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What joy, while here I view the day, That warns my thirsting soul away; What transports fill my breast! For lo! my great Redeemer’s power Unfolds the everlasting door, And leads me to His rest. The festal morn, my God, is come, That calls me to the hallowed dome, Thy presence to adore; My feet the summons shall attend, With willing steps Thy courts ascend, And tread th’ ethereal floor.
What joy, while here I view the day, That warns my thirsting soul away; What transports fill my breast! For lo! my great Redeemer’s power Unfolds the everlasting door, And leads me to His rest. The festal morn, my God, is come, That calls me to the hallowed dome, Thy presence to adore; My feet the summons shall attend, With willing steps Thy courts ascend, And tread th’ ethereal floor.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 463 · printed citation: Merrick · subject: PRESENCE—OMNIPRESENCE
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