The Southern harmony, and musical companion containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems |
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[Shall wisdom cry aloud] |
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[Shall wisdom cry aloud]
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Shall wisdom cry aloud,And not her speech be heard?
The voice of God's eternal Word,
Deserves it no regard?
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“I was his chief delight,His everlasting Son,
Before the first of all his works,
Creation was begun.
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“Before the flying clouds,Before the solid land,
Before the fields, before the floods,
I dwelt at his right hand.
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“When he adorn'd the skies,And built them, I was there
To order when the sun should rise,
And marshal ev'ry star
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“When he pour'd out the sea,And spread the flowing deep,
I gave the flood a firm decree
In its own bounds to keep.
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“Upon the empty airThe earth was balanced well;
With joy I saw the mansion where
The sons of men should dwell.
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“My busy thoughts at firstOn their salvation ran,
Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust
Was fashion'd to a man.
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“Then come, receive my grace,Ye children, and be wise;
Happy the man that keeps my ways;
The man that shuns them dies.”
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