His footsteps cannot err;

His royal harbinger.

Shall come, and all shall frame

And glorify thy name.

Shall bud and blossom then,

Look down on mortal men.

Thee honor and adore

Thy name for evermore.

By thy strong hand are done:

Remainest God alone.

Beneath his gentle sway

And his commands obey.

All nations shall be blest;

He gives his people rest.

When spring renews her reign;

O'er forest, hill and plain;--

Descends on man below,

His gentle blessings flow.

The Saviour shall restore;

Shall give us blessings more.

And praise his mighty name;

And chant his growing fame.

He shall forever wield;

To strength divine shall yield:

By sin beguiled, betrayed,

And willing subjects made:

By liberal things upheld:

All hearts with joy be filled.

Great David's greater Son!

His reign on earth begun!

To set the captive free,

And rule in equity.

Upon the fruitful earth,

Spring in his path to birth;

Shall peace, the herald, go;

From hill to valley flow.

And daily vows ascend,

A kingdom without end:

His covenant remove:

That name to us is love.

And all creation makes anew,

What eye the dazzling glories view?

Shall see her lands with roses bloom;

Shall yield their spices and perfume.

The wilderness shall joyful be;

And gladness spring on every tree;

The deaf shall hear, the dumb shall sing,

And joy through all the earth shall ring.

Old pride shall die, and meekness reign,--

To dwell with men on earth again.

God will a feast prepare;

Shall in the banquet share.

A free acceptance given!

Sit with the heirs of heaven!

To ease and health restored,

The plenties of the board.

What dainties shall be given,

We join the feast of heaven!

Shall overflow the soul,

In thousand channels roll.

Zion's children cry aloud:

How they gather like a cloud!

Brighter from so dark a night:

Filled with wonder and delight.

God himself will be thy light:

Buried lies in endless night.

Lo! thy light from heaven is come

Give thy sons and daughters room.

1Mark the soft-falling snow,

To heaven, from whence it fell,

2Arrayed in beauteous green

And man and beast are fed

3"So," saith the God of grace,

Almighty to effect

1In God's eternity

There shall a day arise,

With Jesus in the skies.

2As night before the rays

Of morning flees away,

Of God's eternal day.

3As music fills the grove

When stormy clouds are past,

Shall all employ at last.

4Redeemed from death and sin,

Shall Adam's numerous race

And shout redeeming grace.

His glory let the heathen know,

His wonders to the nations show,

Our worship shall no more be paid

To gods which mortal hands have made;

Then shall the race of man confess

The beauty of his holiness,

The gathered beams of ages shine;

But makes its brightness more divine.

Pours inexhaustible supplies,

And Wisdom's self become more wise.

New regions blest, new powers unfurled,

Its waters shall o'erflow the world;

As when the cloudless lamp of day

And sweeps each lingering mist away.

Joyful times are near at hand;

By his word, in every land:

Darkness flies at his command.

While he enters like a flood,

Means to spread his truth abroad:

Soon shall tell the love of God.

Let thy people see thy hand;

Through the world, in every land;

Perish, Lord, at thy command.

Flow joyfully along?

With one triumphant song,

And Him, who once was slain,

In righteousness to reign?

The sacred shout shall fly,

Shall echo the reply:

Shall send the chorus round,

In one eternal sound.

To our believing eyes!

And the old rolling skies.

That holy, happy place,

Adorned with shining grace.

Removes his blessed abode;

And he, the loving God.

From every weeping eye;

And death itself shall die."

Shall this bright hour delay?

And bring the welcome day.

So long did ancient Israel rest;

In brighter garments stood confest.

Lift up the cloud, and rend the veil;

Whose blackness makes the heart to fail.

His death has rent the veil away,

And oped the gate of endless day.

Forever blind the mental eye;

Beams glory from our God on high.

All kingdoms bless the noontide beam,

Is vast creation's deathless theme.

Sweet reign of light and love!

And wisdom from above.

Extend thy healing reign;

That never pains again.

And make the broad earth thine,

That flowers with grace divine.

With fruit from life's glad tree;

Sons of one family.

And raise thy glorious throne

Where God shall bless his own.

Thy stream of life o'er springless deserts roll:

And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.

In every latitude, thou own'st the key:

With all their treasures first unlocked by thee!

With all the civil virtues in thy train:

And Christ, the true emancipator, reign!

Gather thy scattered ones from every land:

Proclaim them all thine own;--'t is Christ's command!

Loud as mighty thunders roar,

When it breaks upon the shore;--

God omnipotent shall reign;

Echo round the earth and main.

Heard through earth, and through the skies,

All creation's harmonies:

Sheathed his sword; he speaks,--'t is done!

Are the kingdoms of his Son.

Kindled by a spark of grace!

Sets the kingdoms on a blaze.

Kindled in some hearts it is:

All partake the glorious bliss!

Small and feeble was his day:

Now it wins its widening way:

Ever mighty to prevail;

Shakes the trembling gates of hell.

Little as a human hand?

Hangs o'er all the thirsty land!

Drops already from above!

All the spirit of thy love.

And we will give thanks, and rejoice in his name;

That love will continue forever the same.

The gospel of peace in its triumph shall see;

Appears, from transgression and death to make free!

That long-expected, blissful day,

The glorious gospel shall obey.

Though earth and hell should dare oppose;

To universal empire grows.

Shall shout to Asia's rapt'rous song,

And western climes the strain prolong.

Immanuel's kingdom shall extend,

Shall meet a brother and a friend.

And hailed th' auspicious day,

By truth's triumphant sway.

The deaf sweet music hear;

But shout redemption near.

The path so plain and bright.

With rapture and delight.

Shall ever there be seen.

With reeds and rushes green.

(O haste the blissful day!)

And sighing flee away.

A world created new!

The lovely scene to view:

Amidst the burning sands;

Shines through the thirsty lands;

Entwined with horrid thorn,

The painted fields adorn;

Their savage chase give o'er;

And thirst for blood no more;

Shall these glad scenes arise,

And bless our wondering eyes?

Abject sits the Pagan world;

Ne'er hath been by time unfurled;

And Messiah's reign shall spread;

Not in vain the Saviour bled.

Millions yet unborn shall fly;

Till it gilds the western sky.

"Jehovah reigns!" be all our song.

Glad hallelujahs to prolong.

Down to the dust your sceptres bend;

When kings, and suns, and time shall end.

Her sacred turrets to destroy;

Ensure her safety and her joy.

Exalt thy fallen head;

He calls thee from the dead.

Thy beautiful array;

The Lord's appointed day.

And send thy heralds forth;

And keep not back, O north!"

Where'er they rest or roam,

And hasten to their home.