Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays
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Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing raysDispel the shades of night,Diffusing o'er a ruined worldThe healing beams of light.
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Jesus, thy word, with friendly aid,Restores our wandering feet;Converts the sorrows of the mindTo joys divinely sweet.
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O send thy light and truth abroad,In all their radiant blaze;And bid the admiring world adoreThe glories of thy grace.