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VII. WITHDRAW THE VEIL.
Withdraw the veil, O God, I pray,
A little even, that a ray
Shining from out the glory bright
May fall upon our darkling night,
And with us ever rest and stay!
A little even, that a ray
Shining from out the glory bright
May fall upon our darkling night,
And with us ever rest and stay!
Through gloom and shadow lies our way,
The mists are heavy, thick, and grey,
We stumble as we grope for light.
Withdraw the veil!
The mists are heavy, thick, and grey,
We stumble as we grope for light.
Withdraw the veil!
Alas! how oft we go astray,
So blind, we cannot always say
Which is the wrong, which is the right;
We need, O God, the opened sight,
“The fire by night, the cloud by day.”
Withdraw the veil!
So blind, we cannot always say
Which is the wrong, which is the right;
We need, O God, the opened sight,
“The fire by night, the cloud by day.”
Withdraw the veil!
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