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The glittering heaven’s refulgent glow, And sparkling spheres of golden light, Jehovah’s work and glory show, By burning day or gentle night. In silence, through the vast profound, They move their orbs of fire on high, Nor speech, nor word, nor answering sound, Is heard upon the tranquil sky; Yet to the earth’s remotest bar Their burning glory all is known; Their living light has sparkled far, And on the attentive silence shone. God ’mid the shining legions, rears A tent where burns the radiant sun; As, like a bridegroom bright, appears The monarch, on his course begun. From end to end of azure heaven He holds his fiery path along; To all, his circling heat is given, His radiance flames the spheres among. By sunny ray, and starry throne, The wonders of our mighty Lord To man’s attentive heart are known, Bright as the promise of His word.
The glittering heaven’s refulgent glow, And sparkling spheres of golden light, Jehovah’s work and glory show, By burning day or gentle night. In silence, through the vast profound, They move their orbs of fire on high, Nor speech, nor word, nor answering sound, Is heard upon the tranquil sky; Yet to the earth’s remotest bar Their burning glory all is known; Their living light has sparkled far, And on the attentive silence shone. God ’mid the shining legions, rears A tent where burns the radiant sun; As, like a bridegroom bright, appears The monarch, on his course begun. From end to end of azure heaven He holds his fiery path along; To all, his circling heat is given, His radiance flames the spheres among. By sunny ray, and starry throne, The wonders of our mighty Lord To man’s attentive heart are known, Bright as the promise of His word.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- J. W. Eastbourne (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 564 · printed citation: J. W. Eastbourne · subject: SPEECH
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