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in his mission district in Leith, and dates from 1836, the year before he left for Kelso. It was written to the Old Hundredth. Bonar prefixed to it two lines of a little lyric given in Daniel s Thesaurus, iii. 128

Vuxri /j.ov, tyv)(l) fJ-ov, Avdffra, r( KadfvSets.

Hymn 609. Hark ! the voice of Jesus crying.

DANIEL MARCH, D.D.

For Missions, written about 1867. Is given in the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878, in two stanzas, and in Sankey s Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, in six stanzas.

Dr. March, an American Congregational minister, was born in 1816. He is the author of Night Scenes in the Bible, and other works.

��Hymn 610. Leader of faithful souls, and guide.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for those that seek and those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ, 1747; Works, iv. 262. Headed The Traveller. Two verses are omitted which well deserve a place here

5. Thither in all our thoughts we tend,

And still with longing eyes look up, Our hearts and prayers before us send, Our ready scouts of faith and hope, Who bring us news of Sion near, We soon shall see the towers appear.

7. Even now we taste the pleasures there,

A cloud of spicy odours comes, Soft wafted by the balmy air

Sweeter than Araby s perfumes : From Sion s top the breezes blow, And cheer us in the vales below.

Hymn 611. Captain of Israel s host, and Guide.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Short Hymns on Select Passages of Scripture, 1 762 ; Works, ix. 43. The Lord went before them by day. Exod. xiii. 21.

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