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MORNING HYMN.
“Let there be light!” And lo! there stole
From out the womb of Darkness, light!
A flood of glory circled round the soul,
And rent the curtains of primeval night!
Through all the vast immensities of space
A glorious light streamed up eternity!
And, bursting through all chaos, sought its place
In the bright islands of the earth and sea!
From out the womb of Darkness, light!
A flood of glory circled round the soul,
And rent the curtains of primeval night!
Through all the vast immensities of space
A glorious light streamed up eternity!
And, bursting through all chaos, sought its place
In the bright islands of the earth and sea!
“Let there be light!” And from the abyss
Of Darkness gushed the Eternal's smile!
And flying through all Nature, came to this,
And gave the firmament another isle!
For Time was as Eternity is now,
Till that immortal light was given,
Whose smile of gladness from Jehovah's brow
Lit up the confines of the realms of heaven!
Of Darkness gushed the Eternal's smile!
And flying through all Nature, came to this,
And gave the firmament another isle!
For Time was as Eternity is now,
Till that immortal light was given,
Whose smile of gladness from Jehovah's brow
Lit up the confines of the realms of heaven!
“Let there be light!” And from the slime
Of that immortal sea, whose wave is love,
The Maker gave existence unto Time,
By smiling on his workmanship above.
And, rising from that great supernal power,
The same sweet smile ascends the sky,
As from the birth of that auspicious hour
Ten thousand worlds were sentinelled on high.
Of that immortal sea, whose wave is love,
The Maker gave existence unto Time,
By smiling on his workmanship above.
And, rising from that great supernal power,
The same sweet smile ascends the sky,
As from the birth of that auspicious hour
Ten thousand worlds were sentinelled on high.
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