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The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix: 1.

I God is love! the heavens tell it

Through their glorious orbs of light,
In that glad and golden language
Speaking to us day and night

: Their great story,:||

God is love, and God is light!

2 And the teeming earth rejoices
In that message from above;
With ten thousand thousand voices,
Telling back from hill and grove,
: Her glad story,:||

God is might, and God is love!

3 With these anthems of creation,
Mingling in harmonious strife,
Christian songs of Christ's salvation,
To the world with blessings rife,
: Tell their story,:||

God is love and God is life!

64 He is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Ps. xcv: 7.

3 So now, and till we die,
Sound we Thy praises high,
And joyful sing;
Let all the holy throng
Who to Thy Church belong
Unite and swell the song

To Thee, our King.

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In thy presence is fulness of joy. Ps. xvi: 11.

I Lord, when Thou mak'st Thy presence felt,
And when the soul hath grasped Thee right,
How fast the dreary shadows melt

Beneath Thy warm and living light!

2 In Thee I find a nobler birth,

A glory o'er the world I see,

And paradise returns to earth,
And blooms again for us in Thee.

3 Thou strong and loving Son of Man,
Redeemer from the bonds of sin,
'Tis Thou the living spark dost fan,

That sets my breast on fire within.

4 Thou openest heaven once more to men,

The soul's true home, Thy kingdom, Lord,
And I can trust and hope again,

And feel myself akin to God.

Dox. I.