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Gather us in,
thou love that fillest all;
Gather our rival faiths
within thy fold.
Rend each man’s
temple-veil and bid it fall,
That we may know
that thou hast been of old.
Gather us in—
we worship only Thee;
In varied names we stretch
a common hand;
In diverse forms
a common soul we see;
In many ships we
seek one spirit land.
Thine is the mystic life
great India craves;
Thine is the Parsee’s
sin-destroying beam;
Thine is the Buddhist’s rest
from tossing waves;
Thine is the empire
of vast China’s dream.
Thine is the Roman’s strength
without his pride;
Thine is the Greek’s glad world
without its graves;
Thine is Judea’s law
with love beside,
The truth that censures
and the grace that saves.
Each sees one colour
of thy rainbow light,
Each looks upon one tint
and calls it heaven;
Thou art the fulness
of our partial sight;
We are not perfect till
we find the seven.
Some seek a Father
in the heavens above,
Some ask a
human image to adore,
Some crave a Spirit
vast as life and love;
Within thy mansions
we have all and more.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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10 10 10 10
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Dates:
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1890
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Bible Refs:
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Mt 8:11;
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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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| 1931 | # 497 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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PENITENTIA
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Meter:
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10 10 10 10
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1874
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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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| # 325 | Eb | | # 391 | Eb |
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