Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays
C. M.
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Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing raysDispel the shades of night;Diffusing o'er the mental 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 th' admiring world adoreThe glories of thy grace.