Praise to Him by whose kind favor
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Praise to Him by whose kind favorHeavenly truth has reached our ears;May its sweet reviving savorFill our hearts and calm our fears.
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Truth! how sacred is the treasure!Teach us, Lord, its worth to know;Vain the hope and short the pleasureWhich from other sources flow.
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What of truth we have been hearing,Fix, O Lord, in every heart;In the day of thy appearingMay we share thy people's part.
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Till we leave this world forever,May we live beneath thine eye;This our aim, our sole endeavor,Thine to live, or thine to die.