Far as the eagle’s pinion
Or dove’s light wing can soar.
Two other missionary hymns are “Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass” and “Hark! the song of jubilee.” The latter sweeps along in triumphant measures:
He shall reign from pole to pole,
With illimitable sway;
He shall reign, when like a scroll
Yonder heavens have passed away;
Then the end: beneath His rod
Man’s last enemy shall fall:
Hallelujah! Christ in God,