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Praise for religious Instruction.
Awake the grateful hymn of praise
To our Almighty Friend,
Who bids instruction's holy light
On infant minds descend;—
To our Almighty Friend,
Who bids instruction's holy light
On infant minds descend;—
Who bids the heaven-taught spirit toil
To spread its knowledge wide,
And urge the listening child to seek
The love of Christ who died;—
To spread its knowledge wide,
And urge the listening child to seek
The love of Christ who died;—
Who makes the moral desert hear
Salvation's glorious voice,
The wild and solitary place
With sudden bloom rejoice.
Salvation's glorious voice,
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With sudden bloom rejoice.
To us, oh Lord, who learn thy word,
A docile mind impart,
And deign to touch with tireless zeal
Each faithful teacher's heart,
A docile mind impart,
And deign to touch with tireless zeal
Each faithful teacher's heart,
Till as the rushing waters fill
The boundless ocean's bed,
The saving knowledge of thy will
O'er all the earth shall spread.
The boundless ocean's bed,
The saving knowledge of thy will
O'er all the earth shall spread.
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