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“Escape to the Mountain.”
I peered within, and saw a world of sin;
Upward, and saw a world of righteousness;
Downward, and saw darkness and flame begin
Which no man can express.
Upward, and saw a world of righteousness;
Downward, and saw darkness and flame begin
Which no man can express.
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I girt me up, I gat me up to flee
From face of darkness and devouring flame:
And fled I had, but guilt is loading me
With dust of death and shame.
From face of darkness and devouring flame:
And fled I had, but guilt is loading me
With dust of death and shame.
Yet still the light of righteousness beams pure,
Beams to me from the world of far-off day:—
Lord, Who hast called them happy that endure,
Lord, make me such as they.
Beams to me from the world of far-off day:—
Lord, Who hast called them happy that endure,
Lord, make me such as they.
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