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On earth was darkness spread,
One boundless night;
“Let there be light,” God said,—
And there was light!
There hung a deeper gloom
O’er quick and dead,
But Jesus burst the tomb,
And darkness fled.
God by His word arrayed
Darkness with light;
God by His Son displayed
Day without night.
For thee, O man, arose
Creation's ray;
For thee, too, brighter glows
Salvation’s day.
The beams first poured on earth
For mortals shone;
The light of later birth
Immortals own.
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6 4 6 4
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| 1854 | # 138 | | 1866 | # 427 |
MUSIC
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ELAND
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6 4 6 4
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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