the best of Adam's race, 
 Now lie entombed among the dead. 
 
 2 Ye men of wisdom, tell me why, 
 "When guilt nor crime in them were found, 
 Why now their blood doth loudly cry 
 From prison walls and Carthage ground ? 
 Your tongues are mute, but pray attend. 
 The secret I will now relate. 
 Why those whom God to earth did lend, 
 Have met the suff'rino- martvr's fate. 
 
 3 It is because they strove to gain. 
 Beyond the grave, a hearen of bliss, — 
 Because they made the Gospel plain 
 And led the Saints in righteousness ; 
 It is because God called them forth, 
 And led them by his own right hand, 
 Christ's coming to proclaim on earth, 
 And gather Israel to their land. 
 
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 It is because tlie priests of Baal 
 Were desperate tlieir craft to save; 
 And when tliey saw it doomed to fail, 
 They sent the Prophets to their grave. 
 Like scenes the ancient Prophets saw; 
 Like these, the ancient Prophets fell; 
 And, till the resurrection dawn, 
 Prophet and Patriarch— fare you well. 
 
 HYMN 29 L (P.M.) 
 
 The God that others worship is not the God 
 
 for me ; 
 He has no parts nor body, and cannot hear 
 
 nor see; 
 But I've a God that reigns above — 
 A God of power and of love — 
 A God of revelation— Oh, that's the God for 
 
 me 
 
 Oh, that's the God for me ! 
 Oh, that's the God for me! 
 
 2 A Church without a Prophet is not the 
 Church for me ; 
 It has no head to lead it ; in it I would not be : 
 But I've a Church not made by man. 
 Cut from the mountam without hand ; 
 
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 A Church with gifts and blessings — Oh, that's 
 the Church for me. 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 S A Church without Apostles is not the Church 
 for me ; 
 'Tis like a ship dismasted, afloat upon the sea: 
 But I've a Church that's always led 
 With the Twelve Stars around her head -, 
 A Church with good foundation — Oh, that's 
 the Church for me. 
 Oh, that's, etc. 
 
 4 The Hope that Gentiles cherish is not the 
 
 hope for me ; 
 It has no faith nor knowledge; far from it I 
 
 would be : 
 But I've a hope that will not fail ; 
 It reaches far within the vail; 
 "Which hope is like an anchor — Oh, that's the 
 
 Hopetor me. 
 
 5 The Heaven of sectarians is not the heaven 
 
 for me. 
 So doubtful its location — neither on land nor 
 
 sea: 
 But I've a Heaven upon the earth — 
 The land and home that save me birth; 
 
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 AHeaveu of light and knowledge — Oh, that's 
 the Heaven for me. 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 A Church without a gathering is not the 
 
 Church for me ; 
 The Savior would not own it, wherever it 
 
 might he: 
 But I've a Church that is called out 
 From false tradition, fear and doubt — 
 A gathering dispensation — Oh, that's the 
 
 Church for me. 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 HYMN 29S. (P.M.) 
 
 1 O thou who hast promised in love to receive 
 The children of those who in Jesus l^elieve, 
 Thy Spirit impart and our blessings bestow 
 On those to thy sei-vice we dedicate now. 
 
 2 Receive them, our Father, as lambs that were 
 
 lost; 
 
 The blood of thy Son is the price they have 
 
 cost : 
 By the power of the Priesthood, thy goodness 
 
 has given. 
 We bless them as thine in the kingdom of 
 
 heaven. 
 
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 S Let thy mercy surround them, thou Father 
 adored, 
 To obey the commands of our crucified Lord; 
 Thy Spirit forever their bosoms inspire, 
 And seal them thine own with thine unction 
 and fire. 
 
 4 May they be to thy glory as jewels of worth, 
 When Jesus shall come to be owned King on 
 
 earth : 
 And stand in their lot, with the sanctified- 
 crowned, 
 When all shall adore thee the universe round. 
 
 HYMN 299. (P.M.) 
 
 1 The L'pper California, O that's the land for 
 me! 
 It lies between the mountains and the great 
 Pacific sea : 
 The Sauits can be supported there, 
 And taste the sweets of liberty 
 In Upper California— Oh, thats the land for 
 me. 
 
 Oh, that's, etc. 
 
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 2 "We'll so and lift our standard, we']! go there 
 
 and be free-. 
 "We'll go to Califoniia and have our jubilee, — 
 A land that blooms with beauty rare, 
 A land of life and liberty, 
 With flocks and herds abounding— Oh, that's 
 the land for me ! 
 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 3 "We'll burst off all our fetters and break the 
 
 G*^ntile yoke, 
 For long it has beset us, but now it shall be 
 broke : 
 No more shall Jacob bow his neck ; 
 Henceforth he shall be great and free 
 In "tJpper California — Oh, that's the land for 
 me! 
 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 4 "We'll reign, we'll rule and triumph, and God 
 shall be our King; 
 The plains, the hills and valleys shall with 
 hosannas ring; 
 Our towers and temples there shall rise 
 Along the great Pacific Sea, 
 In Upper California — Oh, that's the land for 
 me! 
 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
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 5 We'll ask our cousin Lemuel to join us 
 
 heart and hand. 
 And spread abroad our curtains throughout 
 fair Zion's land; 
 Till this is done, we'll pitch our tents 
 Along the 2;reat Pacific Sea 
 In I7pi)er California — Oh, that's the land for 
 me! 
 
 Oh, that's, &c. 
 
 6 Then join with me, my brethren, and let us 
 
 hasten there ; 
 We'll lift our glorious standard and raise 
 our house of prayer; 
 We'll call on all the nations round 
 To join our standard and be free 
 In Upper California — Oh, that's the land for 
 me. 
 
 Oh, that's, l\:c. 
 
 HYMN 300. (S's & Vs) 
 
 1 Earthly happiness is fleeting; ; 
 
 Earthly prospects quickly fade ; 
 Oft the heart, with pleasure beating. 
 Is to bitterness betrayed ! 
 
 2 Scenes of sorrow most distressing, 
 
 Scenes that fill the heart with pain, 
 Often yield the choicest blessing; 
 Present loss is future gain. 
 
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 3 In the darkest dispeBsation, 
 
 Oh, remember, God is just ; 
 'Tis the richest consolation 
 In his faithfulness to trust. 
 
 4 Let the heart oppressed with sorrow, 
 
 Let the bosom filled Avith grief, 
 Let the wounded spirit borrow 
 From his promise kind relief. 
 
 5 While affliction's surge comes o'er joti. 
 
 Look beyond the dark'ning wave ; 
 See a brighter scene before you ; 
 Hail the triumph o'er the grave. 
 
 6 Though your darling child is taken 
 
 From your bosom to the arn; 
 Soon the sleeping dust will waken • 
 And its spirit will return. 
 
 7 Yes, again you will behold it. 
 
 Fairer than the morning ray ; 
 In your arms you will enfold it, 
 When all tears are wiped away. 
 
 HYMN 301. (ll's & lO's.) 
 
 1 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morn- 
 ing! 
 Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain ! 
 
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 Hushed be the accents of sorrow and monrn- 
 
 ing; 
 Zion in triumph begins her glad reign. 
 
 3 HaU to the brightness of Zion's glad morn- 
 ing, 
 Long by the Prophets of Israel foretold ! 
 Hail to the millions from bondage returning ! 
 Gentiles and Jews the irlad vision behold. 
 
 3 Lo ! in the desert the rich flowers are spring- 
 ing ; 
 Streams ever copious are gliding along -, 
 Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are 
 
 ringing; 
 Wastes rise in verdure and mingle in song. 
 
 4 Hark ! from all lands, from the isles of the 
 ocean, 
 Praise to Jehovah ascending on high ; 
 Fallen the engines of war and commotion; 
 Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. 
 
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 HYMN 30;3. (L.M ) 
 
 1 Thou dost not weep, to -weep alone ; 
 The broad bereavement seems to fall 
 Unheeded and unfelt by none : 
 
 He was beloved, beloved by all. 
 
 2 But lo ! what joy salutes our grief! 
 Bright rainbows crown the tearful gloom ; 
 Hope, hope eternal, brings relief; 
 
 Faith sounds a triumph o'er the tomb. 
 
 3 It soothes our sorrow, says to thee. 
 The Lord in chast'ning comes to bless ; 
 God is thy God, he says he'll be 
 
 A father to the fatherless. 
 
 i 'Tis well with the departed one ; 
 His heaven-lit lamp was shining bright ; 
 And when his mortal day went down, 
 His spirit fled where reigns no night. 
 
 5 'Tis meet to die as he has died ; 
 
 He smiled amid death's conquered gloom, 
 While angels waited by his side, 
 To bear a kindred spirit home. 
 
 6 Vain are the trophies wealth can give ! 
 His mem'ry needs no sculptor's art; 
 He's left a name — his virtues live, 
 Graved on the tablets of the heart. 
 
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 HYMN 303. (CM.) 
 
 1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire. 
 
 Uttered or unexpressed ; 
 The motion of a hidden fire 
 That trembles in the breast. 
 
 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh. 
 
 The falling of a tear, 
 The upward glancing of an eye. 
 When none but God is near. 
 
 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech 
 
 That infant lips can try. 
 Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach 
 The Majesty on high. 
 
 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath. 
 
 The Christian's native air; 
 His watchword at the gates of death ; 
 He enters heaven with prayer. 
 
 .5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice. 
 Returning from his ways, 
 "While angels in their songs rejoice, 
 And say, "Behold, he prays!" 
 
 The Saints in prayer appear as one 
 In word and deed and mind, 
 
 While with the Father and the Son 
 Their fellowship they find. 
 
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 7 Nor prayer is made on earth alone — • 
 
 The Holy Spirit pleads, 
 And Jesus, on th' etei-nal throne, 
 For sinners intercedes. 
 
 8 O thou by whom we come to God — 
 
 The Life, the Truth, the Way ! 
 The path of prayer thyself hast trod 
 Lord, teach us how to pray. 
 
 HYMN 304. (ll's.) 
 
 1 Ye Elders of Israel, come join now with 
 
 me, 
 And search out the righteous, wherever they 
 
 he, 
 In desert or mountain, on land or the sea, 
 And hring them from Bah'lon to Zion so 
 
 free. 
 
 O Babylon, O Babylon, we bid thee 
 
 farewell ; 
 "We're going to the mountains of 
 
 Ephraim to dwell. 
 
 2 The hai-vest is great and the lab'rers are few. 
 But if we're united, we all things can do; 
 
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 We'll gather the wheat from the midst of the 
 
 tares, 
 And brmg them from bondage, deep sorrows 
 
 and snares. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
 3 We'll go to the poor, like onr Captain of old, 
 And visit the weary, the hungry and cold ; 
 We'll heal up their wounds, and we'll dry np 
 
 their tears, 
 And lead them to Zion to dwell there for 
 years. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
 4 We'll visit the feeble, the halt, dumb and 
 blind. 
 And preach them the Gosi>el of Jesus bo 
 
 kind; 
 We'll cheer up their hearts with the news 
 
 that he bore. 
 And point them to Zion for life evermore. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
 5 And when we have finished the work we've 
 begun. 
 And the Priesthood in Zion shall say, " 'Tis 
 well done," 
 
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 With friends, wives and children, how happy 
 
 we'll be, 
 And shout when the trumpet sounds, " Zion 
 
 is free!" 
 
 O Babylon, <fec. 
 
 HYMN 305. (P.M.) 
 
 1 The Shepherds have raised their sweet warn- 
 ing voice. 
 To flee up to Zion, the land of God's choice — 
 As the Prophets of old, they have warned 
 
 us to flee 
 To the mountains of Ephraim, where happy 
 we'll be. 
 
 O Babylon, O Babylon, we bid thee 
 
 farewell, 
 "We're going to the mountains of 
 Ephraim to dwell. 
 
 2 Prepare for your journey, ye Saints of the 
 Lord ; 
 Although it is tedious you'll have your 
 
 reward; 
 You've obeyed his commands and you've 
 
 bowed to his will ; 
 Your rest now remaineth on Mount Zion's 
 hill. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
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 3 Perecculion maj' rage, but the Saints -will be 
 
 free, 
 While the ■wrath of Jehovah in Bab'lon 
 
 shall be : 
 Gather out from the -svicked, je meek -hearted 
 
 ones, 
 And fly to the mountains, the place of your 
 
 homes. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
 4 The time's quickly coming, though now you 
 
 say nay. 
 When 3'ou will remember the Samts gone 
 
 away 
 To dwell on the mountams, where they wDl 
 
 be free, 
 While the wrath of Jehovah the wicked 
 
 shall see. 
 
 O Babj-lon, &c. 
 
 5/rhen hasten, ye Saints, to the refuge pre- 
 pared, 
 That Israel's salvation by you may be 
 
 shared -, 
 Leave Bab'lon, her woe and her misery 
 
 behind, 
 A covert of safetj' in Zion to find. 
 
 O Babylon, &c. 
 
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 HYMN 306. (C.M.D) 
 
 1 Our Fatliev, in the sacred name 
 
 Of Jesus Christ, thy Son, 
 The blessing that has been pronounced 
 
 These little ones upon, 
 "We pray thee own, confirm and seal 
 
 In thy most holy place, 
 That they may constantly receive 
 
 Of thy celestial grace. 
 
 2 May thy good Spirit fall on them, 
 
 From this auspicious hour. 
 As dew upon the tender plant — 
 
 As the refreshing shower, 
 That by its genial influence 
 
 They may, in infancy. 
 In youth, and in life's vig'rous prime. 
 
 Be holy unto thee. 
 
 3 Protect them in their tender years 
 
 From seen and unseen ill; 
 And may they as their days increase. 
 
 Have thy kind watch-care still. 
 May they grow up in health and strength 
 
 Of body and of mind, 
 Be fiUed with pure intelligence, 
 
 And wisdom's treasures find. 
 
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 4 O, ma}' they with a righteous zeal 
 
 Be thoroughly imbued, 
 To o'ercome evil and to tread 
 
 The path of rectitude. 
 Yea, Lord, may they, at home, abroad, 
 
 Valiant for thee remain, 
 "With tongue and pen, in word and deed, 
 
 And endless lives obtain. 
 
 HYMN 307. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Cheer, Saints, cheer! we're bound for peace- 
 
 ful Zion ! [happy land ! 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! for that free and 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! we'll Israel's God 
 
 rely on ; [hand. 
 
 We will be led by the power of his right 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
 2 Long, long in Bab'lon we have lived in 
 
 sorrow, [our way I 
 
 But God in his mere}' hath opened up 
 "Hope points before, and shows the bright 
 to-morrow ; 
 Let us forget the darkness of to-day." 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
 3 Sec, see the judgments o'er the earth ex- 
 
 tending, [sword ; 
 
 Pestilence and caiihquakes, famine, fire and 
 
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 Soon shall the rulers of this world come 
 
 bending, [Lord. 
 
 Shorn of their glorj% for thus saith the 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
 4 Come, come away unto the hill of Zion; 
 Come, come away to the temple of the 
 Lord •, 
 Come ye and hear the roaring of the Lion, 
 Where Ephraim's children tremble at the 
 word. 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
 6 Away, far away to the everlasting moun- 
 tains-. 
 Away, far away to the valley in the west; 
 Away, far away to yonder gushing fountains, 
 Where all the faithful in latter days are 
 blest. 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
 6 Sing, sing aloud the song of adoration ; 
 
 Yea, sing aloud for the goodness of our 
 King; 
 Te who are blest to see this great salvation, 
 Lift up your voices, and make the moun- 
 tains ring. 
 
 Cheer, Saints, cheer! &c. 
 
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 HYMN 303. (8's & 7's.) 
 
 AVelcome, best of all good meetings; 
 t Welcome, brothers, sisters true ; 
 Gifts aud l:lesssinsi:s, liappy greetiao's, 
 Heavenly tieasures, old and new. 
 
 2 Gladly young and old assemble-. 
 Sweetest songs rise from the soul ; 
 Saints rejoice and sinners tremble-. 
 Power unseen per\-adcs the whole. 
 
 3 Prayer and praise and testimony, 
 Tongues unknown and prophecy, 
 Burning words of insx^iration, — 
 O, how swift the moments fly ! 
 
 i Faithful Saints refreshed and strengthened, 
 Drooping ones revived and cheered — 
 Thus their happy days are lengthened — 
 Thus Jehovah's name revered. 
 
 5 "Where is heaven ? who can tell it ? 
 Answer, ye who only know. 
 Where abides the Holy Spirit ? 
 Where its fruits and graces show. 
 
 6 Blessed people ! pure religion ! 
 Godlike, priceless, simple, free; 
 Loved or held up in derision, 
 'Twill be truth eternally. 
 
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 HYMN 309. (C.M.D.) 
 
 I'll seiTe the Lord while I am young, 
 
 And, in my early days, 
 Devote the music of my tongue 
 
 To ray Redeemer's praise. 
 I praise his name that he has given 
 
 Me parentage and birth 
 Among the most beloved of heaven 
 
 That dwell upon the earth. 
 
 O Lord, my parents here preserve, 
 
 To teach me righteousness. 
 That my j^oung feet may never swerve 
 
 From paths of holiness ; 
 And, like the faithful ones of old 
 
 Who now behold thy face. 
 May I be formed in virtue's mould 
 
 To fill a holy place. 
 
 While youth and beauty sweetly twine 
 
 Their garlands round my head, 
 I'll seek, at wisdom's sacred shrine, 
 
 The gems that never fade. 
 Long may I sing thy praises liere 
 
 Among thy Saints below, 
 And in eternity appear 
 
 With them in glory too. 
 
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 HYMN SIO. (CM.) 
 
 1 A Saint! and is the title mine. 
 
 Or have I but the name ? 
 Have I the lineaments divine 
 Which can this honor claim ? 
 
 2 have I believed that God is God, 
 
 And, as a sovereign Lord, 
 To all, who seek and serve him right 
 Will give a free reward ? 
 
 3 Have 1 to penitence been brought, 
 
 Marked with a godly woe, 
 That needs not one repentant thought, 
 Or single tear to flow V 
 
 4 Humbled for sin, have I been led 
 
 To seek the wat'ry tomb, 
 From whence, through our exalted head. 
 Remission's blessings come ? 
 
 5 Have I the heavenly gift received 
 
 From Apostolic hands. 
 Bestowed on those who first believed. 
 And kept the Lord's commands ? 
 
 6 Have I the faith divine and pure — 
 
 Gift of celestial birth — 
 That warms the heart and keeps it pure, 
 And shows a Savior's worth ? 
 
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 7 If BO, the body broke for sin 
 
 To me is living bread ; 
 The Spirit's power is felt within ; 
 For me the blood was shed. 
 
 8 Nor must I here presume to rest, 
 
 But, leaving these behind, 
 Perfection ever keep in view, 
 For which the Saint's designed. 
 
 9 Celestial crowns await the day, 
 
 For conq'rors in the war, 
 When Jesus will his power display. 
 And sin be banished far. 
 
 HYMN 311. (P.M.) 
 
 1 My Father in heaven, and dear kindred there, 
 
 How long shall my spirit exist 
 In these regions of sorrow, this world of de- 
 spair, 
 Where men in rebellion persist ? 
 
 2 Yet let me not murmur, nor scorn the design 
 
 Of thy purpose intended in me; 
 Thou hast sent me, a spirit eternally thine, 
 To inhabit a body for thee. 
 
 And when through thy help I have finished 
 the course 
 Thy love has appoin'^'*' l^r me, 
 
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 That spirit again will return to its source, 
 And with Gods through eternity he. 
 
 4 Thou author of life ! thou art truth, thou art 
 love, 
 Thou art first, thou art last, unto me ; 
 O thou who art worshipped by angels above. 
 Send the Sjjirit of truth unto me. 
 
 HYMN 313. (CM.) 
 
 1 "The silver, gold and precious stones,'* 
 Thus saith the Lord, "are mine ; 
 The cattle on a thousand hills 
 I own by right divine. 
 
 3 "The forests, rich-stored mountains, plains, 
 The fertile valleys too. 
 The earth and all that is therein 
 Are but my righteous due. 
 
 3 "And men themselves belong to me — 
 
 They hold from me a lease 
 Of health and strength, and even life, 
 Which at my word may cease." 
 
 4 Then why should men so much desire 
 
 To seize on all they see — 
 Cheat, covet and appropriate 
 To self so greedily ? 
 
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 5 The Saints have learned a purer faitli -, 
 
 They own the Lord's just claim ; 
 They're stewards o'er what they possess, 
 And hold it in his name. 
 
 6 Their flocks and herds and lands and wealth, 
 
 Their wives and children dear, 
 Their all, themselves, they bring- to him ; 
 Thus they his rights revere. 
 
 HYMN 313. (lO's.) 
 
 1 "Great Spirit! listen to the red man's wail! 
 Thou hast the power to help him in his woe. 
 Thy mighty arm was never known to fail; 
 Great Chieftam! save him from the pale- 
 faced foe. 
 
 2 "His broad, green hunting-grounds, where 
 
 buff 'loes roam. 
 His bubbling streams, where finny thousands 
 
 play, 
 The waving prairies, once his happy home. 
 Are fast departing to the Christian's sway. 
 
 3 With cursed firewater's stupefying flame, 
 (Which lulled the senses of our chiefs to rest, ) 
 And soft-mouthed words, the cheating pale- 
 face came 
 
 And stole our lands and drove us to the west. 
 
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 4 "Our grey-haired med'cine mea, bo wise 
 
 and good, 
 Are all confounded with the dread disease, 
 Which ne'er was known to flow in Indian 
 
 blood 
 Till white men brought it from beyond the 
 
 seas. 
 
 5 *■ ' And shall our nation once so great, decay? — 
 Our children perish, and our chieftains die ? 
 Great Spirit, help ! — thy glorious power dis- 
 play. 
 
 Subvert our foes ! Oh ! hear the Indian's cry," 
 
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 6 The redman ceased and trembled with delight, 
 For, brighter far than the meridian sun, 
 
 A dazzling vision bursts upon his sight — 
 A glorious angel from the Holy One ! 
 
 7 "Your prayer is heard" he said, "and I am 
 
 here 
 To tell you what will shortly come to pass: 
 A day of joy for all your tribes is near; 
 Your foes shall perish like the sun-scorched 
 
 grass. 
 
 8 "The Holy Book your fathers hid is found, 
 Your 'Mormon' brothers will the truth 
 
 reveal; 
 
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 Thougli troubles j)ress, and all seems black 
 
 around, 
 Obey their words — your soul's deep wounds 
 
 will heal. 
 
 9 " Not many moons shall pass away, before 
 The curse of darkness from your skin shall 
 
 flee; 
 Your ancient beauty will the Lord restore. 
 And all your tribes shall dwell in unity. 
 
 10 ' ' The arts of peace shall flourish, ne'er to die; 
 The war-whoop and the deadly strife shall 
 
 cease; 
 Disease shall then depart, and every sigh, 
 And health and life shall flow in every breeze. 
 
 11 "Farewell! remember I was once on earth, 
 And served the Lord of Hosts on this fair 
 
 land, 
 Obsei"ved his sacred precepts from my birth, 
 And now I dwell in bliss at his right hand." 
 
 13 The angel left, and darkness came again,. 
 But light and joy dwelt in the Indian's 
 
 soul. 
 Oh! may the day soon dawn for Ephraim's 
 
 reigTi, 
 When all the "glorious land" he shall 
 control. 
 
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 HYMN 3U. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Though deep'ning trials throng your way, 
 
 Press on, press on, ye Saints of God ! 
 Ere long the resurrection day 
 Will spread its light and truth abroad. 
 
 2 Though outward ills await us here, 
 
 The time at longest is not long 
 Ere Jesus Christ will re-appear, 
 Surrounded by a glorious throng. 
 
 3 Lift up your hearts in praise to God — 
 
 Let your rejoicings never cease: 
 Though tribulations rage abroad, 
 Christ says, " Li me ye shall have peace."" 
 
 4 What though our rights have been assailed ? 
 
 What though by foes we've been despoiled? 
 Jehovah's promise has not failed — 
 Jehovah's purpose is not foiled. 
 
 5 His work is moving on apace. 
 
 And great events are rolling forth ; 
 The kingdom of the latter days. 
 The "-little stone," must fill the earth. 
 
 Though Satan rage, 'tis all in vain ; 
 
 The words the ancient Prophets spoke. 
 Sure as the throne of God remam. 
 
 Nor men nor devils can revoke. 
 
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 7 All glory to His holy name, 
 
 Who sends his faithful servants forth 
 To prove the nations — to proclaim 
 Salvation's tidings through the earths 
 
 HYMN 315. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Sons of Michael, he approaches ! 
 Rise; the Eternal Father greet; 
 Bow, ye thousands, low before him ; 
 Minister before his feet : 
 
 Hail the Patriarch's glad reign, 
 'Stablished now o'er sea and main t 
 
 2 Sons of Michael, 'tis his chariot 
 Rolls its burning wheels along! 
 Raise aloft your voices million 
 In a torrent power of song: 
 
 Hail our head with music soft I 
 Raise sweet melodies aloft! 
 
 3 Mother of our generations! 
 Glorious by great Michael's side 7 
 Take thy children's adoration ; 
 Endless with thy Lord preside : 
 
 Lo, to greet thee now advance 
 Thousands in the joyous dance I 
 
 4 Raise a chorus, sons of Michael, 
 Like old Ocean's roaring swelL 
 
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 Till the mighty acclamatiou 
 Through rebounding space doth tell, 
 
 That the Ancient One doth reign 
 
 In his paradise again ! 
 
 HYMN 316. (P.M.) 
 
 1 ! ye mountains high, where the clear blue 
 sky 
 Arches over the vales of the free, 
 "Where the pure breezes blow 
 And the clear streamlets flow, 
 How I've longed to your bosom to flee. 
 O Zion ! dear Zion ! home of the free : 
 My own mountain home now to thee I 
 have come ; 
 All my fond hopes are centred in thee. 
 
 3 Though the great and the wise all thy beauties 
 despise. 
 To the humble and pure thou art dear; 
 Though the haughty may smile 
 And the wicked revile, 
 Tet we love thy glad tidings to hear. 
 O Zion ! dear Ziun ! home of the free : 
 Though thou wert forced to fly to thy 
 chambers on high. 
 Yet we'll share joy or sorrow with thee. 
 
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 3 In thy mountain retreat, God will strengthen 
 
 thy feet ; 
 On the necks of thy foes thou shalt tread ; 
 And their silver and gold, as the Prophets 
 
 have told, 
 Shall he brought to adorn thy f.iir head. 
 O Zion ! dear Zion ! home of the free ; 
 Soon thy tovrers will shine with a 
 splendor divine. 
 And eternal thy glory shall he. 
 
 4 Here our voices we'll raise, and we'll sing to 
 
 thy praise. 
 Sacred home of the Prophets of God ; 
 Thy deliverance is nigh, thy oppressors shall 
 
 die. 
 And the gentiles shall bow 'neath thy rod. 
 O Zion ! dear Zion ! home of the free : 
 In thy temples we'll bend, all thy rights 
 we'll defend 
 And our home shall be ever with thee. 
 
 HYMN 317. (CM.) 
 
 Sweet is the peace the Gospel brings 
 To seeking minds, and true ; 
 
 With light refulgent on its wings, 
 It clears the human view. 
 
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 3 Its laws and precepts are divine, 
 And show a father's care; 
 Transcendant love and mercy shine 
 In each injunction there. 
 
 3 Tradition flees before its power, 
 
 And unbelief gives way ; 
 The gloomy clouds w^hich used to lower, 
 Submit to reason's sway. 
 
 4 May we who name the sacred name 
 
 From every sin depart ; 
 Then will the Spirit's constant flame 
 Preserve us pure in heart. 
 
 5 Ere long the tempter's power will cease, 
 
 And sin no more annoy, 
 Nor difi^ring sects disturb our peace. 
 Or mar our heart-felt joy. 
 
 6 That which we have in part received 
 
 Will be in part no more ; 
 For He in whom we have believed 
 To us win all restore. 
 
 ■7 In patience, then, let us possess 
 Our souls, till He appear ; 
 On to our mark of calling press; 
 Redemption draweth near. 
 
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 HYMN 318. (3-8's&6.^ 
 
 1 With cheerful hearts and willing hands, 
 We'll labor for the just demands 
 
 Our God now makes on Europe's lands, 
 His Temple to uprear. 
 
 2 Where Saints may meet, his will to know, 
 From whence the choicest gifts shall flow, 
 Which on them freely he'll bestow, 
 
 Their wilhng hearts to cheer. 
 
 3 The sacred claims to kindred due, 
 
 The Priesthood's power will then pursue, 
 And every Gospel rite renew, 
 Till Jesus doth appear 
 
 4 To break death's adamantine chain. 
 And o'er his ransomed people reign. 
 While Ephraim's sons return again, 
 
 Messiah to revere. 
 
 Respond, ye nations, to his call ; 
 Know now salvation's free to all. 
 Before Jehovah's mandate fall, 
 
 Eor judgment draweth near. 
 
 Kiss ye the Son, his laws obey. 
 Lest he in anger turn away. 
 Nor own you in the coming day : 
 
 To meet your God, prepare. 
 
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 HYMN 319. (CM.) 
 
 1 O Thou, at whose supreme command 
 The hosts of darkness fly, 
 Upheld by whose eternal hand, 
 Thy Saints can dare or die, — 
 
 ,2 Thou, at -whose word the trackless deep 
 Must curb each flashing wave, 
 Owning thy voice Avhen surges sweep 
 Destruction round the brave, — 
 
 3 O hear us for the pilgrim band 
 
 Who, o'er yon dark blue sea. 
 Self-exiled from their native land, 
 Are borne to worship thee ! 
 
 4 Father of men! Almighty Power! 
 
 Guard them from every ill, 
 And in temptation's trying hour, 
 O keep them faithful stiU! 
 
 5 Be thou their guide, till, peril i^ast, 
 
 Where rest and joy belong. 
 On Zion's distant hills at last, 
 They join thy ransomed throng. 
 
 6 To thee we call, the Lofty One ! 
 
 Light of the pure and free! 
 O, never may their hearts be won, 
 Thou God of Truth, from thee. 
 
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 HYMN 320. (P.M.) 
 
 1 There is a place in Utah, that I remember 
 well, 
 And there the Saints in peace and joy and 
 
 plenty ever dwell ; 
 My Mountain Home, thou'rt dear to me! to 
 
 thee I fondly cling, — 
 While here I roam, far from my home, my 
 Mountain Home I sing. 
 My Valley Home, my Mountain Home, 
 The dear and peaceful Valley ! 
 
 2 "When wintry winds are storming, and snow 
 is falling deep. 
 Then rich supi^lies are forming among the 
 
 mountains stecj), 
 The fertilizing crystal streams, when sunny 
 
 skies illume. 
 Make Nature's verdant bosom teem within 
 my Mountain Home. 
 My Valley Home, &c. 
 
 3 The storm-king has no terrors when wintry 
 winds blow cold ; 
 "We lighten all life's sorrows in our lovely 
 Mountain Fold ; 
 
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 We worship there-, we dance and smg among 
 
 the joyful throng, 
 And there our tithes and oflferings bring 
 
 which to the Lord belong. 
 My Valley Home, &c. 
 
 4 We plow, we sow and irrigate, to raise the 
 golden grain ; 
 And all unceasing toil that they may inde- 
 pendence gain ; 
 Some haul the wood from kanyons wild, 
 
 some tend the flocks and herds ; 
 And all our moments are beguiled by in- 
 dustry's rewards. 
 My Valley Home, &c. 
 
 5 Both fruit and flowers we cultivate with 
 
 much success and care, 
 And strive our tastes to elevate by products 
 
 choice and rare: 
 The desert blossoms as the rose m many a 
 
 mountain vale. 
 And rich abundance ever flows, on which the 
 
 Saints regale. 
 My Valley Home, &c. 
 
 6 Our leaders, they are men of might, and 
 
 truth and justice too ; 
 
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 They're ever battling for the right, with glory 
 
 full in view : 
 The people are united all our leaders to 
 
 sustain. 
 And cheerfully obey each call with all their" 
 
 might and main. 
 My Valley Home, &c. 
 
 HYMN 321. (P.M.) 
 
 Deseret, Deseret! 'tis the home of the free, 
 And dearer than all other lands 'tis to me ; 
 Where the Saints are secure from oppression 
 
 and strife, 
 And enjoy to the full the rich blessings of 
 
 Hfe. 
 'Tis a land which for ages has been lying 
 
 waste, 
 "Where the savage has wandered, by darkness 
 
 debased 
 "Where the wolf and the bear unmolested did 
 
 roam,- 
 Away, far away ! Deseret is my home. 
 
 2 Deseret, Deseret ! she has long been opprest, 
 But now, for a while, she is taking her rest. 
 
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 She feels like a giant, refreshed with new- 
 wine, 
 
 And enjoys from Jehovah his blessings 
 benign. 
 
 There are hearts that can feel for another's 
 deep woe. 
 
 And with charity, blessings on others bestow ; 
 
 Return good for evil to those who oppress. 
 
 And await the time coming to give them 
 redress. 
 
 3 Deseret, Deseret! O, I love to be there, 
 "With my brethren and sisters each blessing 
 
 to share ; 
 Nor regret I've forsaken the land of my birth. 
 To dwell on that sweet, favored spot of the 
 
 earth, 
 Where Brigham and Heber and Daniel 
 
 preside, 
 "With all the full quorums of Priesthood 
 
 beside; 
 Where the Law of the Lord is the standard 
 
 of life, — 
 Apart from foul Babylon's darkness and 
 
 strife. 
 
 4 Deseret, Deseret! she's the pride of the 
 
 world, 
 
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 Where the banner of freedom is widely un- 
 furled ; 
 
 Where oppression is hated and liberty loved. 
 
 And truth and sincerity highly approved; 
 
 Where labor is honored, nor workmen op- 
 pressed ; 
 
 Where youth is instructed and age finds a 
 rest ; 
 
 Where society frowns upon vice and deceit, 
 
 And adulterers find Heaven's laws they must 
 meet. 
 
 5 Deseret, Beseret shows the pattern to 
 
 all, 
 That all may take warning ere Bab'lon shall 
 
 fall, 
 And flee to the mountains when trouble 
 
 shall come, 
 To be free from the plagues in this beautiful 
 
 home. 
 O, how my heart yearns for the time to draw 
 
 near, 
 When earth will be freed from oppression 
 
 and fear, 
 And the truth rule triumphant o'er sea and 
 
 o'er land, 
 And Jesus as King of the nations will 
 
 stand. 
 
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 HYMN 322. (CM.) 
 
 1 Thou, earth, wast once a glorious sphere 
 Of noble magnitude, 
 -And didst with majesty appear 
 Among the worlds of God. 
 
 S But thy dimensions have been torn 
 Asunder, piece by piece. 
 And each dismembered fragment borne 
 Abroad to distant space. 
 
 3 "When Enoch could no longer stay 
 Amid corruption here, 
 Part of thyself was borne away 
 To form another sphere. 
 
 i That portion where his city stood 
 He gained by right approved ; 
 And nearer to the throne of God 
 His planet upward moved. 
 
 5 And when the Lord saw fit to hide 
 
 The "ten lost tribes" away. 
 Thou, earth, wast severed to provide 
 The orb on which they stay. 
 
 6 And thus, from time to time, thy size 
 
 Has been diminished, till 
 Thou seem'st the law of sacrifice 
 Created to fulfil. 
 
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 SECOND PART. 
 
 7 The curse of God on man was placed ; 
 
 That curse thou didst partake, 
 And thou hast been by turns disgraced 
 And honored for his sake. 
 
 8 The vilest wretches hell will claim, 
 
 Now breathe tliy atmosphere ; 
 The noblest spirits hearen can name. 
 Have been embodied here. 
 
 9 Jesus, the Lord, thy surface gi'aced ; 
 
 He fell a sacrifice -, 
 And now within thy cold embrace 
 The martyred Joseph lies. 
 
 10 When Satan's hosts are overcome. 
 
 The martyred, princely race 
 Will claim thee their celestial home — 
 The royal dwelling-place 
 
 11 A "restitution" yet must come, 
 
 That will to thee restore. 
 By the grand law of worlds, thy sum 
 Of matter heretofore. 
 
 12 And thou, O earth, wilt leave the track 
 
 Thou hast been doomed to trace ; 
 The Gods with shouts will bring thee back 
 To fill thy native place. 
 
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 HYMN 333. (CM.) 
 
 1 I long to breathe the mountam air 
 
 Of Zion's peaceful home, 
 Where, free from sorrow, strife aud care, 
 The Saints of God may roam ; 
 
 2 "Where hearts may glow with feelings warm, 
 
 Nor fear suspicion's blight, 
 To chill each thought with worldly form. 
 And shade affection's light ; 
 
 3 "Where want and misery's piteous strain 
 
 Shall ne'er an echo find. 
 And where oppression's icy chain 
 Shall cease to crush the mind ; 
 
 4 "Where Truth shall reign with God-like pov/er, 
 
 And shed its heavenly ray. 
 To brighten up each passing hour 
 And sanctify each day; 
 
 5 "Where voice with voice shall sweetly tell 
 
 The joys in Zion found, 
 Till every mountain, hill and dell 
 Shall vibrate back the sound ; 
 
 6 "Where unity and peace shall blend 
 
 In prayer and songs of praise ; 
 
 And where one object, aim and end 
 
 Shall strengthen all our ways. 
 
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 7 O God of Israel, look down 
 
 And bless thy faithful band, 
 Who fam would win a glorious crown 
 And in thy presence stand. 
 
 8 In mercy light each honest mind 
 
 That strives to do thy will, 
 And grant that all who seek may find 
 A home on Zion's hill. 
 
 HYMN 3S4. (CM.) 
 
 1 Come, all ye Saints throughout the earth. 
 
 And join with one accord ; 
 Come, brethren, let us rise and build 
 A Temple to the Lord. 
 
 2 Our tithes and free-will offerings 
 
 The Lord doth now require ; 
 By keeping this and other laws 
 We'll bide the day of fire. 
 
 3 From thence the law of God will spread 
 
 In majesty abroad, 
 And nations be rebuked by 
 The "Lion of the Loku." 
 
 4 'Tis there the precious things of old,. 
 
 Which but the righteous know. 
 Which unbelieving Gentiles scorn, 
 God will again bestow. 
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 5 The ord'nances of life are there- 
 
 Endowments of great worth — 
 Anointings, washings, keys and powers,"^ 
 To perfect man on earth. 
 
 6 There, in the great Baptismal Font, 
 
 Built to our living Head, 
 The Kings and Priests to God baptize 
 The LIVING for the dead. 
 
 7 Thus every dispensation past 
 
 In this will be assured, — 
 The last and first, the first and last, 
 By welding links secured. 
 
 HYMN 335. (P.M.) 
 
 1 When first the glorious light of truth 
 
 Burst forth in this last age. 
 How few there were with heart and sou 
 
 T' obey it did engage! 
 Yet of those few how many 
 
 Have passed from earth away, 
 And in their graves are sleeping 
 
 Till the Resurrection day ! 
 
 2 How many on Missouri's plains 
 
 Were left in death's embrace,— 
 i*ure, honest hearts, too good to live 
 In such a wicked place : 
 
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 And are they left in sorrow 
 
 And doubt to pine away ? 
 Oh, no; in peace they're sleeping 
 
 Till the Resurrection day. 
 
 3 And in Nauvoo, the city where 
 
 The Temple cheered the brave, 
 Hundreds of faithful Saints have found 
 
 A cold yet peaceful grave ; 
 And there they now are sleepin,^ 
 
 Beneath the silent clay- 
 But soon they'll sharet ne glories 
 
 Of a Resurrection day. 
 
 4 Our Patriarch and Prophet too 
 
 Were massacred, they bled 
 To seal their testimony, 
 
 They were numbered with the dead. 
 Ah, tell me, are they sleeping ? 
 
 Methinks I hear them say, 
 "Death's icy chains are bursting! 
 
 'Tis the Resurrection day ! " 
 
 5 And here in this sweet, peaceful vale, 
 
 The shafts of death are hurled, 
 And many faithful Saints are called 
 
 T' enjoy a better world. 
 And friends are often weeping 
 
 For their friends who pass away. 
 And in their graves are sleeping 
 
 Till the Resurrection day. 
 
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 6 Why should we mourn because we leave 
 
 These scenes of toil and pain? 
 O happy change! the faithful go 
 
 Celestial joys to gain -, 
 And soon we all shall follow 
 
 To realms of endless day, 
 And taste the joyous glories 
 
 Of a Resurrection day. 
 
 HYMN 326. (CM.) 
 
 1 How have the nations grown corrupt ! 
 
 How, from their natural use, 
 Men their life-giving powers pervert 
 By wanton, lewd abuse. 
 
 2 The holy ties of wedded life 
 
 Are cloaks for the profane, 
 While lust and mammon desecrate. 
 
 Where faith and love should reign. 
 8 Adalt'rers gain the world's applause. 
 
 As men of honored fame ; 
 Women, though weak, defenceless, pure, 
 
 Are branded with the shame. 
 
 4 Is there no hope ? There is ! While men 
 
 Rush on from bad to worse, 
 Jehovah speaks, lest all the earth 
 Be smitten with a curse -, — 
 
 5 "He, who one talent has abused. 
 
 Hear it ! ye sons of men. 
 
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 Shall lose it, and it shall be given 
 To him who improves ten. 
 
 6 "Through him who holds the sealing power, 
 
 Ye faithful ones, who heed 
 Celestial laws, take many wives, 
 And rear a righteous seed. 
 
 7 "Though fools revile, I'll honor you, 
 
 As Abraham, my friend; 
 You shall be Gods, and shall be blest 
 With lives that never end." 
 
 HYMN 327. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Think not, when you gather to Zion, 
 
 Your troubles and trials are through — 
 That nothing but comfort and pleasure 
 
 Are waiting in Zion for you : 
 No, no; 'tis designed as a furnace. 
 
 All substance, all textures to try — 
 To consume all the "wood, hay and stubble," 
 
 And the gold from the dross purify. 
 
 2 Think not, when you gather to Zion, 
 
 That all will be holy and pure — 
 That deception and falsehood are banished. 
 
 And confidence wholly secure ; 
 No, no ; for the Lord our Redeemer 
 
 Has said that the tares with the wheat 
 Must grow, till the great day of burning 
 
 Shall render the harvest complete. 
 
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 3 Think not, when you gather to Zion, 
 
 The Saints here have nothing to do 
 But attend to your personal welfare, 
 
 A.nd always be comforting you : 
 No; the Saints who are faithful are doing 
 
 What their hands find to do, with their 
 might : 
 To accomplish the gath'ring of Israel, 
 
 They are toiling by day and by night. 
 
 4 Think not, when you gather to Zion, 
 
 The prize and the victory won — 
 Think not that the warfare is ended, 
 
 Or the work of salvation is done: 
 No, no; for the great Prince of Darkness 
 
 A ten-fold exertion wiU make, 
 When he sees you approaching the fountain 
 
 Where the truth you may freely partake. 
 
 HYMN 328. (CM.) 
 
 1 O God, thou God that rules on high, 
 
 Bow down thine ear to me; 
 Listen, O listen to my cry — 
 O hear my fervent plea. 
 
 2 Kebuke the heartless, wicked clan 
 
 That seek thy servants, harm; 
 Protect him from the power of man. 
 By thy almighty arm. 
 
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 3 Let unseen ■watchmen wait around 
 
 To shield thy servant's head; 
 Let all his enemies be found 
 Caught in the net they spread. 
 
 4 Thy grace, like morning dews distilled. 
 
 To all his needs apply ; 
 And let his upright heart be filled 
 With comfort from on high. 
 6 The work is thine — thy promise sure, 
 Though earth and hell oppose : 
 Koll, roll it on! but oh] secure 
 Thy Prophet from his foes. 
 
 6 O hide him in thy secret hold, 
 
 When on his path they tread, 
 Safe as Elijah, who of old 
 Was by the ravens fed. 
 
 7 Bring our accusers' deeds to light, 
 
 And give thy people rest; 
 
 Eternal God, gird on thy might 
 
 And succor the oppressed. 
 
 HYMN 329. (6:S's.) 
 1 Cease, ye fond parents, cease to weep ; 
 Let grief no more your bosoms swell; 
 For what is death ? 'Tis nature's sleep: 
 
 The trump of God will break its spell ! 
 For he, whose arm is strong to save. 
 Arose in ti-iumph o'er the grave. 
 
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 2 Why should you sorrow ? Death is svreet 
 
 To those that die in Jesus' love; 
 Thousrh called to part you soon will meet 
 
 In holier, happier climes above ; 
 For all the faithful Christ will save, 
 And crown with vic'try o'er the grave. 
 
 3 There's consolation in the blow. 
 
 Although it crush a tender tie; 
 For while it lays its victims low, 
 
 Death opens to the worlds on high : 
 Celestial glories proudly wave 
 Above the confines of the grave. 
 
 4: Let heathen nations clothe the tread 
 Of death in faithless, hopeless gloom, 
 While vain imaginations spread 
 
 Terrific forms around the tomb ; 
 For human science never gave 
 A light to shine beyond the grave. 
 
 5 But where the light, the glorious light 
 
 Of revelation freely flows, 
 Let reason, faith and hope unite 
 
 To hush our sorrows to repose; 
 Through faith in Him who died to save, 
 We'll shout hosannas o'er the arave. 
 
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 HYMN 330. (P.M.) 
 
 1 Come, go with me beyond the sea 
 
 Where happiness is true, 
 Where Joseph's land, blest by God's hand, 
 
 Inviting waits for you. 
 With joyful hearts you'll understand 
 The blessings that await you there. 
 I know it is the promised land ; 
 My home, my home is there. 
 
 2 There, on those everlasting hDls, 
 
 And in the valleys fair, 
 Beside the gurgling fountain rills. 
 
 We'll bow in humble prayer. 
 And praise our God in joyful strams, 
 That we are safely gathered there. 
 I know, &c. 
 
 3 There Israel's sons, so long oppressed, 
 
 Are pure, free, happy too ; 
 And daughters, in true virtue dressed. 
 
 Do wait to welcome you. 
 To greet you with a kindred hand. 
 And with you every good to shai'e. 
 I Icnow, &c. 
 
 4 There, too, are Prophets, Priests and Seers, 
 
 Clothed with the Priesthood's powers, 
 To guide our souls through endless years, 
 And light our darkest hours. 
 
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 Yea, trath, which lighted Enoch's band, 
 Is freely to them given there. 
 I know, &c. 
 
 HYMN 331. (CM.) 
 
 1 Though nations rise, and men conspire 
 
 Their efforts will he vain -, 
 Jehovah mocks their vile desire 
 His Zion to defame. 
 
 2 In vain they'll look and strive to show 
 
 Defilement in her laws ; 
 The thought of God they ne'er can know 
 While they oppose his cause. 
 
 3 He will make bare his mighty arm -, 
 
 His messengers shall come, 
 To gather home his Saints as sheaves 
 Unto the harvest home. 
 
 4 Let Zion's converts now arise; 
 
 Our Father will defend, 
 And 'quip us for each glorious war, 
 Till vict'ry's triumphs end. 
 
 5 Armed with his truth, before our face 
 
 The people feel dismayed, 
 And all their treasure and their wealth 
 Jehovah's purpose aid. 
 
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 6 Thrice happy Saints, who bow beneath 
 The banner of the Lord ; 
 Celestial crowns your brows shall wreathe • 
 Endurance' sure reward. 
 
 HYMN 332. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Again we meet around the board 
 Of Jesus, our redeeming Lord ; 
 With faith in His atoning blood, 
 Our only access unto God. 
 
 2 He left His Father's courts on high, 
 With man to live — for man to die — 
 A world to purchase and to save. 
 And seal a triumph o'er the grave. 
 
 3 Help us, O God, to realize 
 The great atoning sacrifice. 
 The gift of Thy Beloved Son, 
 The Prince of Life, the Holy One. 
 
 4 We're His, who has the purchase made ; 
 His life — His blood, the price He paid ; 
 We're His, to do His sacred will. 
 
 And His requirements all fulfil. 
 
 5 Jesus the great fac-simile 
 Of God th' Eternal Deity, 
 
 Has stoop'd to conquer — died to save 
 From sra and sorrow and the grave. 
 
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 6 Bless us, O Lord, for Jesus' sake ; 
 O may we worthily partake 
 These emblems of the flesh and blood 
 Of our Redeemer, Savior, God. 
 
 HYMN 333. (L.M.) 
 
 1 Behold the great Redeemer die, 
 A broken law to satisfy; 
 
 He dies a sacrifice for sin 
 
 That man may lire and glory win. 
 
 2 While guilty men His pains deride, 
 They pierce His hands and feet and side; 
 And with insulting scoffs and scorns. 
 They crown His head with platted thorns. 
 
 3 Although in agony He hung, 
 
 No murm'ring word escaped His tongue ; 
 His high commission to fulfil, 
 He magnified His Father's wiU. 
 
 4 "Father, from me remove this cup. 
 Yet if Thou wilt, I'll drink it up, 
 I've done the work Thou gavest me — 
 Receive my spirit unto Thee." 
 
 5 He died, and at the awful sight 
 
 The sun in shame withdrew its light ! 
 Earth trembled and all nature sighed 
 In dread response, "a God has died!" 
 
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 6 He lives — He lives : we humbly now 
 Around these sacred symbols bow. 
 And seek, as Saints of latter-days, 
 To do His will and live His praise. 
 
 HYMN 3&i. (CM.) 
 
 1 How great the wisdom and the love. 
 
 That fill'd the courts on high, 
 And sent the Savior from above 
 To suffer, bleed and die ! 
 
 2 His precious blood He freely spilt — 
 
 His life He freely gave : 
 
 A sinless sacrifice for guilt, 
 
 A dying world to save. 
 
 3 Thro' strict obed'ence Jesus won 
 
 The prize with glory rife : 
 "Thy will O God, not mine, be done,*' 
 Adom'd His mortal life. 
 
 4 He mark'd the path and led the way. 
 
 And every point defines. 
 To light and life and endless day, 
 Where God's full presence shines. 
 
 5 How great, how glorious and complete. 
 
 Redemption's grand design ; 
 Where justice, love and mercy meet 
 In harmony divine ! 
 
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 6 In memory of the broken flesh 
 We eat the broken bread ; 
 And witness with the cup, afresh, 
 Our faith in Christ, our head. 
 
 HYMN 335. (CM.) 
 
 1 O Lord of Hosts, we now invoke 
 Thy spirit most divine. 
 To cleanse our hearts while we i^artake 
 The broken bread and wine. 
 
 3 May we forever think of thee. 
 And of thy suiierings sore. 
 Endured for us on Calvary, 
 And praise thee ever more. 
 
 3 Prepare our minds that we may see 
 
 The beauties of thy grace ; 
 Salvation purchased on that tree 
 For all who seek thy face. 
 
 4 As brethren let us ever live. 
 
 In fellowship and peace, 
 Forgiving, that God may us forgive. 
 That love may stiU increase. 
 
 5 May union, peace and love abound. 
 
 And perfect harmony, 
 And joy in one continual round. 
 Through all eternity. 
 
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 HYMN 336. (L.M.) 
 
 1 While of these emblems we partake, 
 
 In Jesus' name and for His sake, 
 Let us remember and be sure 
 Our hearts and hands are clean and pure. 
 
 2 For us the blood of Christ was shed, 
 
 For us on Calvary's cross He bled, 
 And thus dispelled the awful gloom, 
 That else were this creation's doom. 
 
 3 Man broke the law of his estate 
 And Jesus came to expiate, 
 Atone and rescue fallen man, 
 According to Jehovah's plan. 
 
 The law was broken, Jesus died 
 That justice might be satisfied, 
 
 That man might not remain the slave 
 Of death, of hell, or of the grave. 
 
 5 But rise triumphant from the tomb. 
 And in eternal splendor bloom ; 
 Freed from the power of death and pain. 
 With Christ, the Lord, to rule and reign. 
 
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 HYMN 337. (L.M.) 
 
 1 " Come, follow me," the Savior said -, 
 Then let us in his footsteps tread, 
 For thns alone can we be one 
 
 With God's own lov'd, begotten son. 
 
 2 Come, follow me, a simple phrase, 
 Yet truth's sublime, effulgent rays 
 Are in these simple words combined, 
 To urge, inspire the human mind. 
 
 3 Is it enough alone to know 
 That we must follow him below, 
 
 While traveling through this vale- of tears ? 
 No, this extends to holier spheres. 
 
 4 Not only shall we emulate 
 
 His course while in this earthly state, 
 But when we're freed from present cares, 
 If, with our Lord, we would be heirs, 
 
 5 We must the onward path pursue 
 As wider fields expand to view, 
 And follow Him unceasingly, 
 What'er our lot or sphere may be. 
 
 6 For thrones, dominions, kingdoms, x)owers 
 And glory great and bliss are ours 
 
 If we, throughout eternity, 
 
 Obey His words, " Come, follow me." 
 
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 HYMN 338. (7's.) 
 
 1 School thy feelings, Oh my brother, 
 
 Train thy warm, impulsive soul, 
 Do not its emotions smother. 
 But let wisdom's voice control. 
 
 2 School thy feelings ; there is power 
 
 In the cool, collected mind ; 
 Passion shatters reason's tower, 
 Makes the clearest vision blind. 
 
 3 School thy feelings ; condemnation 
 
 Never pass on friend or foe. 
 Though the tide of accusation 
 Like a flood of truth may flow. 
 
 4 Hear defence before deciding, 
 
 And a ray of light may gleam. 
 Showing thee what filth is hiding 
 Underneath the shallow stream. 
 
 5 Should aflliction's acrid vial 
 
 Burst o'er thy unsheltered head, 
 School thy feelings to the trial. 
 Half its bitterness hath fled. 
 
 G Art thou falsely, basely slandered ? 
 Does the world begin to frown ? 
 Guage thy wrath by wisdom's standard, 
 Keep thy rising anger down. 
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 7 Rest thyself on this assurance^ 
 
 Time's a friend to innocence, 
 And that patient, calm endurance 
 Wins respect and aids defence. 
 
 8 Noblest minds have finest feelings, 
 
 Quiy'ring strings a breath can more, 
 And the GospePs sweet revealings, 
 Tune them with the key of love. 
 
 9 Hearts so sensitively moulded, 
 
 Strongly fortified should be, 
 Trained to firmness, and enfolded 
 In a calm tranquility. 
 
 10 Wound not wilfully another, 
 
 Conquer haste with reason's might,. 
 School thy feelings sister, brother, 
 Train them in the path of right. 
 
 HYMN 339. (6-7's.) 
 
 1 Rest for the weary soul, 
 
 Rest, for the aching head. 
 Rest, on the hill-side, rest 
 "With the great uncounted dead* 
 
 2 Rest, for the battle's o'er, 
 
 Rest, for the race is run. 
 Rest where the gates are closed 
 With each evening's setting sun. 
 
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 3 Peace, where no strife intrudes. 
 
 Peace, where no quarrels come, 
 Peace, for the end is there 
 Of our wild life's busy hum. 
 
 4 Peace, the oppressed are free, 
 
 Rest, oh ye weary, rest ; 
 ¥or the angels guard those well 
 Who sleep on their mother's lireast, 
 
 5 Peace, there is music's sound, 
 
 Peace, till the rising sun 
 Of the resurrection morn 
 Proclaims life's victory won. 
 
 HYMN 3i0. (L.M.D.) 
 
 1 We here approach thy table. Lord, 
 
 At thy command through chosen men ; 
 Oh may each heart with one accord 
 
 Thy Spirit feel, inspiring them. 
 This peaceful Sabbath day we come. 
 
 To drink this cup, to eat this bread. 
 In memory of the days to come. 
 
 When we shall sit with our great Head^ 
 
 2 Here, as we eat and drink, we show 
 
 His death, until he comes again, 
 And feel within that sacred glow 
 Revivify love's purest flame. 
 
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 We here renew, with earnest heart, 
 The covenants of the latter day. 
 
 To choose, for life, that "better part," 
 Which none can give, or take away. 
 
 3 As earthly Sabbaths roll along. 
 
 Oh Father, give us grace in store, 
 That, like a glad perennial song, 
 
 Our lips and lives, for evermore 
 May honor all that thou hast given. 
 
 Thyself, thy Son, thy Priesthood's power, 
 Thy Gospel, Spirit, which hath striven. 
 
 And Heaven for an eternal dower. 
 
 HYMN 3^1. (P.M.) 
 1 How s%vift the months have passed 
 Away, 'tis Conference again, 
 And Zion's untold thousands come to 
 Swell the joyous strain ; 
 To wake the echoes slumbering 
 Through Utah's blest domam. 
 As the Saints are marching on victorious. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Hurrah, hurrah, for this our jubilee, 
 Hurrah, hurrah, the truth hath made us 
 
 free. 
 We'll make this chorus ring, from the east 
 
 to western sea, 
 And march through the earth victorious. 
 
409 
 
 2 "We have heard, have prophecicd, 
 The Priesthood yet shall hold, 
 (As 'twas ordamed before the stars. 
 Together sang of old,) 
 The rule of right, and truth impart, 
 More precious far than gold. 
 As the Saints are marching on victorious. 
 
 Hurrah, hurrah, &c. 
 
 3 The world may laugh, may madly rave, 
 May deem the truth a lie. 
 And seek to brmg upon the Saints, 
 The vengeance they decry. 
 But they proudly raise their banner. 
 And bid it wave on high. 
 As the Saints are marching on victorious. 
 
 Hurrah, hurrah, &c. 
 
 4 Still we trust our faithful head, 
 And the God who doth inspire, 
 The Twelve, and each authority who 
 Guards the sacred fire, 
 And every man in every land who hath a 
 
 pure desire, 
 For the Saints are marching on victorious. 
 Hurrah, hurrah, &e. 
 
410 
 
 5 Each day we ask our Father, give 
 Thy Spirit from on high, 
 
 That in the day of trial, from the 
 Track vre may not fly 
 But for the Kingdom of our God, 
 Contented live or die. 
 
 Like Saints who are marching on victorious. 
 Hurrah, hurrah, «S:c. 
 
 6 When this time shall come to earth, and 
 God doth truly reign, 
 
 The hallelujas of the Saints, shall 
 In unbroken strain. 
 Sweep earth and sea, as now they do 
 Glad Utah's hill and plain, 
 TVitli the Saints still marching on victorious. 
 Hurrah, hurrah, &c. 
 
 HYMN 343. (CM.) 
 
 1 This house we dedicate to thee, 
 
 "Our God, our fathers' God," 
 Wilt thou accept, and deign to bless 
 The paths our feet have trod. 
 
 2 Wilt thou thy sei-vants here inspire, 
 
 When in thy name they speak ? 
 And wilt thou bless each contrite soul. 
 Who here thy face do seek ? 
 
411 
 
 Here may our sons and daughters come, 
 And find that peace which swells 
 
 From grateful hearts, when touched by thee. 
 Wherein thy Spirit dwells. 
 
 4 And may pollution ne'er have place 
 
 Within this shrme we give ; 
 And in it, through the years to come, 
 Awake the dead to live; 
 
 5 Live to thy Kingdom,— live to thee, 
 
 While life shall pass away, 
 Then greet aaain with praise and song, 
 In heaven's eternal day. 
 
 HYMN 343. (CM.) 
 
 1 We'll sin^all hail to Jesus' name! 
 Honor and praise we give 
 To him who bled on Calvary's hill. 
 And died that we might live: 
 
 2 'He passed the portals of the grave, 
 Salvation was his song! 
 He called upon the sin-bound soul 
 To join the heavenly throng. 
 
412 
 
 3 He seized the keys of death and hell 
 
 And bruised the seri^ent's head ; 
 He hid the prison doors unfold, 
 The grave yield up her dead ! 
 
 4 The bread and wine do represent 
 
 His sacrifice for sin ; 
 Ye Saints, partake, and testify 
 Ye do remember him. 
 
 5 The sacrament the soul inspires. 
 
 And calms the human breast; 
 Pomts to the time when faithful Saints 
 Shall enter into rest. 
 
 6 Then hail, all hail, to such a Prince 
 
 Who saves us by his blood ! 
 He's marked the way, and bids us tread 
 The path that leads to God. 
 
 HYMN 3M. (L.M. 
 
 1 How dark and gloomy was the night 
 When Satan did his powers array 
 Against the Prince of life and light, 
 And Judas did his Lord betray ! 
 
413 
 
 2 O, how each heart did throb with fear 
 
 When He proclamed the solemn word, 
 "There's one of you assembled here 
 Who will this night betray his Lord !" 
 
 3 The hour arrived, he took the cup. 
 
 Likewise the bread, and brake and blest; 
 "If I," said he, "be lifted up 
 The penitent shall share my rest." 
 
 4 "When you shall meet, do this," he cried, 
 
 "United m my doctrine be. 
 In union, love and peace abide, 
 And then, always remember me." 
 
 5 Though I'm betrayed I will return, 
 
 For all the dead shall hear my word. 
 
 And all my Saints shall cease to mourn 
 
 When the heavens reveal their Lord. 
 
 6 May we be of the chosen few 
 
 Who ever faithful will remain ; 
 And eat and di'ink with Christ anew. 
 And with Him in His kingdom reign. 
 
 HYMN 345. (C.M.D.) 
 
 1 O Lord, preserve thy chosen seed, 
 They've keenly felt the stroke 
 Of vile oppression's iron grasp, 
 And every Gentile yoke. 
 
414 
 
 Sustain their name, make bare thine arm. 
 Their rightful claims maintain, 
 
 And bring thy long-since scattered band 
 On to their lands again. 
 
 Thy servants, too, preserve from harm, 
 
 As through the earth they roam 
 "With joyful news of heavenly birth. 
 
 To gather Israel home. 
 And guide their feet in paths that lead 
 
 To Israel's chosen race. 
 And let their remnants now behold 
 
 The plan of saving grace. 
 
 May light divine shed forth its ray, 
 
 And with the pure remain ; 
 Jesus return to dwell on earth, 
 
 Whose right it is to reign ! 
 O, hasten on the glorious time 
 
 When Israel shall sing : 
 Hail, Prince of Peace, Zion's redeem'd, 
 
 Jesus is sovereign King. 
 
INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 
 
 A 
 
 Again "we meet around, »S:c E. R. Snow 399 
 
 A poor way-faring man, &c — Montgomery 254 
 A Saint ! and is the title, &c. ..M.A. Morton 368 
 
 Adieu, my dear brethren, adieu 233 
 
 Adieu to the city, &c P.P. Pratt 244 
 
 Afflicted Saint, to Christ, &c Fawcett 287 
 
 All hail the glorious day 294 
 
 All hail ! the new born year. ...P. P. Pratt 346 
 
 All praise to our, &c Wesley's Col. 117 
 
 All you that love Immanuel's, SccFellowes 173 
 
 An angel came down, &c W. W. Phelps 251 
 
 An angel from on high P. P. Pratt 218 
 
 A holy angel from on high do. 216 
 
 And are we yet alive Wesley's Col. 116 
 
 Another day has fled and gone. .P. P. Pratt 311 
 
 Arise ! arise ! with joy survey Kelly 26 
 
 Arise, my soul, arise Wesley's Col. 152 
 
 Arise O glorious Zion W. Q. Mills 29 
 
 As the dew from heaven, &c. . . .P. P. Pratt 103 
 At first the babe of Bethlehem .... do. 208 
 Author of faith, eternal, &c — Wesley's Col. 56 
 
 Awake ! O ye people, &c W.W. Phelps 190 
 
 Awake! ye Saints of God, &C...E. B. Snow 329 
 Away with our fears, &c Wtsley's Col. 68 
 
416 
 
 B 
 
 Behold the Great Eedeemer die ..E.B. Snow 400 
 Be it my only wisdom here. . . . .Wesley's Col. 36 
 Before Jehovah's g-lorious throne — do. 97 
 
 Behold, the great, &c P.P. Pratt 201 
 
 Behold the Lamb of God 174 
 
 Behold the Mount, &c P. P. Pratt 203 
 
 Behold, the mountain, &c Logan 219 
 
 Behold, the Savior comes P. P. Pratt 202 
 
 Behold thy sous and daughters. Lord . . do. 162 
 
 Beloved Brethren, sing His praise 24 
 
 Behold ! the harvest wide, &c. . .P. P. Pratt 243 
 Before a Ulands, &c A Ross 82 
 
 C 
 Captain of Israel's hosts, &c . ■ .Wesley's Col. 86 
 
 Cease, ye fond parents, &c E. R. Snow 395 
 
 Cheer, Saints, Cheer, &c J. F. Bell 364 
 
 Children of Zion, awake from, &c 322 
 
 Come, all ye Saints, &c J. Jaques 389 
 
 Come, all ye Saints who, <S:c . . .W. W. Phelps 19 
 Come, all ye sons of God, &0..T. Davenport 180 
 
 Come, all ye sons of Zion W. W. Phelps 257 
 
 Come, come, ye Saints, <S:c W. Clayton 58 
 
 Come, dearest Lord, &c Watts 101 
 
 Come, go with me, &c C. H. Wheeloch, 397 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls Watts 96 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, &c Wesley's Col. 54 
 
 Come, let us anew, our, &c — do. 51 
 
 Come, let us purpose with one, &c..J. Lyon 123 
 
 Come, 'et u sing, &c W. W. Phelps 227 
 
 Come, listen to a Prophet's voice 266 
 
417 
 
 Come, O thou Kin^ of king-s. ...P.P. Pratt 309 
 Come, thou Desire of all thy Saints. .. Steele 101 
 
 Come, follow me, &c J. Nicholson ^04: 
 
 Come, thou glorious day of promise 246 
 
 Come to me, will ye come, &G.W. W. Phelps 336 
 
 Come ye that love the Lord Watts 36 
 
 Creation speaks with, &o P. P. Pratt 185 
 
 D 
 
 Daniel's wisdom may I know 288 
 
 Do we not know that solemn word — Watts 168 
 
 Down by the river's verdant side 330 
 
 Dark is the human mind E. L. Sloan 98 
 
 Deseret! Deseret! 'tis the, &c... .W.Willcs 383 
 Do what is right, &c 165 
 
 E 
 
 Earth is the place where, &C....P.P. Pratt 203 
 
 Earth, with her ten, &c W. W. Phelps 258 
 
 Earthly happiness is, &c E. R. SnoiW 354 
 
 Ere long the vail will, &c P. P. Pratt 17 
 
 Except the Lord conduct, &c. . .Wesley's Col. 136 
 Each day we ask, &c H W.Naishitt 410 
 
 F 
 
 Farewell all earthly honoi-s 210 
 
 Farewell, my kind, &c P.P. Pratt 243 
 
 Farewell, our friends, &c W.W. Phelps 234 
 
 Farewell, ye servants of, &C....P. P. Pratt 246 
 
 Father, how wide, &c Watts 73 
 
 Father In heaven, &c P.P. Pratt 177 
 
 For the strength, &c . . . . Altd. by E. L. Sloan 93 
 From all that dwell, &c Watts 89 
 
418 
 
 From Greenland's icy, &c Hcber 235 
 
 From the regions, &c W. W. Phdps 191 
 
 G 
 Gently raise the sacred, &c. . . .W. W. Phelps 160 
 
 Give us room that we may dwell 57 
 
 Glorious thing are sung-, &c. . .W. W. Phelps 79 
 
 Glorious things of thee, &c Newton 7 
 
 Glory to God on high Boden 149 
 
 Glory to thee my God, this night Kenn 228 
 
 Go ye Gospel heralds, go M. Travis 99 
 
 Go, ye messengers of glory — John Taylor 293 
 
 Go, ye messengers of heaven 88 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way Cowper 28 
 
 God of all consolation, ta^e. .. .Wesley's Col. 140 
 
 God spake the word, &o W. W. Phelps 20 
 
 Great God, attend while Zion sings. . .Watts 146 
 Great God, indulge my humble. Sec — do. 62 
 Great God ! to thee my evening, &c.. .StceU 230 
 
 Great is the Lord ! 'tis, &c E. B. Siww 10 
 
 Great Spirit, listen, &c C.W. Penrose 371 
 
 Guide us, O thou great Jehovah. ..Robinson 259 
 
 H 
 
 How great the wisdom, &c E. B. Snow 401 
 
 Hail ! bright millennial, &c J. Lyon 74 
 
 Hail to the brightness of, &e — T. Hastings 355 
 Happy the man who finds, &c.. Wesley's Col. 39 
 Happy the souls who first believed . . do. 40 
 
 Hark ! from afar, &c E. B. Snow 193 
 
 Hark ! listen to the gentle, &c . .P. P. Pratt 309 
 
 How dark and gloomy, &c B. Aldridge 412 
 
 Hark ! listen to the trumpeters 283 
 
419 
 
 Hark ! the song of Jubilee Montgomery 107 
 
 Hark ! ten thousand, &c Br. Baffles 170 
 
 Hark \ ye mortals. Hist, &c. . • -P. P. Pratt 35 
 
 Haste glorious day "when, &c W. Clegg 230 
 
 He died ! the great Kedeemer died — Watts 155 
 High on the mountain top. ...J. H. Johnson 134 
 Ho, ho, for the Temple's &C...W. W. PMlps 333 
 
 Hosanna to the great, &c P. P. Pratt 204 
 
 How have the nations, &c J- Jaqucs 393 
 
 How are thy servants blessed, &c • .Addison 81 
 
 How beauteous are their feet Watts 118 
 
 How firm a foundation, &c KirTiham 260 
 
 How fleet the precious, &c P- P- Pratt 313 
 
 How f ooUsh to the carna 1 mind .... do. 178 
 
 How great the joy, that promised day 131 
 
 How often in sweet, &c P- P- Pra^^ 237 
 
 How pleasant 'tis to see Watts 261 
 
 How pleased and blessed was I. . - . do. 263 
 
 How sweet communion is on earth 125 
 
 How will the Saints rejoice to tell 43 
 
 I 
 
 I have no home where, &c Lucy Smith 323 
 
 If you could hie to Kolob W. W. Phelps 253 
 
 I know that my Redeemer lives Medley 158 
 
 I long to breathe, &c M. A. Johnstone 388 
 
 I saw a mighty angel fly 292 
 
 I'll praise my Maker while, &c Watts 66 
 
 I'll serve the Lord while, &0....E. B. Snow 367 
 In ancient times a man of God. .P. P. Pratt 176 
 
 In Jordan's tide the, &c Rippon's Col. 164 
 
 How swift the months, &e. . H. W. NaisMtt 408 
 
420 
 
 Inspirer of the ancient Seers. .IfcsZey's Col. 55 
 
 In the sun and moon and stars Heber 214 
 
 Israel, Israel, God is calling- R. Smyth 154 
 
 Israel, awake from thy,&c J. McChxgor 89 
 
 J 
 
 Jehovah, Lord of heaven and earth 25 
 
 Joy to the world ! the Lord, &c Watts 15 
 
 Jesus, from whom all, <S:c TTt^sZci/'.s Col. 41 
 
 Jesus, mig-hty King- in Zion F^llowes 163 
 
 Jesus, once of humble birth.... P. P. Pratt 206 
 Jesus, thou all-redeeming, &c . .Wesley's Coh 50 
 Judg-es, who rule the world, &c Watts 233 
 
 K 
 
 Know this that every soul is free 263 
 
 L 
 Let earth and heaven agree — Wesley's Col. 48 
 
 Let every mortal ear attend Watts 6 
 
 Let Judah rejoice in this g'lorious news 299 
 
 Let sinners take their course Watts 18 
 
 Let us pray, gladly pray W. W. Phelps 194 
 
 Let Zion in her beauty rise 195 
 
 Let those who would be, &c E. B. Snow 183 
 
 Let earth's inhabitants rejoice W- Clega 188 
 
 Lift up your head ^ ye, &c P. P. Pratt 314 
 
 Lord, let thy Holy Spirit now- • -E. L. Sloan 224 
 
 Lord, when iniquities abound Watts 221 
 
 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing-.. JBurder 107 
 
 Lord, make thy mercy known 86 
 
 Lord, thou hast searched, &c Watts 122 
 
 Lord, tho a wilt hear me, «fec Watts 231 
 
 Lord, we come before thee now- .Ifo mm o?i<Z 100 
 
421 
 
 Lo ! on the water's brink we stand 179 
 
 Lo ! the Gentile chain is, &c. ... P. P. Pratt 102 
 Lo ! the mighty God appearing- 64 
 
 M 
 
 May the grace of Christ, &c Newton 148 
 
 May we, who know the joyful sound 108 
 
 Men of God I go take your stations . . .Kelly 94 
 
 'Mid scenes of confusion, &c 318 
 
 Mortals awake ! with angels join .... Medley 21 
 Mourn not the dead who, &c — E. L. Sloan 173 
 
 My Father in heaven, &g M. A. M(yrton 369 
 
 My God, the spring of all my joys — }f'atts 61 
 My soul is full of peace and love 197 
 
 N 
 
 Now he's gone, we'd not recall him 169 
 
 Now let us rejoice in, &c W. W. Phelps 198 
 
 Now we'll sing with one accord. ... do. 189 
 Now, is the voice, &c Mrs. Sigourmy 141 
 
 O 
 
 O awake my slumbering, &c — E. B. Snow 133 
 
 O'er the gloomy hills of, &c Williams 95 
 
 O fear not brother, &c C.W. Wandell 135 
 
 O God ! our help in, &c Wesley's Col. 147 
 
 O God, th' Eternal Father.... If. W. Phelps 156 
 
 O God, thou God, that, &c E. B. Snow 394 
 
 O God, thou great, thou good, thou wise — 113 
 
 O God, we raise to thee .....B. Snow 46 
 
 O give me back my Prophet dear 348 
 
 O ! happy is the man who hears 31 
 
 happy home ! blest abode U-M. Morton 46 
 2l> 
 
422 
 
 Lord of Hosts, "V^e now, &c ..A. Da'.rympU 403 
 
 happy souls who pray W. W. Phelps 13 
 
 Jesus I the giver do. 23 
 
 Lord, do thou in heaven seal J. Lyon 129 
 
 Lord, do thou thy gifts bestow- • • • clo. 91 
 
 O Lord, our Father, let thy grace 167 
 
 O Lord, our Sovereign King. S4 
 
 Lord ! responsive to thy call 60 
 
 0, my Father, thou that, .Src E.B. Snow 143 
 
 On the mountain tops appearing Kelly 115 
 
 Once more, my soul, the rising day . . .TTafts 224 
 Once more we come before our God . . .Lyte 103 - 
 
 Saints, have you seen, &c P. P- Pratt 70 
 
 say what is truth, &c J- Jaques 71 
 
 O, stop and tell me. Red Man. .ir. ^Y. Phelps 341 
 
 Thou, at whose almighty, &c Newton 104 
 
 OThou, at whose, &o I.E. Beading 380 
 
 O Thou who hast promised in love, &c 351 
 
 Our Father, in the, &c J. Jaques 363 
 
 ye mountains high, &c C. TT. Penrose 376 
 
 O, who that has searched, &c. ...P.P. Pratt 307 
 
 Zion, when I think onlthee Kelly 321 
 
 Lord, preserve thy, &c B. AlJridge 414 
 
 P 
 
 Peace, troubled soul, &c 33 
 
 Praise God from whom, <&:c Kenn 149 
 
 Praise to God, immortal, &o ■ .SttivarVs CoU 13 
 
 Praise to the man, &o Phdps 325 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, my heart, &c Watts 119 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, tis good to, <S:c. . . . do. 67 
 Prayer is the soul's, <S:c Montgomery 358 
 
423 
 
 R 
 
 Redeemer of Israel W. W. Phdps 212 
 
 Repeut,ye Gentiles all P. P Pratt ISl 
 
 Rest for'the weary soul, &C...H. W. XaisT)Ut 496 
 
 Satan's empire long-, &c E. L. Sloan 99 
 
 Salvation, sacred word, &c E. Hanham 120 
 
 See ! all creation joins If. TT- Phelps 11 
 
 See how the morning sun do 225 
 
 See the mighty angel, &c.. .E. B. Thompson 114 
 
 Shall I for fear, &c iVcsUy's Col. 77 
 
 Should you feel inclined to censure 66 
 
 Sing to the great, &c Wesley's Col. 142 
 
 Sister, thou wast mild, &c S.F. Smith 184 
 
 Softly beams, &c J- Jacques 33 
 
 Sons of Michael, &c E.L.T. Harrison 375 
 
 Spirit of faith come down Wesley's Col. 53 
 
 Stars of morning shout for joy 298 
 
 Sweet is the peace, &c M. A. Morton 377 
 
 Sweet is the work, my God, &c Watts 132 
 
 Sweetly may the blessed Spirit 60 
 
 Schoofthy feelings, &o C. ir. Pmrcso 405 
 
 T 
 
 ThereV^ a feast of fat, &c W. W. Phelps 273 
 
 The curse of God on man, &C...E.R. Siiow 387 
 This child we dedicate, &c. . ..Plymouth Col. 223 
 
 The day is past and gone P.P. Pratt 232 
 
 Thou dost not weep, &c E. R. Snow 357 
 
 Though deep'ning trials, &e. • • . do. 374 
 
424 
 
 This earth shall he, &c P. P. Pratt 206 
 
 This earth was once, Sec W. TT. Phdps 277 
 
 Thou earth, T^ast once, &:c E. E. Snow 386 
 
 To Father, Son, &:c Stewart's Col. 150 
 
 Torn from our friends, Szc P. P. Pratt 315 
 
 The gallant ship is under, SzcW. W. Phelps 239 
 The glorious day is rolling on. ... E. I?. Snow 199 
 
 The Gospel standard high is raised 85 
 
 This house we dedicate, &e..H. W. Naisbitt 410 
 The glorious Gospel light, &c..J. H. Johnson 330 
 
 The glorious plan which, &c J. Taylor 295 
 
 The God that others worship, &c 349 
 
 This God is the G od we, &:c.... Stewart's Col. 94 
 
 The great and glorious Gospel light 265 
 
 Think gently of , &c Miss Fletcher 1B4 
 
 The happy day has rolled on 266 
 
 There is a place in Utah W. Willcs 381 
 
 Though in the outward Church, &c 27T 
 
 The Lord imparted from, kc....E. B. Snow 328 
 
 The Lord my pasture, &c Addison 27 
 
 The morning breaks, &-e P. P. Pratt 5 
 
 The morning flowers, &c Wesley's Col. 186 
 
 This morning in silence, &c P.P. Pratt 317 
 
 Think not, when you, &c E. E. Snow 393 
 
 Though now the nations sit beneath 109 
 
 Though nations rise, Arc M. A. Morton 398 
 
 The night is wearing fast away 145 
 
 The pure testimony poured forth, &c 285 
 
 The red man ceased, &c C TT. Penrose 372 
 
 The rising sun has chased the night 109 
 
 The Seer, the Seer, Joseph, &c J. Taylor 337 
 
 The shepherds have raised, &c TT. Eoss 361 
 
425 
 
 The silver, gold and, &c J- Jacques 870 
 
 The solid rocks were rent, &c. . .P. P. Pratt 304 
 
 The Spirit of God, &c W. W. Phelps 268 
 
 The sun that &c . .T. B. JfarsTi, & P. P. Pratt 270 
 
 The time is far spent, &c B.R. Snow 343 
 
 The time Is nigh, that happy time 9 
 
 The towers of Zionsoon, &C...W. W. Phelps 273 
 The trials of the present day . . ..E.B. Snow 138 
 
 The Upper CaUf ornia, &c J- Taylor 353 
 
 To Him who reigns on high TT. Clegg 263 
 
 To him who made the world . -W. W. Phelps 16 
 
 To leave my dear friends P. P- Pratt 249 
 
 To thee, O God, we do, &c J. Ujon 121 
 
 Truth reflects upon our senses 297 
 
 •Twas on that dark, that, &c Watts 151 
 
 'Twas the commission of our Lord . . (To. 175 
 
 U 
 
 Up, arouse thee beautiful Zion E. 31. 127 
 
 Up, awake, ye defenders, &c • • C. W. Penrose 73 
 Unvail thy hosom, faithful tomb Watts 220 
 
 W 
 
 Wake, wake the world, &C.-W' W. Phdps 333 
 
 Waked from my bed, &c P- P- Pratt 226 
 
 We're not ashamed to, &c W. W. Phelps 14 
 
 Weep not for him that's dead, &c 1^ 
 
 We have met, dear friends, See ^5 
 
 We'll sing the songs of Zion W. G. Mills 110 
 
 Weep, weep not forme Zion.. CTT^TTarw^ell 335 
 
426 
 
 Welcome best of all good, &c.'T. J. Dawson 366 
 
 What fair one is this, &c W.W. Phelps 279 
 
 What was witnessed in the heavens — J.D. 38 
 
 What wondrous scenes &c 21T 
 
 What wondrous things &c 213 
 
 When all thy mercies, &e Addison 339 
 
 When earth in bondage, &c P. P. Pratt 302 
 
 When first the glorious, &c W. Clayton 390 
 
 When God's own people stand in need 128 
 
 When Joseph his brethren, &c . .W.W. PTidps 281 
 
 When Joseph saw his, &g P. P. Pratt 290 
 
 When Quiet in my, &c Wesley's Col. 87 
 
 When restless on my bed I lie 282 
 
 We here approach, &c H. W. NaUbitt 407 
 
 We'll sing all hail, &c B. Allridge 411 
 
 When shall we all meet, &c P.P. Pratt 247 
 
 When sickness clouds, &c J. I/yon 96 
 
 When time shall be, &c P. P. Pratt 250 
 
 When worn by sickness, &c Addison 340 
 
 Where the voice of friendship's, &c.J. Lyon 63 
 
 Who are these arrayed, &c De Courcy 52 
 
 With all my powers of heart, &c Watts 124 
 
 With cheerful hearts, &c M. A. Morton 379 
 
 We thank thee, O God, &c IT'. Fowler 166 
 
 What though th e, &'c ir. H. Shmrman 83 
 
 With joy we own thy sei-\'ants Lord 106 
 
 Wliile of these emblems, <S:c — J. Nicholson 403 
 
 Ye Elders of Israel, &c C. H. Wheelock 359 
 
 Ye chosen Twelve, &c P.P. Pratt 313 
 
 Ye children of our God do. 161 
 
427 
 
 Ye Gentile nations, &c do. 303 
 
 Ye ransomed of our G od do, 215 
 
 Ye Saints who dwell &'c E. R. Snow 47 
 
 Ye simple souls who stray Wesley's Col. 44 
 
 Ye sons of men, a feeble race Watts 136 
 
 Ye who are called to labor, &c 345 
 
 Ye wond'ring nations, &,o 291 
 
 Yes, my native land, «S:c 5. F. Smith 241 
 
 Your sweet little rose bud, &C..E. B. Snoio 150 
 Ye differing-, jarring-, &c W. Clegg 188 
 
 Z 
 
 Zion stands with hilJs, &c KeUy 168 
 
ES^BEX TO SUBJECTS. 
 
 The figures refer to the Hymns. 
 
 Address to earth— 322 
 Agency of Man— 240 
 American Indians— 292, 313 
 Anointing- and prayer for the sick- 84 
 Atonement— 141 
 
 B 
 
 Baptismal— 149, 150, 154, 160, 161, 162, 163, l&i, 165, 
 
 167, 263 
 Baptism for the dead— 286 
 BeUever's Assurance in God— 48, SO, 152, 237, 314 
 Blessing of children— 69, 205, 298, 306 
 Book of Mormon— 175, 199, 200, 230, 258, 266 
 
 Celestial Marriage— 326 
 Charity— 54, 170, 263 
 
 Choice of the true God and his Church— 297 
 Christ's appearance to his disciples in America 
 after his resurrection— 268 
 
429 
 
 Coming of Christ-10, 12, 1T6, 180, 181, 183, 183, 184 
 185, 186, 187, 188,189, 190, 191, 193, 196, 313 
 
 Completion of the Temple in Nauvoo— 3S8 
 
 Confession of Christ— 9, 13 
 
 Confirmation— T8, 148 
 
 Consolation of BeUevers— 35, 50, 108, 355, 371, 374, 
 271, 285, 314, 317 
 
 Consecration— 312 
 
 Crucifixion of Christ— 143, 268 
 
 Conf er enc e— 341 
 
 Defence of Zion— 61, 68, 87, 117, 155 
 Desire to serve the Lord— 38, 193, 356 
 Deseret— 330, 331, 
 
 Destruction of the Nephites— 269, 281 
 Doxologies— 76, 98, 135, 136, 138 
 Dedication— 343 
 
 Evening Hymns— 210, 211, 313, 314, 315, 371 
 Excellence of heavenly wisdom— 24, 31 
 Excellence of the Word of God— 74 
 
 Faith- 15, 45, 86 
 
 Fall of Babylon, and triumph of the king-dom 
 
 of Christ-4, 27, 77, 299, 331 
 Fall of man— 103 
 Farewell Hymns-316, 317, 330, 331, 223, 223, 234 
 
 336, 237, 228, 229 
 Fellowship Meeting— 308 
 
430 
 
 Final triumph of the Saints— 41, 136, 1:^, 253, 330 
 Forsaking all for Christ— 63 
 Forbearance— S33 
 Follow Christ— 337 
 
 Funeral Hymns— 70, 131. 139 156, 159, 169, 171, 173, 
 173, 203, 300, 303, 839, 339. 
 
 Gathering— 47, 53, 143, 165, 254, 3i)4, 305, 319, 3.33, 
 
 337, 330 
 Glory of Zion-3, 33, 46, 53, &5, 103, 105, 133, 346, 301, 
 
 316 
 God, the strength of his Saints -7, 67, 116, 133, 134, 
 
 20:3, 204, 337 
 
 Gospel- 317 
 
 H 
 
 Hymns in memory of the Prophet Joseph— 333, 
 290 
 
 I 
 
 Invitation to Sinners— 3, 83, 113, 158, 176, 358, 367 
 
 J 
 
 Joseph made known to his brethren— 251, 357 
 Juvenile Hymn— 309 
 
 L 
 
 Lamentation of Zion— 37S, 3?9, 296 
 
 M 
 
 Marriage — 119 
 
 Millennial-!, 4, 20, 23, 34, 63, 71, 97, 133, 157, 173, 
 180, 190, 301, J^44, 261, 264, 315 
 
431 
 
 Ministers' Hymus— 57, U, 66, 96, 219, 247 
 Miscellaneous— 73, 92, 100, 120, 125, 128, 1G8, 204, 231, 
 
 233, 239, 245, 270, 279, 307 
 Mission of the Twelve— 273 
 Morning Hymns— 101, 207, 208, 209 
 
 N 
 New Year-40, 129, 272, 276, 295 
 
 Omniscience and Omnipresence of God— 11^ 
 Opening Hymn— 206 
 
 " Peace "be to this house "—73 
 
 Plan of salvation— 263 
 
 Practical religion- 99, 113, 310 
 
 Praise offered to God-8, 11, 29, 36, 51, 55, 56, 79, 
 
 85, 109, 111, 114, 137, 233, 235, 241 
 Praise to the Savior-6, 14, 16, 17, 38, 106, 107, 145, 
 
 177 
 Prayer— 303 
 
 Prayer for the Prophet— 328 
 Prayers for the Holy Spirit— 42, 43, 44, 49, 90, 93, 
 
 94,95 
 Preaching of the Gospel and Missionary Hymns^ 
 
 —19, 39, 75, 81, 82, 88, 218, 247, 260, 293, 294 
 Pre- existence of man— 130, 311 
 Providence— 21, 23, 25, 118, 291 
 Prayer for Israel— 414 
 
432 
 
 R 
 
 Kcstoration of Israel— 153, 194, 195, 197, 225, 234, 
 
 265 
 Restoration of the Earth— laS, 248, 322 (Second 
 
 Part) 
 Restoration of the Gospel— 5, 18, 29, 104, 175, 198, 
 
 243, 243, 250, 259 
 Resurrection— 171, 179, 325 
 
 S 
 Salvation— 110 
 Sabbath— 121, 146 
 Sacramental— 115, 140, 141, 144, 147, 332, 333, a>4, 
 
 ass, a36, 340, 343, 344 
 Saints' Prayers— 89, 91, 236, 275 
 Scenes of the eleventh hour— 287 
 Standard of Zion— 58, 123 
 
 T 
 The Temple— 288, 318, 324 
 
 U 
 Fnity of the Saints— 32, 33, 37, 107, 174, 23-', 285 
 
 V 
 Voice from Joseph— 283, 289 
 
 TV 
 
 What is truth— 59 
 VTheat and Tares— 349 
 Word of Wisdom— 284 
 
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