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As the sweet flower that scents the morn,
But withers in the rising day,-
Thus lovely seemed the infant's dawn;
Thus swiftly fled his life away!
Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,
Death timely came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed,

Come, gracious Lord, descend and dwell,
By faith and love, in every breast:
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys which cannot be expressed.
O fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make every spirit here possess,
And learn the height & breadth & length

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Great God, attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from thy presence springs;
To spend one day with thee on earth,
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
Might I enjoy the meanest place,
Within thy house, O God of grace,
Not tents of ease, nor thrones of pow'r,
Would tempt me to desert thy door.
All needed grace wilt thou bestow,
And crown thy grace with ele

Here in thy name, eternal God!
We build this earthly house for thee;
O choose it for thy blest abode,
And guard it long from error free.
And dying sinners pray to live,
Here, when thy people seek thy face,
Hear thou in heav'n thy dwelling place,
And when thou hearest, Lord, forgive.
Here, when thy messengers proclaim
Still by the pow'r of his great name,
The blessed gospel of thy Son,
Be mighty signs and wonders done.
Here may thy doctrine dron like

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Ye mighty rulers of the land,
Give praise and glory to the Lord;
while before his throne ye stand,
Joods record.

His voice is heard the earth around, When thro' the heav'ns his thunders roll The troubled ocean hears the sound, And yields itself to his control.

God his throne,

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