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[No shy reserve, or close disguise]

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. —x. 27.

No shy reserve, or close disguise,
No dark, mysterious secrecy,
No art to blind Thy people's eyes,
Becomes a preacher sent by Thee:
We tell on the housetop whate'er
Thy Spirit and word to us have show'd,
And bold throughout the world declare
The utmost counsel of our God.