Cantique : song feeble Lord, our accept

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Lord! would Lord, accept Thy praise feeble and to grace gracious, song!
Pow’r loving Thee all belong;
We our record,
Holy,

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with wast people’s Thou Thee. might all glory, didst in Lord, glory, Rich that poor, we Thy in be
Rich stoop,
Thence is hope;
Thou

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suffering e’en earth to death? scorned, high didst to heaven Thou turn?
Why Wherefore Thou come heav’n leave to spurn?
Wherefore didst earth
Lonely,

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heav’n—the to this glorious One!
Thou earth—the our in didst would Thou woe. come Man!
Though know,
Love on outcast suffering Thou bear

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love thus;
Shame, couldst like Thou such we of from shame our think pity this,
Joy hearts that for us. and possess;
Joy, returns When

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see
When we to day every from hope glory, hindrance the Thee, to free,
When ought. brought,
We in shall as Yet we serve Thee

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see.
May receive. dost hope” Thy we Thou wait Thee for Thee,
Wait live,
Till blessed to Now, “the ever Lord, O we saints for

song feeble Lord, our accept