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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE BOSTON THURSDAY LECTURE,
October 17, 1833.
Like Israel's hosts to exile driven,
Across the flood the Pilgrims fled;
Their hands bore up the ark of Heaven,
And Heaven their trusting footsteps led,
Till on these savage shores they trod,
And won the wilderness for God.
Across the flood the Pilgrims fled;
Their hands bore up the ark of Heaven,
And Heaven their trusting footsteps led,
Till on these savage shores they trod,
And won the wilderness for God.
There, where their weary ark found rest,
Another Zion proudly grew,
In more than Judah's glory dressed,
With light that Israel never knew.
From sea to sea her empire spread,
Her temple heaven, and Christ her head.
Another Zion proudly grew,
In more than Judah's glory dressed,
With light that Israel never knew.
From sea to sea her empire spread,
Her temple heaven, and Christ her head.
Then let the grateful church, to-day,
Its ancient rite with gladness keep;
Our father's God! their children pray
Thy blessing, though the fathers sleep.
O bless! as thou hast blessed the past,
While earth, and time, and heaven shall last.
Its ancient rite with gladness keep;
Our father's God! their children pray
Thy blessing, though the fathers sleep.
O bless! as thou hast blessed the past,
While earth, and time, and heaven shall last.
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