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Exert thy pow'r, thy rights maintain,
Insulted, everlasting King!
The influence of thy crown increase.
And strangers to thy footstool bring.
We long to see that happy time,
That dear, expected, blessed day,
When countless myriads of our race
The second Adam shall obey.
The prophecies must be fullill’d,
Tho’ earth and hell should dare oppose;
The stone cut from the mountain’s side,
Tho’ unobserv’d, to empire grows.
Soon shall the blended image fall,
Brass, silver, iron, gold, and clay,
And superstitious gloomy reign
To light and liberty give way.
In one sweet symphony of praise,
Gentile and Jew shall then unite;
And infidelity, asham’d,
Sink in th’ abyss of endless night.
Soon Afric’s long-enslaved sons
Shall join with Europe’s polish’d race,
To celebrate, in diff'rent tongues,
The glories of redeeming grace.
From east to west, from north to south,
Immanuel's kingdom must extend;
And ev'ry man, in ev'ry face,
Shall meet a brother, and a friend.
---Alternative verses---
In one vast symphony of praise.
Gentile and Jew shall then unite;
And infidelity, asham'd,
Sink in th' abyss of endless night.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Dan 2:45;
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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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| 1815 | # 426 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HESPERUS (ELIM)
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1854,1862
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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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| # 39 | No key | | # 325 | E | | # 791 | E | | # 387 | E | | # 501 | F |
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