3 Come, kingdom of our God! And make the broad earth thine; Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod That flowers with grace divine. 4 Soon may all tribes be blest With fruit from life's glad tree; And in its shade like brothers rest, Sons of one family. 585. C. M. Montgomery. Unity. 1 The glorious universe around, The heavens with all their train, Sun, moon and stars, are firmly bound In one mysterious chain. 2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky, To form one world agree; Where all that walk, or swim, or fly, Compose one family. 3 God in creation thus displays His wisdom and His might; While all His works with all His ways Harmoniously unite. 4 In one fraternal bond of love, One fellowship of mind, The saints below and saints above Their bliss and glory find. 5 Here, in their house of pilgrimage, Thy statutes are their song; There, through one bright, eternal age, Thy praises they prolong. 6 Lord, may our union form a part Of that thrice happy whole; Derive its pulse from Thee the heart, Its life from Thee the soul. 586. P. M. Anonymous. Peace Everywhere. 1 Nature hath seasons of repose; Her slumbering clouds and quiet sky; And many a bright-faced stream that flows Forever noiselessly. 2 The stormy winds are hushed to rest, And hang self-poised upon their wings; And nursed on mother nature's breast, Flowers lie like sleeping things. 3 The ocean, that in mountains ran, Spreads boundlessly without a wave; And is it only said of man, His peace is in the grave? 4 Oh! for the coming of the end, The last long Sabbath-day of time, When peace from heaven shall descend, Like light, on every clime. 5 For men in ships far off at sea Shall hear the happy nations raise The song of peace and liberty, And overflowing praise. 6 Mankind shall be one brotherhood; One human soul shall fill the earth, And God shall say, "The world is good As when I gave it birth." 587. L. M. Montgomery. The Kingdom of God. 1 O Spirit of the living God, In all Thy plenitude of grace, Where'er the foot of man hath trod, Descend on our benighted race! 2 Be darkness, at Thy coming, light; Confusion, order, in Thy path; Souls without strength inspire with might; Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 3 O spirit of the Lord! prepare All the round earth her God to meet; Breathe Thou abroad like morning air, Till hearts of stone begin to beat.