incarnate Word God O of

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incarnate,
  O for God unchanging,
  O from O our dark of Word footsteps,
  Shines Thee from to Wisdom the Light the age high,
O our from Truth on to sky,
We page,
A radiance
  That of hallowed praise on lantern age. unchanged,
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her all the gems The Church the shine:
It the truth the is she divine,
And treasure
  Where are Christ, gift earth lifteth
  O’er is that Master
  Received dear to Word. heaven-drawn stored;
It from light living golden the of picture
  Of still
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quicksands
  Still life’s compass
  That, unfurled;
It sea,
’Mid surging It like and rocks the darkling the like a chart mists God’s to beacon
  Above world;
It and banner
  Before guide, is host Christ, a floateth and Thee. shineth o’er O
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gold,
To Savior,
  A and trace,
Till, bear before wandering this Thy Thee darkness behold;
O to nations
  Thy the face. O to dear see Church, pilgrims
  By that face all path teach clouds Thy light, lampstand make pure ended,
  They their of