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HYMN XI.
PART V.
[I saw the earth by sin destroy'd]
I saw the earth by sin destroy'd,
And lo! it lay wrapt up in night,
A chaos without form, and void,
And robb'd of all its heavenly light.
And lo! it lay wrapt up in night,
A chaos without form, and void,
And robb'd of all its heavenly light.
I saw, and lo! the mountains shook,
The hills moved lightly to and fro,
The birds had all the sky forsook,
Nor man, nor beast appear'd below.
The hills moved lightly to and fro,
The birds had all the sky forsook,
Nor man, nor beast appear'd below.
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I saw, and lo! the fruitful place
Was to a ghastly desert turn'd,
Beneath Jehovah's frowning face
The ghastly desert droop'd and mourn'd.
Was to a ghastly desert turn'd,
Beneath Jehovah's frowning face
The ghastly desert droop'd and mourn'd.
The nation suddenly o'erthrown
I saw before the waster's sword;
The cities all were broken down
In presence of their angry Lord.
I saw before the waster's sword;
The cities all were broken down
In presence of their angry Lord.
For thus their angry Lord hath spoke,
The land shall soon be all laid waste:
Yet will I to the remnant look,
And spare the weeping few at last.
The land shall soon be all laid waste:
Yet will I to the remnant look,
And spare the weeping few at last.
I will not utterly consume,
Or make a full destructive end,
But change My desolate people's doom,
And every humbled soul befriend.
Or make a full destructive end,
But change My desolate people's doom,
And every humbled soul befriend.
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