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AT THE DEDICATION OF DIVINITY HALL.
1826.
With praise and prayer our gift we bring,
And consecrate to Power divine.
Great God, accept the offering,
And make it wholly, only thine.
And consecrate to Power divine.
Great God, accept the offering,
And make it wholly, only thine.
O that we may not look in vain
To see thy glory here displayed!
As when, within thine ancient fane,
Thy royal servant knelt and prayed,—
To see thy glory here displayed!
As when, within thine ancient fane,
Thy royal servant knelt and prayed,—
We kneel—we pray—with earnest voice;
Our fervent supplications swell;
Speak, Lord, and bid our souls rejoice
To know that here thy grace shall dwell.
Our fervent supplications swell;
Speak, Lord, and bid our souls rejoice
To know that here thy grace shall dwell.
O, let thy presence ne'er depart;
Far hence be earth and error driven;
Raise, warm, and sanctify each heart,
And teach pure lips to plead for heaven.
Far hence be earth and error driven;
Raise, warm, and sanctify each heart,
And teach pure lips to plead for heaven.
Here let the love of God engage
The spirit's purest, first desires;
While Truth unfolds her ample page,
And Zeal enkindles all her fires.
The spirit's purest, first desires;
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And Zeal enkindles all her fires.
Thus honoring, and like their Lord,
May gifted bands of teachers rise,
To bear his glorious name abroad,
And train immortals for the skies.
May gifted bands of teachers rise,
To bear his glorious name abroad,
And train immortals for the skies.
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