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Is this the kind return,
And these the thanks we owe,
Thus to abuse eternal love,
Whence all our blessings flow?
To what a stubborn frame
Has sin reduced our mind!
What strange rebellious wretches we,
And God as strangely kind!
On us he bids the sun
Shed his reviving rays;
For us the skies their circles run,
To lengthen out our days.
The brutes obey their God,
And bow their necks to men;
But we, more base, more brutish things,
Reject his easy reign.
Turn, turn us, mighty God,
And mould our souls afresh;
Break, sovereign Grace, these hearts of stone,
And give us hearts of flesh.
Let old ingratitude
Provoke our weeping eyes,
And hourly as new mercies fall
Let hourly thanks arise.
---Alternative verses---
Let past ingratitude
Provoke our weeping eyes,
And hourly as new mercies fall
Let hourly thanks arise.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1707-1709
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Bible Refs:
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Ez 36:26;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| | # 74 | | 1866 | # 555 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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BOYLSTON
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Meter:
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6 6 8 6 (S.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1832
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 420 | No key | | # 168 | C | | # 358 | C | | # 448 | C | | # 315 | C | | # 117 | C | | # 170 | C | | # 310 | C | | # 319 | C | | # 329 | C | | # 417 | C | | # 223 | C | | # 237 | C | | # 335.2 | C | | # 341.2 | C |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.) |
echo ' | ';
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