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The sun clear-shining after showers
may his own image view,
Reflected from a thousand flowers
In countless drops of dew.
If then a freshening breeze up-springs,
Above, around, beneath,
Like heavenward incense on its wings,
Their mingled odours breathe.
So! where the Sun of Righteousness
His cheering radiance sheds,
Where gracious rains have fallen to bless
The church’s garden-beds.
Christ’s ransomed tribes before him stand,
With his own glory bright;
Plants of his heavenly Father’s hand,
And children of the light.
Then should the Spirit from above
A gale of Eden’s blow,
As from a paradise of love,
How sweet their spices flow!
To-day, while thousands meet as one,
In may a holy place,
May he who is of all the Sun,
In each his image trace.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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MUSIC
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Name:
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LEICESTER
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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1870
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| # 758 | Eb | | # 320 | Eb | | # 323 | Eb | | # 323 | Eb |
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