Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: The Prince of salvation is coming prepare
Topic: Increase of the Church
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 89
Page Number: 200, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE PRINCE of salvation is coming--prepare
A way in the desert his blessings to share;
He comes to release us from sins and from woes,
And make the rude wilderness bloom like the rose.
His reign shall extend from the east to the west,
Compose all the tumults of nature to rest;
The day-spring of glory illumine the skies,
And ages on ages of happiness rise.
The brute-hearted temper of man shall grow tame,
The wolf and the lion lie down with the lamb;
The bear with the kine shall contentedly feed,
And children their young ones in harmony lead.
No more shall the sound of the warwhoop be heard,
The ambush and slaughter no longer be fear'd;
The tomahawk buried shall rest in the ground,
And peace and good-will to the nations abound.
All spirit of war to the gospel shall bow,
The bow like unstrung at the foot of the plough;
To prune the young orchard the spear shall be bent,
And love greet the world with a smile of content.
Slight tinctures of skin shall no longer engage
The fervor of jealousy, murder, and rage;
But white men and red shall in friendship be join'd,
Wide spreading benevolence over mankind.
Hail! scenes of felicity, transport, and joy,
When hatred and passion shall cease to annoy;
Rich blessings of grace from above shall be giv'n,
And life only serve as a passage to heav'n.
Roll forward, blest Saviour, roll forward the day,
When all shall submit, and rejoice in thy sway;
When men of all nations, united in praise,
One vast hallelujah triumphant shall raise.