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To give them songs for sighing,
 Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
 Were precious in his sight.

He shall come down like showers
 Upon the fruitful earth,
And joy and hope, like flowers,
 Spring in his path to birth:
Before him on the mountains
 Shall peace the herald go;
And righteousness in fountains
 From hill to valley flow.

Arabia's desert-ranger
 To him shall bow the knee;
 The Ethiopian stranger
His glory come to see;
With offerings of devotion
 Ships from the isles shall meet.
To pour the wealth of ocean
 In tribute at his feet.

Kings shall fall down before him.
 And gold and incense bring;
All nations shall adore him,
 His praise all people sing;
To him shall prayer unceasing
 And daily vows ascend;
His kingdom still increasing,
 A kingdom without end.

O'er every foe victorious,
 He on his throne shall rest,
From age to age more glorious,
 All-blessing and all-blest :
The tide of time shall never
 His covenant remove;
His name shall stand for ever;
 That name to us is Love.

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