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To you was given, O saint beloved,
A vision of Christ's glory
Before he lived his earthly life
Begun with Christmas story:
The glory of the Son of God
Before the world's creation,
In whom all things that are were made
And have their consummation.
In you he found his closest friend,
A friend though frail and mortal,
Whose love so pure
gave sight so sure
It pierced beyond heaven's portal:
So to the world you witness gave,
With prophet's eye descrying
The life of grace and fellowship,
The life in God undying.
O love of God that overflowed
In glories of creation!
O crowning glory of all life
In wondrous Incarnation!
All praise to God
whose saint and seer
Declared the love excelling
Now shed abroad in faithful hearts,
Abounding and indwelling.
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 D
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1943
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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GOLDEN SHEAVES
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8 7 8 7 D Iambic
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1874
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| # 577 | F | | # 731 | G | | # 964 | G | | # 384 | G |
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