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[Ye sprinkled Heathen hear]

Whom...ye ignorantly worship, Him, &c. —xvii. 23, 24.

Ye sprinkled Heathen hear,
Who urged by fear alone
Your superstitious altars rear
Unto the God unknown:
Him I to you proclaim
The sovereign Lord Most-High,
Who built this universal frame,
And reigns above the sky.
One only Shrine He had
Where once on earth He dwelt,

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When God was flesh for sinners made,
And seen, and heard, and felt:
Substantially reveal'd
In Christ the Father shone,
His fulness then the Temple fill'd,
The body of His Son.