Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Part 30

179. C. M. Montgomery.

Daughter of Zion.

1 Daughter of Zion! from the dust Exalt thy fallen head; Again in thy Redeemer trust, He calls thee from the dead.

2 Awake, awake! put on thy strength, Thy beautiful array; The day of freedom dawns at length, The Lord's appointed day.

3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, And send thy heralds forth; Say to the south, "Give up thy charge, And keep not back, O north!"

4 They come, they come;--thine exiled bands, Where'er they rest or roam, Have heard thy voice in distant lands, And hasten to their home.

180. 8 & 7s. M. Newton.

The Church Everlasting.

1 Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our G.o.d!

He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode.

2 On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose?

With salvation's walls surrounded, Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

3 See! the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove.

4 Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst to a.s.suage?

Love, which, like the Lord, the giver, Never fails from age 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:

6 Thus deriving from their banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which he gives them when they pray.

181. L. M. Whittier.

Christianity.

1 O fairest-born of Love and Light, Yet bending brow and eye severe On all which pains the holy sight, Or wounds the pure and perfect ear,--

2 The generous feeling, pure and warm, Which owns the rights of all divine, The pitying heart, the helping arm, The prompt self-sacrifice, are thine!

3 Beneath thy broad, impartial eye, How fade the lines of caste and birth!

How equal in their sufferings lie The groaning mult.i.tudes of earth!

4 Still to a stricken brother true, Whatever clime hath nurtured him; As stooped to heal the wounded Jew The worshipper of Gerizim.

5 In holy words which cannot die, In thoughts which angels leaned to know, Christ gave thy message from on high, Thy mission to a world of woe.

6 That voice's echo hath not died; From the blue lake of Galilee, From Tabor's lonely mountain-side, It calls a struggling world to thee.

182. C. M. H. Martineau.

Christian Equality.

1 All men are equal in their birth, Heirs of the earth and skies; All men are equal, when that earth Fails from their dying eyes.

2 G.o.d greets the throngs who pay their vows In courts their hands have made; And hears the worshipper who bows Beneath the plantain shade.

3 'Tis man alone who difference sees, And speaks of high and low; And worships those, and tramples these, While the same path they go.

4 O, let man hasten to restore To all their rights of love!

In power and wealth exult no more, In wisdom lowly move.

5 Ye great! renounce your earth-born pride; Ye low! your shame and fear; Live, as ye worship, side by side; Your brotherhood revere.

183. C. M. Bulfinch.

"That They May Be One."

1 Was it in vain that Jesus prayed For those he came to save, When darkly o'er his path was laid The shadow of the grave?

2 Hath Jesus loved and prayed in vain?

O doubting heart, be still!

Yet holds the Lord his glorious reign, Despite of wrong and ill.

3 Though nations with their battle-cries Profane the Almighty's name, Though bigots to the offended skies Their own wild wrath proclaim,--

4 Thousands, in every Christian land, Have never bowed the knee In worship to the idol-band Of strife and perfidy.

5 And these are one;--though some may bend Before the Virgin's shrine, While others' prayers and thanks ascend, Father! alone at Thine,--

6 Yet they are one; if through their hearts The soul of love be poured, As swells some strain of various parts, Yet all in sweet accord.