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From Jesse 's root behold a branch arise,
Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies;
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
The Saviour comes! by prophecies foretold,
Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind behold!
No sigh, no murmur the wide world shall hear;
From ev'ry eye he wipes off ev'ry tear.
Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers,
“Prepare a way—a God, a God appears:
A God, a God,” the vocal hills reply—
The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity;
All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail,
Unerring justice lifts aloft her scale:
Peace o'er the world her olive wand extends,
And white-robed innocence from heav'n descends.
Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise,
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes:
See heaven its dazzling portals wide display,
And break upon thee in a flood of day.
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10 10 10 10
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Bible Refs:
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Is 11:10;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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ELLERS
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10 10 10 10
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1869
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 597 | No key | | # 50 | No key | | # 702 | Ab | | # 280 | Ab | | # 27 | Ab | | # 376 | Ab | | # 291 | Ab | | # 691 | Ab | | # 442 | Ab | | # 31 | Ab | | # 81 | D | | # 604 | G | | # 439 | G |
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