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[Learning itself cannot withstand]
Among the which was Dionysius the, &c.
—xvii. 34.
Learning itself cannot withstand
If God lay to His mighty hand;
The Judge submits, if mercy calls,
And at his Saviour's footstool falls:
The word cannot return in vain,
Some souls the saving faith shall gain,
To Jesus and His members cleave,
And pure from sin in Athens live.
If God lay to His mighty hand;
The Judge submits, if mercy calls,
And at his Saviour's footstool falls:
The word cannot return in vain,
Some souls the saving faith shall gain,
To Jesus and His members cleave,
And pure from sin in Athens live.
Father regard Thy Spirit's groans,
Who pleads in us for learning's sons,
Open our nation's boasted eyes,
And make them with Thy wisdom wise;
Some converts to our Athens give,
Who may to thy apostle cleave,
Fools for His sake, their Lord confess,
And stand with Jesu's witnesses!
Who pleads in us for learning's sons,
Open our nation's boasted eyes,
And make them with Thy wisdom wise;
Some converts to our Athens give,
Who may to thy apostle cleave,
Fools for His sake, their Lord confess,
And stand with Jesu's witnesses!
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