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When Abrah’m, full of sacred awe,
Before Jehovah stood;
And, with a humble, fervent pray’r,
For guilty Sodom sued:
With what success, what wond’rous grace,
Was his petition crown’d!
The Lord would spare, if in that place
Ten righteous men were found.
And could a single holy, soul.
So rich a boon obtain?
Great God, and shall a nation pray,
And plead with thee in vain?
Still we are thine—we bear thy name;
Here yet is thine abode:
Long has thy presence bless’d our land—
Forsake us not, O God!
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Thus Abrah’m, full of sacred awe,
Before Jehovah stood;
And, with a humble, fervent pray’r,
For guilty Sodom sued:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Gen 18:23-32;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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FARRANT
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 354 | G | | # 646 | G | | # 449 | G | | # 188 | G | | # 376 | G | | # 587 | G | | # 539 | G | | # 162 | G | | # 199 | G | | # 873 | No key |
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